Before We Explain the World

Photography by Lu Heng

2Where We Look From

Through Glass

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Eyeglasses, reflections, glass vessels, then a hazy city. Glass can sharpen a view or lay one view over another. Notice the moment when an object becomes hard to separate from its reflection.

  1. Dark eyeglass frames bring a distant landscape into focus through one lens against a blurred, warm-toned background.
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    A view through glasses

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  1. A monkey’s face appears behind glass and pale reflections, with a hand near the right edge.
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    A gaze through glass

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  2. A mechanical clock face and gears appear through a clear glass enclosure.
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    Time inside glass

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  1. A blue glass sphere glows with scattered points of coloured light against a dark background.
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    A blue glass orb

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  1. Buildings and a tall pointed tower emerge from pale haze, seen from above.
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    A city in the haze

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  2. A dark horizon separates still blue water from a sky lit with orange and pink beneath dark clouds.
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    Warm light on still water

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Lu Heng on how his view changed