Before We Explain the World

Photography by Lu Heng

2Where We Look From

Almost a Line

Story 13 of 51 · 10 photographs

The shore recedes and the horizon grows faint. Similar views sit together so that small differences have time to emerge. At the end, branches over the water draw the eye back to what is near.

  1. Purple clouds open around a bright horizon above calm water and small dark islands.
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    Purple clouds above still water

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  2. A low island and a nearby shoreline form blue silhouettes against pale sky and smooth blue water.
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    Sea beneath blue haze

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  1. A hazy headland stretches across a wide expanse of almost colourless water.
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    A headland fading into haze

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  2. A low island and a tiny lighthouse sit in still, pale blue water.
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    Calm sea and a distant lighthouse

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  1. Low dark land lies across calm water under a textured grey sky in black and white.
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    Land and water in black and white

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  2. A dark hillside rises diagonally above a still lake in black and white.
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    A black-and-white hill and lake

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  1. Pine branches enter from above and frame a pale lake and distant shore.
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    Pine branches above a lake

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  2. Thin hanging branches descend over pale water and a distant blue shore.
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    Willow branches over the water

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  3. In black and white, bare willow branches hang above a curved stone embankment beside still water.
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    Willows along the water

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  1. A thin shoreline divides pale pink water from a lavender-blue sky.
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    A pink lake beneath a pale sky

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