Before We Explain the World

Photography by Lu Heng

1Leaving the Known

Where the Land Turns

Story 6 of 51 · 7 photographs

A city coastline gives way to headlands, cliffs and sandbars. Notice where land reaches into water, then where water cuts into land. Across these photographs, the edge keeps changing shape.

  1. An angled aerial view of beach, dense buildings and water, with peaks beyond.
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    The city reaches the shore

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  2. A broad beach curves towards distant mountains, with buildings to the left and blue water to the right.
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    Along the long beach

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  1. Green slopes curve along a pale beach towards distant water.
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    Where the hills meet the sea

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  1. An aerial view of a narrow rocky peninsula, with water on both sides and snow on distant shores.
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    Water on both sides

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  2. A long cliff edge divides open land from blue-grey water in an aerial view.
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    The outline of the cliffs

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  1. White surf traces a rocky coastline fading into blue haze, seen from high above.
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    A coast seen from above

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  2. An orange sandbar curves between a dark lagoon and the blue sea, beside a wooded headland.
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    A coastline in changing colours

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