Before We Explain the World

Photography by Lu Heng

4Meeting Other Lives

Flowers at Different Distances

Story 28 of 51 · 8 photographs

A flowering tree first appears as a field of colour. Closer to a branch, individual flowers find their edges. Move between the broad view and the close one, and choose where you would like to linger.

  1. Cherry trees in bloom form a pale canopy above bare ground.
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    A row of cherry trees in bloom

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  1. Cherry trees fill the sky with pale blossoms and thin branches against blue.
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    Cherry blossoms beneath blue sky

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  2. A blossom-covered branch crosses the sky while a tower stands in the distance.
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    Cherry blossoms with a tower behind

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  3. Pale cherry blossoms fill the frame above dark branching trunks.
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    Cherry blossoms in soft light

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  1. A close branch of white cherry blossoms fills the blue sky with clustered petals.
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    Cherry blossoms in close view

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  1. Purple flowers stand in sharp light against green leaves and a dark background.
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    Purple flowers in sunlight

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  2. A cluster of slender white flower buds rises on a green stem against a black background.
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    White buds against a dark background

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  3. A full pink rose opens against soft green leaves and violet shadow.
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    A pink rose in bloom

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