Before We Explain the World

Photography by Lu Heng

3The World We Build

A City in Use

Story 16 of 51 · 10 photographs

First the vehicles in a street, then someone pausing in front of a mural. Further out, roads and lights join the city together. The lines in the distance are also places that someone is using.

  1. A colourful taxi blurs across the foreground of a lit city street, with a red bus beside the buildings.
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    A bright city street

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  1. A person stands before a window display showing a figure with an umbrella above a stylised city.
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    Looking at a window display

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  1. Long illuminated streets form a grid stretching towards a pale orange horizon.
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    A grid of city lights

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  2. A television tower rises above a dense city grid beneath a pink-blue sky.
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    A television tower over the city

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  1. A dense coastal city glitters beside dark open water beneath a deep blue sky.
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    A coastal city at night

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  2. A harbour city glitters in a black-and-white night, its lights doubled in the water.
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    City lights reflected at night

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  3. A coastal city and harbour lie beneath a narrow band of blue, gold and pink light.
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    A coastal city beneath colourful sky

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  1. A bright coastal city spreads around calm water beneath a clear blue sky.
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    A coastal city beneath clear sky

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  2. A curving coastal road leads past bright geometric roofs beside pale water.
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    A coastal road and colourful roofs

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  3. An elevated view of a broad river, bridges and a large pale riverside building.
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    A city along the river

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Lu Heng on the address book and the houses