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Photography by Lu Heng

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Meeting Other Lives

A person facing the camera, an animal eating, a leaf. Attention moves from structures towards living things.

4Meeting Other Lives

A Look and a Gesture

Story 19 of 51 · 3 photographs

Stay for a moment with the person making pottery: the hands are at work, the eyes turned towards the camera. A seated figure and a body in motion follow. The distance between camera and person keeps changing.

  1. A person in a purple shirt smiles towards the camera, with their hands at a work surface.
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    A glance from the worktable

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  1. A person in a patterned kimono sits in profile indoors, with flowers pinned in their hair.
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    In profile

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  2. Seen from above, a person in a bright multicoloured shirt and sunglasses extends an arm, with sparkling water behind.
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    Colour and movement

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