Before We Explain the World

Photography by Lu Heng

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Where We Look From

Doorframes, glass, buildings overhead. A place can hold more than one view.

2Where We Look From

Inside, Outside

Story 9 of 51 · 9 photographs

Doorways, openings and skylights give the sky different frames. Notice the edges of each photograph. Where Lu Heng stands changes what fits inside the image and what remains beyond it.

  1. Warm light falls on a wooden door and vertical entrance slats, beside shaded stone and foliage.
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    At the wooden doorway

  1. A blue shadowed arch frames white walls and a small patch of sunlit ground.
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    A blue passage towards white buildings

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  2. A dark stone opening frames a small patch of sky and bright cloud.
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    Light through an opening

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  1. Two tall decorated gateposts appear as black silhouettes, leaving a narrow strip of bright sky between them.
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    Sky between gateposts

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  2. A square opening in a ceiling frames blue sky and white clouds.
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    Sky in a square skylight

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  1. A dark bench sits before a floor-to-ceiling window overlooking water, grass and trees.
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    A bench at the window

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  2. A black-and-white view through tall windows frames a distant spire, with a building facade at the right.
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    A tower beyond the window

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  1. A chair and table sit in a dark room, outlined by light through a tall window.
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    Light through curtains

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  2. An arched window overlooks the sea, with fruit, a bottle and glasses on a small table below.
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    A table beside a sea-facing window

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Lu Heng on the two layers of power