Before We Explain the World

Photography by Lu Heng

4Meeting Other Lives

At the Pond

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A group of fish gives way to the detail of a single one. Reflections grow more visible as the view comes closer. Follow a fish through the water, or stay with the light that partly hides it.

  1. Orange and white fish gather in dark water beneath the edge of a low stone bridge.
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    Fish beneath the bridge

  2. Orange and white fish spread through a pond beneath broad reflections of trees and sky.
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    Fish below the reflections

  1. A yellow koi swims beneath green reflections and white ripples.
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    A yellow fish beneath reflections

  2. An orange koi fills the near water, with red-and-white fish and broken reflections behind.
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    Orange among the ripples

  3. An orange-and-black fish opens its mouth at the surface, surrounded by rings of rippling water.
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    At the surface