Flâneur 718

China

A solitary figure stands in silhouette against the golden Yangshuo sunset — Karst peaks dissolving into warm haze behind them
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Guangzhou & Yangshuo 2018

Guangzhou builds the future. Yangshuo poses for the past.
Neither is entirely honest.

A woman on the streets of China takes a selfie with a cat — blurred motion, street energy, strangeness
Solitary figure descends stairs into a lit alley at night, Guangzhou China
Late night bicycle repair under a bare bulb, Guangzhou China
Two women with a tennis racket and shared bike under an overpass, Guangzhou China
Scooter passenger view of a Guangzhou side street with cyclist and pedestrians
Two women ride a chairlift above forested hills in China — pastoral, elevated view
Woman in an embroidered red dress beside a metal gate, Yangshuo China
Two men riding chairlift over a forested hillside in Yangshuo China
Cyclist passes burning brush beneath Karst peaks, Yangshuo China
Worker in a conical hat burning brush among Karst peaks, Yangshuo China
Cyclists at sunset on Yulong River Bridge, Yangshuo China — golden hour
Woman photographs the Karst sunset on Yangshuo Bridge — the observer at golden hour
Tourist photographs with two phones at Yangshuo Bridge sunset, China
Man at dusk on the Li River stone embankment, Guangxi China
Longji rice terraces at dusk, Guangxi China — layers of landscape at fading light
Sunset on Yulong Bridge with Karst peaks, Yangshuo China — closing stillness