When I entered the gates of the natural park in Songping Valley, Sichuan, China, it was late afternoon. The fading sunlight illuminated a serene lake before me, dotted with several small tourist boats. What struck me most was the reflection of the mountain on the lake’s surface—rugged and imposing, standing at an altitude of over 3,000 meters in the heart of winter.
Years ago in cold weather I arrived at Chongqing Airport very late, about 9pm, to transit to the express train to Chengdu the next early morning. It was already 10pm when I checked into a hotel around Hongya Cave, a famous travel destination in Chongqing, China.
With my Leica M digital monochrome and Zeiss ZM lens, I walked around River Jialing, along with the overwhelming tourists in the night. Before daybreak the next, I photographed again the riverside in black and white.
The next mornig, I got up very early, and walked along the Jialing River again before the sun brightened the misty sky.
