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a photographic record · 2023 — 2026

WPHOT A TRAVELOGUE By William

Salt lakes · snow mountains · neon gorges · quiet shrines —
move the pointer, the lake remembers.drag a finger across the water — it remembers.

36.7°N 99.1°E — Chaka Salt Lake, Qinghai scroll 茶卡盐湖 · 天空之镜

Between the salt lakes of Qinghai and the neon canyons of Chongqing, between Fuji’s quiet slope and a phone pointed at the Atlantic — this is a record of light, kept while walking. Six albums; the road between them is yours.

A highland cow in pine shadow
Painted gate of Kumbum monastery
A lantern over shrine steps at dusk
album 01 青海高原

The Highland
Light

Qinghai — 3,000 metres up, the sky is a mirror and the grass runs to every horizon.

Panorama of a mountain road across Qilian meadows
祁连山中 — the road over the passkeep scrolling, the valley turns
A farm gate opening to Qinghai Lake
№01a gate left open to Qinghai Lake
A handful of salt crystals from the lake
№02the lake, held in one hand
盐湖之上,天空照见自己。
Above the salt, the sky studies its own face.
Burning sunset over Qinghai Lake
№03the lake takes the fire calmly — Qinghai Lake, dusk
Open the QINGHAI album 11 photographs
album 02 玉龙雪山

Where the Snow
Mountain Watches

Lijiang — the Jade Dragon keeps thirteen peaks, and every street ends in one of them.

Blue Moon Valley beneath Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
蓝月谷

Blue Moon Valley — glacier water, the colour of weather

Golden meadow before the snow peaks
№04the dry meadow at 3,200 m
Snow peaks of the Jade Dragon range
№05thirteen peaks, counted twice
A woven wreath framing the sunset peaks
№06the mountain, framed by someone’s wish
Open the LIJIANG album 7 photographs
album 03 山城重庆

Neon
Gorge

Chongqing — a city stacked on a mountain, wired with light, allergic to flat ground.

Qiansimen bridge burning red across the night skyline
№07千厮门大桥 — the bridge takes the colour of luck
Cyan towers above a rooftop stair
№08a stair between two midnights
Raffles City towers in storm light
№09the horizontal skyscraper, weather incoming
Open the Chongqing album 5 photographs
album 04 日本紀行

Ten Thousand
Gates

Japan — a country that files its miracles neatly: one volcano, ten thousand torii, trains on time.

Mount Fuji beyond a wooden jetty and a white boat
富士山

Mt Fuji and Lake Kawaguchi

A red torii before the distant Fuji
№10the gate and the mountain agree on red
Kyoto framed by the dark beams of Kiyomizu
№11清水寺 — the city kept in a wooden frame
A narrow Osaka alley at night
№12an alley with its own opinion of light
Open the JAPAN album 14 photographs
album 05 颐和园

The Garden of
Clear Ripples

Beijing — the Summer Palace at closing hour, when the lake gets the light to itself.

The Tower of Buddhist Incense above the trees
№13佛香阁 — the tower above the green
A painted paifang framing the tower
№14Sunset along with Willow
Autumn garden reflected in dark lacquer windows
№15星拱瑶枢 — autumn, reflected in lacquer and glass
Open the BEIJING album 8 photographs
album 06 彼岸拾光

Shot on
iPhone

The Atlantic side of the notebook — soft light, long grass, a phone for a camera.

A pale sun setting over swimmers on the beach
№16the ocean closes for the day
Two birds on weathered posts in pastel light
№17two birds, two opinions
Beach signs glowing at dusk
№18the rules, beautifully lit
Open the iPhone album 14 photographs
William, in front of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
afterword · 后记

I press the shutter, the light
does the rest.

I build this gallery as a personal archive for travel photography, field notes, and visual experiments.

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