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Ye Chuan

Series 05 · Twenty mornings

Erhai

2024 · 6 frames · Dali

Twenty days in Dali, down at the lake every morning. No postcard views, only the water, the wind and the people standing in it.

The first time I went to Erhai I didn’t take a single picture. I sat by the lake for a whole morning. After that I got up every day, took one camera, and walked along the shore.

The water is the real subject of this series. The people and the trees only make it look a little bigger.

Morning

Two figures standing in shallow water on the lake at dawn
▸ 01Lakeside, 6:30 a.m. · November 2024
The lake going dark, the silhouette of one person on a boat
▸ 02Evening · November 2024
Erhai under an overcast sky, cloud hanging low, a line of mountains in the distance
▸ 03Overcast · November 2024

Trees in the lake

A lone tree standing in the pink-violet water of the lake
▸ 04Before sunset · November 2024
A tree in the lake against the setting sun, a bird flying past it
▸ 05Sunset · November 2024
A few red-leaved trees standing in pale blue water
▸ 06Autumn · November 2024