In Frame
Restored and wild in the same day
The wall is 21,000 km long. Picking the right 3 km — at the right hour — is the entire craft of photographing it.
Jinshanling is the photographer's default: restored enough to walk safely, empty enough to have a tower to yourself at dawn. Jiankou is the opposite — genuinely ruined, dangerously steep and the most dramatic silhouette in Hebei. We combine them with Beijing's hutongs, the Forbidden City's first hour and Simatai's night lighting so one trip covers both the icon and the archaeology.
- Jinshanling ridge sunrise and tower layers
- Jiankou's wild, unrestored crests
- Mutianyu in autumn forest colour
- Simatai illuminated at blue hour
- Forbidden City at opening time
- Beijing hutong street life
