In Frame
Living minority culture in mountain light
Guizhou is the least photographed great province in China — Miao and Dong villages still run on festival calendars, not tourism budgets.
The route links the drum-tower villages of the Dong, the hanging rice terraces of Jiabang, the river town of Zhenyuan and the Buddhist summit of Fanjing. Festival dates shift with the lunar year, so we plan Guizhou around the local calendar first and the light second — when the two meet, it is the most rewarding place in the country to photograph people.
- Zhaoxing Dong village drum towers at dusk
- Jiabang terraces in mist and harvest
- Fanjing Mountain above the cloud line
- Zhenyuan ancient town river reflections
- Miao silver jewellery and embroidery portraits
- Baling River bridge and canyon waterfalls
