A few pages from volunteer teaching in Meitan, Guizhou. Beyond the classroom, the photographs gather around ordinary things: a schoolyard, a shared activity, and a group standing together beneath the trees.
The people are the centre of this story.
A lesson can take the shape of a conversation or a pair of hands at work. Here, attention is shared around a table: looking closely, trying something out, and making room for someone else to join in.
Beside the classroom photographs, these smaller moments offer another view of teaching. The materials are simple; the exchange between people is what gives the scene its character.
A blackboard, rows of desks, and a room full of students. This is the other side of the schoolyard photographs: a place where ideas are explained, questions take shape, and learning becomes something shared.
Different rooms. The same curiosity.
The photographs move outside, from a football pitch to a path in the rain. A different rhythm runs through these pages: movement, company, and the landscape around the school.
Looking up between the buildings, the city becomes a study in lines and light. Glass towers and older facades share the same street; a narrow patch of blue holds the view together.
From above, the dense pattern of streets gives way to open water. The lake changes the scale of the picture: buildings become small, the horizon stretches out, and the city finds a quieter edge.
Chicago appears in fragments as well as panoramas. Trees frame the polished surface of Cloud Gate; farther along, the theatre entrance brings a different texture to the street.
A travel album does not have to end with a landmark. Plates, a tablecloth, and the details of a meal belong here too. Beside the skyline, they bring the journey back to a more familiar scale.
