Beijing
To us Europeans Asian countries remain something distant and exotic. With everything so new and different, Beijing was great to explore and photograph. Hordes of people – more than one would see in any busy European capital – go about their daily business while you, the lost photographer, wonder which way to turn and which face to shoot first. It’s daunting really, I never quite understood how it is that the Chinese actually move in the crowd. I concluded that they must have some sort of an inbuilt proximity sensor that prevents them from bumping into each other and lets them navigate the crowded metro stations flawlessly, despite having headphones in their ears and eyes fixed on the latest fashionable smartphone (or its respectable knock-off). On the plus side, I actually felt tall for once, it helps to have a better view of your surroundings!
