As an architectural photographer, my shutter bridges profession and passion. I seek fading urban textures beneath internet fame’s noise. Born on the Jialing River in a Third Front factory zone. Childhood echoes with ferry horns, diesel smoke—the tin ferry between Dongyang and Beibei, riverside teahouses. These fragments shaped my water-and-land city. Moving north revealed rigid city symmetry, contrasting my hometown’s organic cliff growth. Returning later: Chaotianmen Pier’s trade gone, alleys filled with selfie tourists, the cableway now scenic. A stranger home. Then I knew—photography transcends documentation; the lens must bridge time/space. Cities drown in consumerist spectacle images. Capital condenses Chongqing into curated icons. I see it as mountain-water architecture—a container of human bonds. Urbanization needs human presence. Overlooked alley individuals resist urban smoothing. Three years of imaging fieldwork. Preserved life traces: miniature figures against vast backdrops let Third Front memories converse with consumer landscapes.
