The lit central prang of Wat Arun at night, reflected in the Chao Phraya river with a boat passing in front.

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Wat Arun, Bangkok.

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  1. Red, pink and yellow neon signs with Chinese characters stacked above a narrow street at night.01Hong Kong NightsKowloon · Quarry Bay. 2 photographsHong Kong looking up: neon stacked over Kowloon's streets and the walls of Quarry Bay closing in on a strip of sky. The city is densest overhead, so that is where I point the camera.View the series
  2. A scooter rider waits at a junction under street lights and tangled overhead cables on a Chiang Mai street at night.02Southeast AsiaBangkok · Chiang Mai. 2 photographsBangkok and Chiang Mai at night, when the heat drops and the streets fill up. One temple lit over the river, one ordinary junction under street lights, side by side.View the series
  3. A single covered wooden boat on flat, misty water with a faint tree line behind.03ChinaHangzhou · Ningbo. 2 photographsTwo cities and two kinds of quiet: mist over West Lake in Hangzhou, and afternoon light through a carved window in Ningbo. Photographs from Chongqing and Shenzhen will join them.View the series
  4. A sheer sea cliff half hidden in fog, with gulls in the air and white water at its base.04Europe in StillnessCosta Vicentina · Ed · Gothenburg · Munich. 4 photographsPlaces closer to home, photographed when they are quiet: fog on the Portuguese coast, a boathouse on a still lake, a Swedish street at dusk, Munich under snow. Nothing much happens in these frames, and that is the point.View the series
  5. The Berlin TV tower lit against a black night sky, with the illuminated ALEX sign below.05CitiesBerlin · London. 2 photographsTwo landmarks everyone has seen, from where most people don't stand. Big Ben through the trees, and Berlin's television tower at night in black and white.View the series