My plan for the hutong is to be quiet and watchful. I want to capture the everyday China. Not the big monuments, but the small moments. The real life happening in those old alleyways.

I will focus on how people live with their environment. How the hutong is not just bricks, but a home.

I will use only my phone, so I don’t disturb the peace. My goal is to blend into the street, to become a part of it. I plan to find a spot and just sit, to watch everyday life unfold around me. When people get used to you being there, they forget about you. And that is when the real moments happen.

I am looking for those interactions between people and their space. A bicycle leaning against a wall with peeling paint. Clothes drying on a line, telling a story of the family inside. The way a grandmother’s hand rests on the stone doorway, smooth from years of touch. I want to find the children’s toys left on the ground and the steam from a kitchen window.

My goal is to find the beauty in the ordinary. To show a China that is alive and breathing. I am not there to take a picture. I am there to see, and to hopefully understand a little piece of this life.

Admin. “CHINA DAILY.” Art4d, 24 Mar. 2025, art4d.com/en/2025/03/china-daily.

“中国街头摄影 | the Streets of China Through My Eyes | 深圳.” 中国街头摄影 | the Streets of China Through My Eyes | 深圳, yukophotography.com.