by Ben Randall | May 17, 2014
Day: 245Distance covered: 28,976 km (18,005 miles)Subjects found: 74It had been almost six months since the last time Marinho and I came into direct opposition with the authorities – the police, the army and the immigration office, all at once, in fact. This...
by Ben Randall | May 15, 2014
Day: 244Distance covered: 28,874 km (17,941 miles)Subjects found: 71Our search for locals I’d photographed at a town market in southern China four years ago led Marinho and I out amongst the surrounding villages, and into the homes of three delightful...
by Ben Randall | May 12, 2014
Day: 243Distance covered: 28,859 km (17,932 miles)Subjects found: 68I found Zhong Ming at the town market, just where I’d found him four years earlier, and recognised him instantly. Zhong Ming, however, recognised neither himself or his grandson Yu in the...
by Ben Randall | May 10, 2014
Day: 242Distance covered: 28,857 km (17,931 miles)Subjects found: 66There is a beautiful little town in southern China whose Friday market draws people from many minority villages scattered across the surrounding valley and mountains. One Friday, four years ago, I...
by Ben Randall | May 8, 2014
Day: 241Distance covered: 28,856 km (17,930 miles)Subjects found: 65I would never have taken his portrait at all, but for his own insistence. Today I returned to find Yulu, and the elephant in the room. Yulu is 36 years old, the eldest of seven children. He was born...
