The present set of images was very unexpected, to say the least. In the spring of 2015, I bought an expired Kodak Gold 200 film for my Yashica FX-3 camera with the Zeiss Planar 50mm/f1.4 attached to it. I took roughly 20 pictures of Vienna and surrounding places until, suddenly, the film tore off inside my camera when rewinding. In a dark room, I took out the remnants, glued them together (all blindfolded), and put the film aside, completely forgetting about its existence for the next two years. Later on, during my trip to China in 2017, I gathered the films I had lying around, including the previously exposed one (without actually knowing about it). The second exposure was taken during our hike around the Three Gorges Dam. However, the most impressive one was the sunrise from the top of a mountain in the Wulingyuan (Zhangjiajie National Park). When I brought the film back to Europe for development, I was very surprised to see the unusual superimposed pictures on top of the ones I expected…

This set of pictures became unique for these exact reasons:

• The temporal difference between the two photoshoots of over two years.
• The distance between the two places of over 7,910 km by plane, or 10,183 km if you take the shortest driving route.
• The culture, places, and people in the two pictures, which came together in such a strange manner.

These places, these people, these memories are united with a thin, broken strip of the analog film… Take your time. Enjoy.