There was a neat arti­cle in the Times a few days ago con­trast­ing Shang­hai with New York City. It’s a fun read.

Which reminds me that I need to start show­ing progress with my China pho­tos. Big back­log there. Big surprise.

The shot above is from a shop on the bor­der of a quaint hutong I explored in south cen­tral Bei­jing (Chong­wen). The red marks on the bot­tom are from film fogging—light that leaked through the sprocket holes of sub­se­quent shots. The Widelux assumes that you are smart enough not to try to open the cam­era back while film is loaded. Usu­ally I’m good about that. Unfor­tu­nately, I destroyed half a roll of film in this man­ner and dam­aged the rest. Too bad the lost shots were some of my favorite from the trip, and some of my best Widelux mate­r­ial so far.