I love black and white (B&W) photography a lot. It makes me think simple and pure. The elimination of the colour forces me to think about the composition, subjects, and the story I would like to tell.
By now, most of my B&W photos have been taken in film and slightly adjusted with Photoshop.
Quanzhou (泉州) in Fujian, China, is a historical city that I happen to have several friends from there. I randomly chose to relax there. Without hesitation, I booked the hotel and transport one week before departure.
I brought four rolls of 135 colour negative films, my film SLR and three lenses with me. Yes, there is no digital camera. I sent the negatives to the New Color (新彩) studio in Guangzhou for development and digitisation (scanning). I later processed the TIFF files with Nikon’s NX Studio software.
The photos were taken from 2 to 5 July 2024, and the film rolls were developed on 7 July.
