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Sound of the World
I take great pleasure in documenting the music in public spaces around the world. May you too find the quaint charm and timeless joy in these civilised moments of our barbaric time, as much as I do.
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Amateur Film Footage
I filmed this on the bus from Pudong Airport to the quarantine hotel in January 2022. Having been “lucky” enough to fly from the US to China during that time, I was sent directly to a bus after arrival, then a hotel, and then twenty-one days of waiting, before getting the official permission to walk the streets of Shanghai.
Style inspired by Suzhou River (2000).
A rainy afternoon in Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 2017.
Sunset in Hell’s Kitchen, New York City, July 2017.
Buttermilk Falls melting in Ithaca in January 2019.
Summer days and nights in Beijing, 2022.
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Photos by Phone
Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 2021
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA, 2021
Ithaca, New York, USA, 2021
Palo Alto, California, USA, 2023
Ithaca, New York, USA, 2023
Ithaca, New York, USA, 2024
Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, China 2024
Summer Palace, Beijing, China, 2024
Winter Park, Colorado, USA, 2024
Eastern Sierra, California, USA, 2025
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, 2025
Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA, 2026
Audio, video, and photos by Shiqi Ma