Photograph: "Self Reflection, Frozen Feelings, Forbidden City" Beijing, China 1989

"Self Reflection, Frozen Feelings, Forbidden City"
故宫 Gugong Imperial Palace, Beijing 1989

by Karin Lisa Atkinson

Location: 故宫 Gugong Imperial Palace, 'The Forbidden City", Beijing, China 1989

Camera: Pentax 35mm Film SLR with 50 mm lens
Imaging: 35 mm colour inter-positive transparency
printed on professional grade photographic paper in 1997,
 In 2010, the paper print was digitally scanned.

Conditions: natural light, December, early morning, -20 degrees, no shadows cast


Poem by Karin Lisa Atkinson
Beijing 1990: "Fear That Shakes Us From Our Power"