We have never held hands on a trip.

Author: Zeng Yicheng
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Encountering Zeng Yicheng's We Never Held Hands on a Journey took place in a small room in the city of Pingyao, Shanxi. We Never Held Hands on a Journey tells a love story without an ending, one that must surely be filled with all the myriad elements of every love story. But for Zeng Yicheng at least, this experience was so deeply etched in his memory that when it came to an end, he felt compelled to find some way to process it and start anew. Thus, he turned to photography. "When I abandoned everything and came to her city, the love was already beyond saving. On the train to Xinjiang, I met a blind couple sleeping in the bunks above me. Even in their dreams, their hands remained tightly clasped between the beds. I thought it was time to put this love behind me. I had imagined I could shoot it for a lifetime, but we never even took hands in a journey, not at all." This book records a love story without an ending in the form of images. Encountering Zeng Yicheng's We Never Held Hands on a Journey took place in a small room in the city of Pingyao, Shanxi. We Never Held Hands on a Journey tells a love story without an ending, one that must surely be filled with all the myriad elements of every love story. But for Zeng Yicheng at least, this experience was so deeply etched in his memory that when it came to an end, he felt compelled to find some way to process it and start anew. Thus, he turned to photography. "When I abandoned everything and came to her city, the love was already beyond saving. On the train to Xinjiang, I met a blind couple sleeping in the bunks above me. Even in their dreams, their hands remained tightly clasped between the beds. I thought it was time to put this love behind me. I had imagined I could shoot it for a lifetime, but we never even took hands in a journey, not at all." This book records a love story without an ending in the form of images.