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Welcome
Welcome
to the journey

This is a travelling album — the countries I reached, in the order I reached them. No itineraries, only the frames that stayed with me. Turn left to go back, right to go on.

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Contents
Contents
01UNITED STATESp. 04
02UNITED KINGDOMp. 06
03NETHERLANDSp. 08
04BELGIUMp. 10
05GERMANYp. 12
06FRANCEp. 14
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UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES

Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.

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UNITED STATES
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UNITED KINGDOM
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UNITED KINGDOM

London on foot before eight, when the City still belongs to no one. Grey light, brick, the river at low tide.

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UNITED KINGDOM
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NETHERLANDS
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NETHERLANDS

Canals, bicycles, and flat bright horizons. A country built at eye level, easy to read and hard to leave.

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NETHERLANDS
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BELGIUM
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BELGIUM

Old squares in the rain, gilded facades, and chocolate worth the detour. Small country, long afternoons.

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BELGIUM
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GERMANY
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GERMANY

Trains that arrive, forests that do not end. Order on the surface, something wilder underneath.

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GERMANY
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FRANCE
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FRANCE

Markets, stone, and afternoons that refuse to hurry. I mostly photographed the light between things.

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FRANCE
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Credits
Photo
credits

All photographs by Zhaorui Wei, 2019–2026. Made slowly, across six countries. More chapters to come.

Colophon · 2026
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Album

A travelling album — the countries I reached, in the order I reached them. No itineraries, only the frames that stayed with me.

01

United States

Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.

United StatesUnited StatesUnited StatesUnited States
02

United Kingdom

London on foot before eight, when the City still belongs to no one. Grey light, brick, the river at low tide.

United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited KingdomUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom
03

Netherlands

Canals, bicycles, and flat bright horizons. A country built at eye level, easy to read and hard to leave.

NetherlandsNetherlandsNetherlands
04

Belgium

Old squares in the rain, gilded facades, and chocolate worth the detour. Small country, long afternoons.

BelgiumBelgium
05

Germany

Trains that arrive, forests that do not end. Order on the surface, something wilder underneath.

GermanyGermanyGermanyGermany
06

France

Markets, stone, and afternoons that refuse to hurry. I mostly photographed the light between things.

FranceFrance

All photographs by Zhaorui Wei, 2019–2026. Made slowly, across six countries. More chapters to come.