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Black and white: a paved walkway runs between the curved, faceted walls of the Guangzhou Opera House toward a bright gap of sky.

Opera House

Guangzhou, China. 2026

I walked between the two halves of Zaha Hadid’s opera house in Guangzhou and looked for the point where the walls almost meet. The building is all angles and triangles, and in black and white it turns into light and shadow and nothing else.

It opened in 2010, and it still looks like it landed rather than was built.

Place

Guangzhou, China
23.1166° N, 113.3244° E

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Camera

Body
Sony A7C II
Lens
Viltrox 16mm F1.8
Settings
16mm · f/4 · 1/250s