Love in Beijing
I recently went to Spring Cameras, a photography store in Beijing which develops film, sells secondhand film cameras, film, and photo books. I hadn’t been there for a while, but I went to get a roll of film developed. I browsed a little and happened on a photo book with the title: “Love in Beijing”.
The owner of the store was talking to another person when I asked him how much the photo book cost. He asked me to ask the maker of the photo book, who was the man he had been talking to. I bought a copy of the photo book (of which only 500 were printed), and we — him, the couple who own the store, and I — subsequently went for dinner. Here are some photos from his lovely book.
Caption reads: “Gezi & Xiaoge. During the year 2003-2013, they have moved 13 times among the places Chaozhu, Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai. Finally, they got married during the Spring Festival in 2012 after 9 years’ love. For them, the happiest time was when they were in Guangzhou. At that time, they lived underground, ate the cheapest food and watched a movie named “Saw”. However, they still believed they would have a good future. Now their daughter, Chongchong, is six months”.
“Meigui & LJ. They are students, being together for 1 year and a half. They are both shy southerners, LJ has told his family about his sexual orientation and they understand him”.
“Lirouxing & Binggan. Rouxing was ready to study abroad in Singapore when I took these photos. However, he came back to Beijing and they have got married”.
Love in Beijing, by Yang Zhazha.
Lu-Hai Liang 
These are so beautiful. I’m also in Beijing but I focus on current events!
17gracez
October 29, 2015 at 1:56 pm
Thanks for reading. Are you a student in Beijing or working? Get in touch — my email address is: luhai_liang@hotmail.com.
Lu-Hai Liang
October 30, 2015 at 4:32 am
Hi, yes, I’m actually a high schooler though. I’ll shoot you an email 🙂
17gracez
October 30, 2015 at 1:14 pm
I’m in beijing too.i’m trying street photography.so.im a amature
sibanphotography
April 25, 2016 at 4:23 pm