Daqitou Village, Quangdong Province, China

This is a preserved village with origins in the Ming dynasty but took its current form in the Qing Dynasty in the Cantonese style of southern China. Part is preserved as cultural heritage and part is a lived-in working village. Embodied in the village and house design is scholarship and education represented as writing brush, ink stick, ink slab and paper. The height of the granite section of the wall of the house indicates the owner’s status, as does the decorations at the top of the wall.

As well as being pictorial, the photographs explore the intersection of texture, shape, form, light and shadow.

Daqitou - Ancient village

House decorations indicating status