THE WORKING ARCHIVE

Photographs, observations, experiments and things worth keeping.
Archive status: ACTIVELast updated: 21 JUL 2026Current location: ShanghaiCurrent file: Why Some Objects Feel Like They Have Already Lived a Life
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Not a travel log. These are the places the archive keeps returning to — each one a folder of entries, photographs, meals and objects.

An airport gate at night, rows of empty seats under fluorescent light

Hong Kong

ChinaLayovers, mostly; one proper visit in 2024
1 entries · 1 photos
An empty Shanghai side street in the rain, shop signs reflected on wet pavement

Shanghai

China2022 – present (current base)
6 entries · 5 photos
A small older kitchen with a rice cooker, hanging utensils and a window over the sink

Taipei

TaiwanChildhood summers; several visits a year since
2 entries · 3 photos
Reflections layered in a subway train window at night

Tokyo

Japan2019, 2023, 2025, 2026
1 entries · 2 photos
Vancouver harbour with mountains behind, an orange crane in the foreground

Vancouver

CanadaGrew up here; return most years
2 entries · 4 photos