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 Got to nerd out with an old Chinese uncle about darkroom practices. In Mandarin. Given that he’s going to develop 10 rolls of film for me, I feel like we are building a rapport.

Also, I’m getting whiplash just changing up my language and film scene. Usually, I only speak in English with American hipsters about film photography. Here, I’ve had to do it in Mandarin (they speak English too, it’s just.. easier?), and also in Indonesian a few days ago in Surabaya. Diff feelings.

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