journal
Free Black Tea (Almost), George Lam, and My Polaroid at Pak Ho Cafe
A 2018 afternoon spent hunting for frames inside a weathered Hong Kong time capsule, a serendipitous encounter with a Cantopop legend, and an accidental crime over a cup of hot black tea.
The Diamond in the Dust of Glodok
A chance encounter in 2018 leads John to a hidden manual engraving shop in Glodok City, where a 1930s Leica III meets a diamond-tipped pantograph wizard.