I am excited to launch my website, “recording reality”, to share with you photos I have taken of places around the world. The name of the website refers to the Japanese word for photograph, 写真. The first kanji means “to write” or “to record”, and the second kanji means “truth” or “reality”. This of course refers to one of the principal aims of photograph: to capture a moment in time of the physical world around us.
A little bit of information about me: I am a Chinese-American from the state of California living in London. My main job is as a computer scientist, and I pursue photography as a hobby. In my spare time, I like to read, mostly history, art, or science books. Because of these interests, travel for me is always a mixture of practicing photography, seeing amazing artwork and architecture first-hand, and recalling the history of the place I’m visiting.