The Camera and the Monologue

Where the title Camera and Monologue comes from

One protagonist is a photographer, the other a writer.

Hang Xun is a documentary photographer from Jiangsu who prefers solitude.

Chu Wu is an oral-history writer from Suzhou, deeply immersed in the everyday lives of ordinary people.

A documentary project about the city's culture brings two souls, both used to walking alone, together on an old street at dusk.

Chu Wu (top), 26 x Hang Xun (bottom), 24

Older man and younger man

Please don't go outside after reading this book to pick fights or ship the couple recklessly. Thank you.

I hope you all stay healthy, have smooth careers, and excel in your studies.

Theme: Preserving the city's everyday life through photographs and words, two lonely people accompanying each other and making peace with the past.