One of the biggest challenges for any photographer is winnowing the photographs down to those shots that really capture the essence of the whole shoot. That self-criticism is really hard, but also really necessary. So for each location—Xi’an and surrounds, Beijing, Tibetan Plateau, and Kunming—I picked three photos that I feel really captured my experiences of the people and places, sights and sounds. Clicking on each one will bring up a larger version in a new window.

All photographs are © 2016 by Aaron M. Ellison, all rights reserved. For permission to use or reproduce any of these images, or to purchase a print, please contact me.

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Xi’an

 

 

 

Click here to see a few dozen more photographs from Xi’an and surrounds

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Beijing

 

 

Click here to see more photographs from Beijing

 

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Tibetan Plateau

Click here to see a baker’s two dozen more photographs from the Tibetan Plateau

 

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Kunming

Click here to see fifteen more photographs from Kunming

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