Global Eye: Guilin, China

Chinese Man with Umbrella

Photographer: Meredith Missroon, Atlanta, Georgia.

Getting the Shot: I was walking along the banks of the Li River in Guilin, China. It was raining which was kinda romantic, but not too great for photos. I was just shooting everything I saw, rain or shine. When I saw this man walking along the banks of the river, I knew I had to capture him. There's a feeling of enchanted loneliness in this shot.

The Details: The Li River is truly like no other place on Earth. This was the first place in China where I actually felt like I was transported back in time. I imagined the first Westerners to see this scenery and how truly amazed they must have been. I was prepared for so many of the things we saw in other cities: the Great Wall, the Terracotta Army, etc. But traveling down the Li River, I genuinely felt like I was in a completely different and unique part of the world. I can't imagine that scenery in any other country, on any other continent. As we progressed down the river, I thought how amazed those first Westerners must have been by all the beauty China kept to itself for so many centuries."

IT loves this image because the colors seem so bright despite the dreary rainy day. (And since it's rainy in D.C. today, we could use a spot of color.)  Want your photo up on Global Eye? Add them to our Flickr pool.

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