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Asia · Armenia · Gyumri
Workshop doors on Abovyan Street
A short stretch of Abovyan Street in Gyumri runs from a ceramics workshop at number 182 to a creative workshop at 252 and a tailor at 258/2. Snow, dark tuff and low winter light frame work that continues behind wooden doors and iron gates.
Asia · Vietnam
Van Long Biên naar een dampende kom op Hàng Khoai
Onder de stalen vakwerken van de Long Biên-brug gaan kisten al van hand tot hand. Zeshonderd meter verder, naast de Đồng Xuân-markt, tilt stoom uit een open pan boven lage plastic tafels en kommen noedels.
Asia · Armenia
From Kond to Republic Square, as the Pink Stone Turns Gold
Late-afternoon light reaches Kond in fragments: a stair edge, a red wall, the rim of a courtyard. The walk from Surp Hovhannes down to Republic Square follows that broken light out of the hill’s narrow lanes and into Yerevan’s broad, rose-coloured centre.
Asia · Uzbekistan
One Warm Round of Non at Siab Bazaar
A Samarkand non begins in a clay tandyr long before it reaches the bread stalls at Siab Bazaar. Its stamped centre, thick rim and red-gold crust carry the marks of fast work, fierce heat and a morning market already busy with food.
Asia · India
Morning Crossings in Kuttanad
Before school bells and market errands, the canals around Alappuzha carry the first small traffic of the day: tea glasses, cooking smoke, narrow boats, and children crossing the water between rice fields and home.
Asia · South Korea
From Hot Griddles to Steel: A Seoul Morning from Gwangjang to Euljiro
At Gwangjang Market, shutters rise at different hours and a bean grinder starts beside a hot pancake pan. South of Cheonggyecheon, Euljiro answers with loaded three-wheelers, forklifted paper and the clipped noise of tools against metal.