We started off close to the top floor of an apartment block in the studio of Wang Jieyin, drinking tea with the sun coming in:-


I was nervous of photographing him because it felt intrusive:-


He paints remembered landscapes, looking out from his studio:-


Charles, Such a sad looking man, this painter. But his work is powerful. You have such a life, and insight into the machinery of the places you travel, and into the hearts of the people you meet.
Rob
He lived through the Cultural Revolution as a student at the Shanghai Academy. A fine, if worn face, which has seen much.