开物：晨光中造纸工匠伫立水槽旁

Interior of a traditional hand paper-making workshop in Jingxian, Anhui, at first light: a long stone vat of cloudy white pulp water stands in the middle of the room, above it a square wooden frame with a fine bamboo screen rests on a wooden rack. A craftsman in dark indigo cotton work clothes, sleeves rolled up, a coarse apron, seen only from behind in three-quarter profile, stands at the vat, back turned. Cold blue-grey dawn light comes down in one long soft shaft from a high papered skylight, catching the mist that hangs over the water. Wood worn round at the edges, a tool handle polished dark by use, the floor packed smooth by feet, layered old marks on the lime-washed wall, mist drifting through the shaft of light. The skylight is the only light source, everything else is its falloff. 35mm film, fine organic grain, muted desaturated palette with slight fade, soft highlight rolloff, no crushed blacks--ar 16:9--hd