The photo club was conveniently small: One chairman and one member, and the latter happened to be me. The club was based in Beijing, with travels here and there in between other duties. Summer and winter, spring and fall. This photo is taken close to the Labrang Monastery, a few hours drive (if my memory serves me right) from Lanzhou, in north-central China.

I remember we had some problems to find the place; roads were partly blocked and partly under construction. And essentially no signs. And certainly no help from GPS... Anyway, we arrived at the Labrang Monastery in the afternoon. This gentleman was asked whether a photo or two was ok. No problem, he showed quite some interest in these strange visitors. He had clearly seen cameras before, but hardly any hand-hold light meters, I believe. The smile triggered by the light meter was fixed on film, followed by xièxiè and some gentle gestures, and we continued our afternoon stroll.

Mamiya 7, 65mm, Fuji Provia 100.