Xiaocheng Wei

About The Moment is a community for the craft of film photography. It consists of dwellings for photographers and a workspace for residents and the local public to explore film photography. Walking on the meandering paths and moving through the spaces, a journey experiencing three different states of ‘the moment’ is created: capturing the moment at the photo studios and dwellings through view framing and introducing natural elements to bring the phenomenological and ephemeral qualities into spaces; recalling and retouching the moment in the darkrooms is achieved by reducing visual distraction and increasing tactile experience to provide a calm and focusing working environment; freezing the moment in the gallery by funnelling a visitor’s focus solely towards the photographs. It reflects the beauty of film photography and reminds us of every precious moment in our daily life.