Pham Ngoc Anh
Empty city intersection and crosswalk at twilight, lined with trees and modern buildings.
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Photography
Thank you to the photographers whose work accompanies this journal. Each credit links to the photographer, the original photograph, and its reuse terms. Photographs illustrate the writing; people pictured are not the characters in these stories. Images are resized and may be cropped to fit the page.
Empty city intersection and crosswalk at twilight, lined with trees and modern buildings.
Raindrops bead on a window with blurred trees and buildings beyond.
Close-up of a handwritten letter on paper illuminated by warm natural light.
Green Banaue rice terraces recede toward misty mountains beneath a cloudy sky.
A lone man walks among tall pine trees in a fog-covered forest.
Elderly Asian couple hold hands across a table at an outdoor cafe.
Gentle ocean waves meet a quiet sandy beach beneath a pastel dusk sky.
Dim modern office with a computer desk beside a large urban window.
Warm bookstore interior with towering wooden shelves filled with books.
Empty wooden chair casting long shadows in a softly sunlit room.
Art supplies rest on a vintage windowsill as a cat peers through the glass.
Compact home-office desk beside a window overlooking Saint Petersburg.
An empty two-lane road recedes through tall green forest.
Thin bare branches covered in sharp thorns against a soft blue-gray background.
A small vintage television on a wooden stool against an ochre patterned wall.
Rows of empty brown theater seats, with alternating areas of light and shadow.
Two white chairs stand apart against the wall of a dim garage.
A still lake, reeds, and a small tree fade into pale mist.
An adult hand gently cups a baby’s small hand.
A pale concrete wall bears dark streaks, fine marks, and circular holes.
Warm morning light falls across wooden desks in an empty classroom.
A glowing vintage television and a lit table lamp sit on a dark wooden cabinet.
A closed window with pale curtains lights an otherwise empty room.
A round mirror lying in brown grass reflects blue sky and white clouds.
An empty riverside path under trees and glowing park lamps at night.
Two black coffee cups on saucers across a wooden table.
An unattended laptop, phone, coffee mug and small notebook beside a window.
Withered roses in a vase against a softly lit neutral wall.
A single empty chair beneath two bright attic windows, photographed in black and white.
Two people clasp hands in warm evening light, with their faces outside the frame.
A wet road recedes into thick mist toward a glowing amber light.
A partly open grey wooden door frames a green garden beyond a dark interior.
A brown teddy bear is partly illuminated against a dark background.
An open book, coffee and a pastry beside a small round cafe table.
A laptop with a dark screen on a small wooden desk beneath a hanging light.
A rumpled bed and pillows lit by a small bedside lamp in an otherwise dark room.
A collage of torn cream-colored printed pages stitched together, with words running in different directions.
Sunset light over an arched stone bridge and riverside buildings in Verona.
Scenic Sunset View of Ponte Pietra in Verona
Pale smoke curls from two incense sticks against a dark brown background.
Smoke from Incense sticks
Smoke from Incense sticks / Manjit Singh (ਮਨਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ). CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped for display. Adapted image licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
A green rice field stretches toward a wooded hill beneath a cloudy sky.
Paddy fields in Barutuan
Paddy fields in Barutuan / Tuderna. CC BY 3.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped for display.
Green rice terraces and a small village beneath forested mountains in Batad, Ifugao, Philippines.
A black fountain pen rests across a blank lined notebook on a wooden table.
Aaron Burden 2016-08-13 (Unsplash xG8IQMqMITM)
Aaron Burden 2016-08-13 (Unsplash xG8IQMqMITM) / Aaron Burden. CC0 1.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped for display.
A narrow dirt trail winds through dense green tropical forest.
Forest on Mount Vaea, Samoa – August 2016
Forest on Mount Vaea, Samoa – August 2016 / Rickard Törnblad. CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped for display. Adapted image licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paintbrushes lie on a paint-stained surface beside a watercolor palette.
Selective Focus Photography of Paintbrush Near Paint Pallet
Rows of empty red cinema seats recede into a dim theater.
Empty Movie Theater Seats
An empty sidewalk runs between glass office towers and roadside trees in Makati.
Trees and curved low benches fill a green park beneath office towers in Makati.
A silhouetted person carrying an umbrella crosses a misty park walkway at night.
A Stroll Through The Fog
A Stroll Through The Fog / Jb Lardizabal. CC BY 3.0. Resized, converted to WebP, and cropped for display.
Students seated in a tiered university lecture hall.
An open casement window brings garden light into a dark room.
Two faded pink roses droop against a softly blurred green background.
A blank spiral notebook, pen, and dark cup rest on a wooden bench.
Colleagues work together with laptops around a wooden table.
Hands in green rubber gloves wash a metal pot in a stainless-steel sink.
Warm light falls across a misty field and trees beneath a clouded sky.
Open double doors lead into a long, empty hospital corridor.
A sweeping curved staircase rises through alternating shadow and soft light.
Blue and white ceramic shards lie scattered across a gray surface.
An empty bench stands beside a lamp-lit path under trees at night.
A wall of open books with softly aged cream pages.
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