Like two ships that pass in the night, these pedestrians slip past each other, yet they offer no acknowledgments whatsoever. Not even a nod. And nobody else was in sight to spoil this moment. I have stopped time to take normal behavior out of context and make it incongruous. I was riding in a car at the time, and we were stopped for a traffic light. I could see both of these people walking towards each other. I knew I had enough time to wait for them to get within less than a foot of each other – traffic lights in China often have a countdown feature. As you can see, I made this image with plenty of time to spare – it would be eighteen seconds before we had to get moving again. Using a shutter speed of 1/400th of a second, I rolled down the window and was able to stop each of these people in their tracks, their feet only inches apart.