In 2009, Phil Lecomte traveled to a small town at the foot of China's Huangshan Mountain with his camera and backpack. After walking about 10 kilometers by the mountain, and just as he wanted to give up, the Frenchman saw a beautiful village—Tunxi. He fell in love with the beautiful nature there.
Lecomte lived in Tunxi for three months. Tunxi is most famous for its Huizhou culture street that has a history of hundreds of years. "I didn't want to leave here anymore," Lecomte said. His trip to China turned into a long stay.
He often hikes or rides a motorbike with his friends, away from the busy cities, to find hidden scenery (隐秘的风景) around Huangshan Mountain. They come to the fields by rivers, ancient (古老的) villages, and forests again and again.
Lecomte likes taking photos wherever he goes. Up till now he has taken more than 118,000 photos in China. Now, he shares these photos on Chinese social media (社交媒体). One of his favorite photos shows a little girl building a snowman in an ancient street. "The girl was me when I was little!" a young woman said excitedly after the photo was posted.
Lecomte still has a photo of his childhood home ...
