Two photographers. Two passions. Color and black and white.

Zhang Wanli boasts a painter's eye and a zest for color and the occasional black and white. The Beijing native is a mechanical engineer by education and loves travel, nature and landscape photography. Patrick Casey is a retired Associated Press newsman with a long-standing interest in China and black and white photography. They can be contacted at [email protected]. (All photos copyright 2025 Zhang Wanli, Patrick Casey.)

"Photography is a love affair with life."

Beijing teems with opportunities to photograph everything from ancient cultural sites to the most modern architecture.

Wanli and Patrick love to shoot in the capital city's pristine parks, palaces and temples and lively neighborhoods. Each day is a chromatic adventure.

Wanli's Work

Patrick's Work