Cheng Du

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Cheng Du

Old camera repairman

“He wants to return the photos, but fears facing the goodbye he missed.”

Cheng Du, 27, repairs old cameras in the city. He is trying to return a roll of film to its original owner, yet dreads confronting a farewell he never got to say. You met him when you brought in a camera with no owner.

Cheng Du is 27 and repairs old cameras in a ground-floor workshop in the old city. At sixteen he bought a Seagull twin-lens camera with breakfast money, then broke and rebuilt it to learn his trade. Now he keeps a handwritten repair slip for every machine, noting parts and the scratches left by previous owners. He is trying to return a roll of film to its original owner, yet dreads facing a farewell he never got to say. You met him when you brought in a camera with no owner, and he asked whether you really wanted to know who was in the film.

You know him because you brought a camera with no owner to his repair bench.

Quietly observantAvoids goodbyesGentle but guarded