Kae Chong

02/01/2026

西藏阿里：公廁前的霓虹銀河
在西藏神山腳下的深夜，本是一場尋常的如廁，卻撞見了此生最清澈的星空。即便海拔寒氣逼人，隔日還要轉山，我仍毫不猶豫地拿著三腳架衝進冷冽的夜色中。拍攝的地點就在公廁旁，鼻尖縈繞著尿騷味，眼前的銀河卻亮得像裝上了霓虹燈，在浩瀚的蒼穹中不停閃爍。那一刻，感官的落差如此奇妙——最卑微的氣味與最神聖的光芒，同時並存於這片靜謐的荒野。

Ngari, Tibet: Milky Way Above A Public Toilet
At the foot of a sacred mountain in Tibet, I stepped outside late at night for a bathroom break. Looking up, I found the clearest night sky of my life.
I grabbed my tripod and rushed into the night. No thought was spared for the high altitude, the biting cold, or that I should be resting for a long pilgrimage ahead.
I set up my tripod right next to the public toilet. The smell was sharp and unavoidable. Above me, the Milky Way blazed so brightly it looked almost artificial, like a neon strip lighting up the sky.
The earthy smells of mundane human existence, and the sacred resplendence of heavenly bodies. Capturing both in the same timeframe was surreal.

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28/12/2025

One needs to ride a modified cargo truck across barren sands to reach this remote corner of Uruguay. Only a handful of families live here. Some are fishermen whose families have worked these waters for generations. Others are hippies who have stepped away from the world, growing cannabis in their backyards and living quietly off the grid.

The locals have just two fishing boats, both named “La Juanita”. They are the residents’ only link to the sea and sole means of survival. Life here runs on barter and self-sufficiency, much like the hidden world in the film “The Beach”.

When night falls, the Milky Way stretches across the sky above the rusted boats. The starry skies are pristine. Here, the worries and ambitions of the outside world feel unreal. Only the sound of the waves and the light of the cosmos overhead feel everlasting and true.

28/12/2025

After so many years of chasing the stars, I have learned how to converse with myself under the stars. I have learned how to make peace with my confused past.

The ancients studied the stars to understand the world. I study them to find my place in the world. The night sky has taught me this: no matter how the world changes, life should be lived with your head held high.

From a failed business to years of astrophotography across remote landscapes, this is a quiet reflection on patience, and finding clarity under the stars.