The central subject of Time from Different Sources is life in the small village of Ciman, a community straddling the Qinglong River near the larger city of Lijiang, in southwest China. Change Xinhao builds a portrait of this place from multiple and far-flung perspectives: from botany to folklore, from geology to cuisine.
Shaped in the form of a folder and divided into four untitled sections, the book contains images that are photographic evidence; but between the folds, pamphlets, panoramas, and extended series lie independent thoughts that come together like threads in a fabric sample.