I bought a one-way ticket to Shanghai, thinking I'd stay for a year. 12 years later, it feels like home.

Graeme Kennedy knew he didn't want to stay in Canada but never expected to spend the next decade in China. Provided by Graeme Kennedy Graeme Kennedy left a small town in Canada for Shanghai, expecting to stay one year. He quit marketing, built a photography business, and now documents food and culture. Now, he's lived in Shanghai for 12 years and says it's where he feels most at home. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Graeme Kennedy, a Canadian photographer based in…