The matron and her plastic bag
It wasn’t hard to notice her amidst the pedestrian and bicycle traffic. The summer heat called for casual and light clothing. Yet, she wore a tweed-like dress that…
Farming in the city
How much land does a man need? Leo Tolstoy had posed and answered the question in a 1886 short story about a greedy Russian peasant Pakhom, intent on…
Patrons of street art
“What is this?” “What does this all mean?” Existential questions? Hardly. Just curious thoughts being blurted out, accompanied by some headscratching. This past summer, I met with BrandFury…
Fresh from the farm
The idea of fresh vegetables for me, a born and bred city girl from Singapore, is having my produce vendor pick out crisp greens at 7am in the morning…
Help Portrait on 4th Dec and other miscellany
Hello there! A bunch of exciting things are underway here… Help Portrait: Shanghai’s ready, are you? For the second year in a row, a group of Shanghai-based Flickr…
Behind the Camera: 蜕(Tui) on the relationship between the city and street photography
蜕(Tui) is a Shanghai-based street photographer and one of the many contributors of the Chinese street photo blog Zaijietou (在街头 or ‘in the streets’). His work, shot exclusively on…
On street photography in China
Update: Thanks to Jonah, Jens, Imansoe and budak for your comments. Blogger Ren Yue, whom I mentioned in the post has also responded via her blog (in Chinese)….
Barrel roll a yo-yo
He rolled his eyes and sighed. I had proven to be an utter disappointment, having failed to master the yo-yo. Scowling, I slapped the toy into his open…
A little help, a closer look
“So, tell me again, why are you photographing all this?” Mr Gu scratched his head and examined my camera and tripod. A technician from Zhejiang working at Sinan…
Before and after on Sinan Lu
The contrast on both sides of the streets is only as jarring as you make it to be, or notice at all. Standing in the middle of Sinan…