DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) Shanghai (Part II)
DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) Shanghai 2010 (Part I) A final round up of photos from the DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) Shanghai 2010 before I return to street stories…
Shanghai
DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) Shanghai 2010 (Part I)
I had the pleasure of watching the DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) Shanghai 2010, also known as the China Street Race, this past Sunday. It was held around Century…
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…