Baby, it’s cold outside
In the last week, temperatures have dipped to chilly lows. Motorcycle mittens have been dusted off and patched up. Collars are flipped up and hoodies are pulled low…
China
Introducing The Roving Exhibit
It has been more than a month and a half since I embarked on what I have titled Shanghai Street Stories: The Roving Exhibit. I have refrained from…
Participating in The Street Photography Now Project from China
(Update: 中文解释请看刘淼博科（街头摄影进行时）是由伦敦的摄影师画廊和”Street Photography Now”一书的两位作者共同发起的一个街头摄影项目，从今年10月1日起，为期一年，每周由一位摄影师设定一个拍摄规则，全世界的摄影爱好者都可以通过在flickr上提交照片的方式参与。) To celebrate the publication of Street Photography Now, the Photographers’ Gallery (UK) is running a year-long project called the Street Photography Now Project for…
In the distance
Standing at the edge of a 7 storey building, where an entire side of the wall had been ripped out, I felt like I was in the box…
Laundry
On a brilliant and sunny Saturday along Wangjiamatou Lu (王家码头路). A photog friend once said to me that she never liked photographing old houses on the weekends. “Too…
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…
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…