Summer camp ended in a tide of tears and goodbyes. Taking photos I found myself getting a little choked up. Darn cute kids and their tears.
Chinese Weddings: Do you remember?
Do you remember one year ago? The sweaty train ride, me worried about another bout of near-heat stroke? Arriving late in Changsha? Racing through the streets of a city we didn’t know to a registry office we weren’t sure was open? Do you remember completing the forms and making our promise before the three uniformed…
ESL Summer Camp: I got served
It may look like an act of ritualistic suicide with a plastic scimitar, but it’s not, it’s English Summer Camp in China
China News: Smile, you’re being watched
Beijing couples who steal a kiss in public are being warned they could be caught on closed-circuit television — and suspected of committing a crime.
after dark
One of the good things about being at school after dark is a chance to shoot some interesting night scenes. This is far from perfect. It’s slightly out of focus, and the light bleeds around the tree in the upper right. That said, I kind of like it. It could be far worse. The Great…
Shopping in China: Bottled water and random kindness
It had been a pointless day. I traveled to to Hua Qiang Lu, the street full of electronics, computers, and assorted gadgetry, to find camera gear.
China Travel: Booking plane tickets and phone calls
Trying to buy plane tickets to Guilin China through elong.net turns into a phone / delivery nightmare.
regular
A backstreet magazine merchant shares a moment with a regular customer. Captured: Under the world’s longest escalator, Central District, Hong Kong SAR, July 21, 2007.
train in vain
self portrait, Admiralty MTR station, Hong Kong SAR, July 21, 2007.
quiz
This man is: a) preaching about the miracles of a vegetarian diet and the wonders of having the FSM as your deity. b) seeing no evil. c) loudly lamenting Bongo’s summer disappearance. d) rockin’ out during a talent show (although he has no talent), and introducing Chinese youth to punk music.