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iSpeak China

Maria — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:48:30 +0000

Very cool work by photographer Adrian Fisk called iSpeak China – Fisk travelled through China, asked young people (aged 18 to 30) to write their thoughts on a piece of paper, and photographed them. See the full collection here, or ChinaSmack for a summary.

Photography

Maria — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:15:14 +0000

I love this series of pictures, called Totems, by Alain Delorme, for their amazingly vivid colours — and because they made me smile. See the full set on the photographer’s website.

Photography by Alain Delorme

Time for a nap

Maria — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:14:45 +0000

A very funny series of pictures of people napping in China. Some of my favourites:

Source: REUTERS via International Business Times

Selling fruit

Maria — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:50:14 +0000

Doors in Sanya City

Maria — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:16:55 +0000

Hung out to dry

Maria — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:58:40 +0000

Fish drying in the sun

It started a couple of weeks ago, with fish. On a sunny day, there they were, hanging in a tidy row on a stick by the side of the street. A few days later, someone had hung up some pieces of meat to dry. Now it’s everywhere — fish, chickens, beef, pork, sausages, all marinated and hung up in rows on railings, balconies, and by the sidewalk, drying in the sun. Even my neighbors have gotten in on the act.

I asked my students this afternoon what was up with all of the meat hung out to dry, and they confirmed what I suspected — Spring Festival preparations are underway. Apparently people traditionally marinate different kinds of meat for Spring Festival, and then hang it to dry wherever they can find space. In the case of my neighbors, that means pushing their laundry to the side to make room for meat on their balconies.

Meat hanging to dry on my neighbor's balcony

Photos of a changing China

Maria — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:50:56 +0000

There’s an exhibition in Beijing right now with photos taken by a German journalist on two separate trips to China, one in 1976 and one in 2006. On both trips, he took photos in the same or similar locations, so the pictures really bring out the changes that have taken place over the past 30 years. You can see some of the photos here.

The biggest change? Apparently the world in 1976 was mostly black and white. Weird.

Fishermen

Maria — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:50:50 +0000

Fishermen in front of the Three Gorges Dam

Cranes

Maria — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:49 +0000

Performance space in the Three Gorges Dam park

Guarding the gate

Maria — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:48:16 +0000