For yesterday’s post, I offered up some Hong Kong images that were pretty much general views of the city that were photographed in my style. I wrote that I would show you a little different, more local, view of the city today. So here it is. Six images that are what I call “little pictures.”Continue reading “Little Pictures”
Category Archives: Chinese Woman
Tiny Little Portraits
I’ve been photographing people for most of my career. A quick look at my history will tell you that some of my earliest work was published in the newspapers for whom I worked. Most of the images published in a newspaper are about people. It doesn’t matter what section of the newspaper that you findContinue reading “Tiny Little Portraits”
Bikes… The Past
This is another image from my time in Shanghai. While bikes are still a very popular way to get around, the coming of the car, the new subways and more modern means of transportation have made scenes like this one harder to find. You might ask yourself, did they not have cars in 1989? OfContinue reading “Bikes… The Past”
Prayer
Since The Lunar New Year is still upon us, I thought that I would post a temple picture from Hong Kong. It was made at the huge temple at Wong Tai Sin, on the Kowloon Side. It is a Taoist temple dedicated to “The Great Immortal Wong,” or, Wong Tai Sin. On eve of TheContinue reading “Prayer”
Street Food
I‘m a big fan of street food, especially in Asia where the food is very fresh, cooked to order and certainly more healthy then eating at your local fast food joint. I suppose there are negative questions, like is the location properly sanitized? I don’t know. But, in all my years of traveling, I’ve neverContinue reading “Street Food”
Tai Tai
Although she is shopping at the Ladies Market in Mong Kok, this woman is a classic example of what the Cantonese word tai tai has evolved into. Its root meaning is simply “MRS.” But, today, it means something like “blue haired, wealthy woman who over dresses and usually rides in a car driven by aContinue reading “Tai Tai”
