Category Archives: China

Chinese Factory

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China, On the Banks of the Yangtze 2003 We stood on the deck of our old cruise ship scanning the river banks. Signs posted on the steep hills displayed the depth the river would be when it reached that spot. … Continue reading

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Khampa Girl

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Qinghai Province, China 2007 She wore the colorful beads of the Tibetan people. She  sat with her family at a festival and she looked bored. She was at an age where she might have been hoping to meet the Khampa man of … Continue reading

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Uyghurs

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Kashgar, China 2003 Uyghur families travel to the market in Kashgar. I was shooting film (slides) and took very few shots. Luckily some are good enough. If I had used digital, I’d have had hundreds of shots but still this … Continue reading

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Rainy Day in Dongchuan

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Yunnan Province, China, 2005 School children carrying umbrellas make their way to school. I used some of Topaz Labs software to color this and Nik Filters to give the squiggly look. And I used Alien Skin’s Exposure X. If I … Continue reading

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Encounter in Yunnan

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Somewhere in Yunnan Province, China 2005 These hand embroidered shoes were in a little box near the compound wall. They were displayed as if they were for sale.   They don’t look new but the embroidery looks fresh. Here is the … Continue reading

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Qinghai Provence

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China, 2007 We brought a lovely young Tibetan girl with us. She had a wardrobe of traditional clothing that her mother had sewn for her. Our leader always asked her to stand with her back to us. He didn’t want … Continue reading

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Tobacco Harvest

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Yunnan China 2005 I made the driver stop when I saw this man and his family drying their tobacco crop. The tobacco leaves were tied to long poles and were hung in a barn. Never mind if the barn was a … Continue reading

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CURIOUS

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Guilin, China 2005 “Some animals are more equal than others.”  I’ve been watching a film about the life of George Orwell and thought of this quote from his book, “Animal Farm”. The book was a commentary on the rise of … Continue reading

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Chinese Farmers

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A Vegetable Market in China 2005 I was thinking that this was a basket full of lotus roots, however in comparing my photo to photos of lotus root, this isn’t lotus. But I know if you have a Chinese chef … Continue reading

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Color Palette

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China, 2005 I’ve found a new “category”. It’s called color palette. Now I can add some photos with colors that tell the story for me. This is a house on a city street in China. The rust-red color of the weathered … Continue reading

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