Category Archives: China

China: Village Market

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Guilin, China, 2003 When I printed this negative in the darkroom, I was pleased. I can still remember how sharp the differing gray values of the reeds stood out. Looking at them made me feel as if I were touching … Continue reading

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The Outcast

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Kashgar, China 2003 Animals behave as we do in many ways. They form cliques, a pecking order, and the low man in the herd has a miserable time of it. At feeding time, the outcast must gobble his  food because … Continue reading

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Another Vintage Poster

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China 2005 Sorry. I can’t remember the name of this city. But I do remember going to the one small part of it that looked like China. Most of the city looked like Manhattan. This place was a sort of … Continue reading

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Whimsey

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Thousand Hills, China 2005 I loved the rounded mountains, so ancient, all jumbled together as if protecting the mysteries of “The All Under Heaven” (one of the old names for China). Once again we had a foggy, rainy day. A thick blanket of fog … Continue reading

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The Chinese Economy

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China 2005 We hear a lot about how China is going to eat our lunch economically. To give you another viewpoint, the viewpoint of a German economist, click on this link: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-05-12/u-s-is-no-1-china-is-so-yesterday I do recommend reading that article, but if … Continue reading

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Tibetan Costume

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Qinghai Provence, China 2007 Kham women of the Tibetan Prefecture in Qinghai Provence arrange their costume in preparation for a festival in Yushou.  The population in this part of China is nearly 100% Kham Tibetan. Kham are physically striking: both … Continue reading

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Out West…in Tibet

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Qinghai, Provence China 2007 Tibetan men wearing cowboy hats play poker at a small resort on Qinghai Lake.  The chairs are covered with hides from yak and other animals…maybe wolf and fox. To read more about the Tibetan cowboy and … Continue reading

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At the Dongguan Mosque

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Xining, China 2007 She might have to beg, but she has pride. She turns her face away from my lens. She is ashamed to be photographed by a foreigner. I would be, too. She has come to the largest mosque … Continue reading

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Tibetan Cowgirl

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Qinghai, China 2007 We passed a settlement of a few homes and a government building of some sort. This woman had her saddled yak in tow. With the blue of Qinghai Lake and the yellow of the canola field as … Continue reading

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Silhouette in Fog

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Yunnan Province, China 2005 We seldom saw a house among the fields of corn and canola. Most of the farmers lived in the village. Here a man leads his donkey and her foal home after a hard day’s work. The … Continue reading

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