Sunday, December 31, 2006

triptych #1 - row






















Yantai - East - A row of small businesses in a narrow backstreet in the east of the city - late afternoon

photo: mhobbs

sultan - square # 33






















Yantai - Central - A Muslum sultana vendor, shows off his wares on a busy street in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

blur frame "rush"















Yantai - East - Students from "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" rush to a market in the failing light of late afternoon -

photo/manipulation: mhobbs

Saturday, December 30, 2006

soho - square # 32






















Yantai - Central - A woman stands by her 'cart' in a small market street in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

coal stack # 2






















Yantai - East - A mound of coal at "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

red frame
















Yantai - Central - Old signage on a wall in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo/manipulation: mhobbs

washing day






















Yantai - East - Quilts and sheets hung out to 'air' in the cold morning, on the 'balconies' of one of the student dormitaries at "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" - morning

photo: mhobbs

covered















Yantai - Central - A migrant vendor covers her face, as she sits outside FFC in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

sitting on the porch #2















Yantai - North - Two women sit on the steps of a small restaurant in the north of the city, peeling vegetables - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

night store

















Yantai - East - A man enters a small "nong tang" (alley) store, late at night, car headlights reflect off the boxes stacked on the outside of the shop - night
photo: mhobbs

fireworks















Yantai - North - A wrapper for a tradition Chinese "firecracker", lays amongst the red remains of the exploded crackers, on a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the north of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Friday, December 29, 2006

sisters fruit and vegetables - square # 31






















Yantai - East - A woman stands behind the counter of her small 'shop', in a narrow 'nong tang' (alley) , the sign reads "sisters fruit and vegetables" - night
photo: mhobbs

classic chinese pose # 1















Yantai - North - A man dressed in a "classic" Chinese coat, pushes his "biketruck" along a narrow "nong tang" in the north of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

classic chinese pose # 2















Yantai - North - A woman pushes her bicycle along a narrow 'nong tang' (alley) on the northern edge of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

couple - square #30
























Yantai - A couple stand by their "biketruck" stall in a small 'market' street on the northern edge of the city - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

lunch #1















Yantai - A man has lunch on the corner of a small backstreet, on the northern edge of the city - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

Thursday, December 28, 2006

lunch #2 square #29






















Yantai - A man has lunch on the corner of a small backstreet, on the northern edge of the city - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

corner






















Yantai - North - An old biketruck 'parked'outside a "Hutong" (Traditional Chinese alley dwelling) in a "nong tang" (alley) on the northern edge of the city - afternoon
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photo: mhobbs

yellow frame






















Yantai - North - High above a "gated" - dead-end "nong tang" (alley) with an 'overhang' of brightly painted yellow framed windows at the far end, in the northern section of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

close to the wall






















Yantai - North - A biketruck" guy on the northern edge of the city in a "nong tang" (alley) beside an ancient wall - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Saturday, December 09, 2006

corner store















Yantai - North - A corner store in a small backstreet in the north of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

night wire















Yantai - Barbed wire tangled around an electrical pole in a "nong tang" (alley) on the northern edge of the city - late afternoon
photo: mhobbs

close to the wall #2















Yantai - North - In a warehouse district on the northern edge of the city a "biketruck" guy rides his bike along a narrow "nong tang" (alley) - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

rusting















Yantai - North - An old biketruck in a stands outside a "Hutong" (Traditional Chinese alley dwelling) in a sunny "nong tang" (alley) on the northern edge of the city
- afternoon
photo: mhobbs

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

red star






















Yantai - North - The "red star" of the Chinese Navy on a large gate in the northern section of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Monday, December 04, 2006

looking out to sea - square # 28






















Yantai - North - An old man wearing a cap looks out to sea (Bohai) standing on a 'boardwalk' on the northern edge of the city, by the bay - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

walking






















Yantai - North - An old man wearing a "people's jacket and cap" stolls along the boardwalk on the northern edge of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

red shutters






















Yantai - North - On the northern edge of the city an old "European" building circa 1910, with red shutters - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

to the right















Yantai - North - On the northern edge of the city a man walks by an old soon to be demolished "European" building, circa 1900 - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

man in brown suit






















Yantai - North - In a small street on the northern edge of the city a man wearing a dark brown suit walks to meet friends - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Sunday, December 03, 2006

hutong man















Yantai - East - An old man stands outside his Hutong (Traditional Chinese alley dwelling) in a "nong tang" (alley) on the eastern edge of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

digging the trenches















Yantai - East - These men, working at "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" outside the apartment building specifically for the foriegn teachers at the college, are all from Hebei provience, one of the less developed and poorest in China, many immigrant workers come to Shandong to find employment - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

grey wall















Yantai - North - Two bicycles leaning against a stark concrete wall in a small backstreet on the northern edge of the city - morning

photo: mhobbs

red door






















Yantai - North - In a small backstreet on the northern edge of the city in a desolate courtyard a red door is the only reminder that the building was once an important government office. If you look closely you'll notice that the door is not only locked ut "bricked-up" on the inside - morning

photo: mhobbs