Narrow "market street" in the Xiangqiao district near the center of the city
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Monday, January 28, 2008
when at the market you always see people you know - wide # 19
Sunday, January 27, 2008
when all you can do is wait - square # 164
Two rickshaw (ricksha) drivers on a central Chaozhou street waiting for the next "fare"
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In the morning we do sometimes hear the wind
Bright blue light enters the corridor in one of the many "teaching" buildings at Hanshan Normal University, Chaozhou, Guangdong China.
Xixin Lu - two squares # 2
A street vendor on the busy "Xixin Lu" (a major road in the center of the city) sits by his stall as the traffic passes by
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when waiting/shopping
A woman "squats" by the side of a busy central city street at a "vendors" stall
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up
Corner of an old apartment building in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Qiaodong district
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he will call you - redux
A young woman "texts" while walking, as a guy talks on his cell, outside a motorbike repair "shop" on a busy street in the center of the city.
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when on some days everything you see is at your feet - square # 162
A market vendor sits at his "stall" in a small market in a "nong tang" (alley) in the Qiaodong district near Hanshan University
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
appropriate posture
A market vendor sits at his "stall" in a small market in a "nong tang" (alley) in the Qiaodong district near Hanshan University
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when you are ten you can see the horizon
A young boy stands "smiling", standing in the light rain - dressed in only a pair of shorts - seemingly looking into the near distance
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han jiang - two squares # 1
the day fades on the Han Jiang - The bridge was first built around 1179, during the "Southern Song Dynasty" 1127–1279
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certainty - cibachrome # 5
A typical street scene in "southern China", a busy market street in the Xiangqiao district of Chaozhou, close to the "Han Jiang" (Han River) in the center of the city
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when we are free - square # 160
Two men sit "resting" on their "ricksha" (Rickshaw) under the shade of trees on a main street in the Xiangqiao district in the center of the city
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at this time of the day
Narrow space between two Hutong (Traditional Chinese alley dwellings) in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Qiaodong district, near Hanshan University - late afternoon
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bowls with two bicycles - wide # 18
Bowls for sale "displayed" on the "street", in a small backstreet in the Xiangqiao district
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Saturday, January 05, 2008
when the man heard laughter - square # 160
My beautiful partner and daughter walk along a residential "nong tang" (alley) in the Xiangqiao district, in the center of the city, as a vegetable vendor looks on.
We were out walking in the center of the city, - walking amongst the "Hutong" in the shaded "nong tang's" , trying to avoid the heat of the middle of the day - Buying vegetables, yes I prefer to buy from local "markets" not the multi-national "Supermarkets", when my daughter and partner were walking ahead of me I noticed this man sitting alone with his basket of "fresh vegie's", I stopped to take a look at his goods, my daughter (as she often does) laughed, this caught the vendors attention, which is unusual because as you can imagine being a 180cm + bearded European, I usually am the one who "catches all the attention" - I took those few brief moments to capture this image.
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skip
Early morning skip - A young girl "skips" along a shaded "nong tang" (alley) in the Qiaodong district, near Hanshan University
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with bicycle
A man pulls a cart along a central Chaozhou street, loaded with his broom and bicycle
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middle "kingdom"
Intersection outside the busy market in the Xiangqiao district in the center of the city, near the "Hanjiang" river
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the road is clear - square # 159
Late in the afternoon three men stop to buy fruit from a "street trader" near the 'gate' of Hanshan University
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when a man knows his shoes - wide # 17
A shoe repair vendor sits amongst the debris of his trade under the shade of an overpass in a small backstreet in the Qiaodong district
stamp
Painted "stamp" on the outside wall of an old Hutong (Traditional Chinese alley dwelling) in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) near the "Hanjiang" (Han river) in the Qiaodong district
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falling
Long shadows fall along a narrow "nong tang" (alley) between apartment buildings on the eastern edge of the Qiaodong district
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