Monday, January 28, 2008

when at the market you always see people you know - wide # 19

Narrow "market street" in the Xiangqiao district near the center of the city
photo:mhobbs

Sunday, January 27, 2008

when all you can do is wait - square # 164


when all you can do is wait, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Two rickshaw (ricksha) drivers on a central Chaozhou street waiting for the next "fare"
photo:mhobbs

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


Xixin Lu - two squares # 2, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

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
photo:mhobbs

when waiting/shopping


when waiting/shopping, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A woman "squats" by the side of a busy central city street at a "vendors" stall
photo:mhobbs

up


up, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Corner of an old apartment building in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Qiaodong district
photo:mhobbs

he will call you - redux


he will call you - redux, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

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.
photo: mhobbs

grip


grip, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A "rickshaw" driver sits in his tricycle waiting for the next fare (me)
photo:mhobbs

when the light is not enough - square # 163


when the light is not enough, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

"Han Jiang" (Han river) market mid morning

photo:mhobbs

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

photo:mhobbs

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

appropriate posture


appropriate posture, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A market vendor sits at his "stall" in a small market in a "nong tang" (alley) in the Qiaodong district near Hanshan University

photo:mhobbs

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

photo:mhobbs

han jiang - two squares # 1


han jiang - two squares # 1, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

the day fades on the Han Jiang - The bridge was first built around 1179, during the "Southern Song Dynasty" 1127–1279


photo:mhobbs

certainty - cibachrome # 5


certainty - cibachrome # 5, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

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

photo:mhobbs

when we are free - square # 160


when we are free, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

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

photo:mhobbs

at this time of the day


at this time of the day, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Narrow space between two Hutong (Traditional Chinese alley dwellings) in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Qiaodong district, near Hanshan University - late afternoon

photo:mhobbs

bowls with two bicycles - wide # 18

Bowls for sale "displayed" on the "street", in a small backstreet in the Xiangqiao district

photo:mhobbs

Saturday, January 05, 2008

when the man heard laughter - square # 160


when the man heard laughter, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

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.

photo:mhobbs

skip


skip, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Early morning skip - A young girl "skips" along a shaded "nong tang" (alley) in the Qiaodong district, near Hanshan University
photo:mhobbs

with bicycle


with bicycle, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A man pulls a cart along a central Chaozhou street, loaded with his broom and bicycle
photo:mhobbs

middle "kingdom"


middle "kingdom", originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Intersection outside the busy market in the Xiangqiao district in the center of the city, near the "Hanjiang" river
photo:mhobbs

the road is clear - square # 159


the road is clear, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Late in the afternoon three men stop to buy fruit from a "street trader" near the 'gate' of Hanshan University
photo:mhobbs

the shadow is cast


the shadow is cast, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Apartment building in a residentcial area of the Qiaodong district
photo:mhobbs

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


stamp, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

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
photo:mhobbs

falling


falling, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Long shadows fall along a narrow "nong tang" (alley) between apartment buildings on the eastern edge of the Qiaodong district
photo:mhobbs