having spent the day # 2 - cibachrome # 12

having spent the day # 2 - cibachrome # 12, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A man crosses a busy street in the Xiangqiao district in the center of the city

photo:mhobbs

mixing it up

mixing it up, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

"Worker" mixing cement 'dust' at Hanshan Normal University

photo: mhobbs

when a man knows to sit - square # 172

when a man knows to sit, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A vendor at the Han Jiang market - mid morning

photo: mhobbs

when your friend is behind you - square # 171

when your friend is behind you, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A man stands close to his "van" with a ceramics factory 'chimney stack' looming large against the early winter sky. The factory is built close to an apartment "block" complex

photo:mhobbs

lucy - in b&w # 2 - square # 170

lucy - in b&w # 2, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

And now for something completely different.

Our beautiful daughter Lucy @ two years and three months

photo:mhobbs

when expecting the rain

when expecting the rain, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A woman holding a red and white umbrella, stands at the entrance to a "Hutong" (Traditional Chinese alley dwelling) in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Qiaodong distict
photo:mhobbs

descent

descent, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Two students in the "underpass" - Hanshan University
photo:mhobbs

when all you have is a simple gesture

when all you have is a simple gesture, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A family - small "street" market in the Qiaodong district.

This may be a very simple image but of all the "square bw" images that I have taken in the last two or three years this one is one of my favorites - It has all the elements that I have tried to capture of 'everyday life' of the 'common person' in China - MH

photo:mhobbs

portrait of a man in the afternoon

portrait of a man in the afternoon, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A motorbike "taxi" guy stands by his 'bike in the courtyard beside the northern gate to Hanshan University
photo:mhobbs

A way to spend the morning

A way to spend the morning, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

repairs
photo:mhobbs

game # 2 - square # 168

game # 2, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A group of men play a game of pool in a small 'backstreet', on the northern edge of the Qiaodong district
photo:mhobbs

hutong courtyard

hutong courtyard, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Turn of the century Hutong (Traditional Chinese alley dwelling) courtyard in the Qiaodong district
photo:mhobbs

when everything you have is within your reach - square # 167

when everything you have is within your reach, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

An old man stands by his vegetable stall outside the Han jiang market in the Qiaodong district
photo:mhobbs

when the reach is short - square # 166

when the reach is short, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A street vendor at her stall near the "northern" gate to Hanshan University
photo:mhobbs

warm

warm, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Baskets stacked in a "nong tang" (alley) near the Hanjiang market, glow in the warm afternoon light
photo:mhobbs

Yang Chun Wei - remember - student portrait # 1

Yang Chun Wei - student portrait # 1, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Second year business studies student "Wang Chun Wei" (Bill) - Hanshan Normal University, Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, China. . His parents are farmers.
photo:mhobbs

far from here

far from here, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A cyclist rides his bike along Hanjiang Lu (Han River road) in the Qiaodong district in the late afternoon
photo:mhobbs

Hanjiang market - two squares # 3

Hanjiang market - two squares # 3, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A 'fish' vendor at the Han Jiang (Han river) market
photo:mhobbs

these are bicycles

these are bicycles, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Bicycles "parked" outside one of the many teaching buildings at Hanshan University, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China
photo:mhobbs

trip

trip, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Traveling on a freeway from Chaozhou to Shantou Sunday morning
photo:mhobbs

portrait of a man at night

portrait of a man at night, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A 'garbage collector' sits on his "biketruck" in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Xiangqiao district in the center of the city, waiting for his companion to collect boxes from a nearby store
photo:mhobbs

this is a bicycle

this is a bicycle, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

An old bicycle with a basket leans against a wall in a "nong tang" (alley) in the Qiaodong district
photo:mhobbs

when sitting alone - square # 165

when sitting alone, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A motorbike "taxi" guy near the Hanjiang (Han river) market in the Xiangqiao district, sits waiting for his next fare (me)
photo:mhobbs

reverse - trip

reverse - trip, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Coming "home" after a day in Shantou, sunday afternoon
photo:mhobbs

the only thing that maters

the only thing that maters, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Detail of an old wall painting in a "schoolyard" in the center of the city. Shantou, Guangdong Province China
photo:mhobbs

Looking back on the road just traveled

Looking back on the road just traveled, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

View from the rear of a "rickshaw" (ricksha) on a busy street near the center of Shantou

photo:mhobbs