Monday, February 25, 2008

having spent the day # 2 - cibachrome # 12

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

photo:mhobbs

Thursday, February 21, 2008

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

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

Friday, February 08, 2008

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

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

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

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

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

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

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

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

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

photo:mhobbs