concrete wall with tiles and advertising - these small 'stickers' are placed on walls, stairwells and lampposts throughout the city (I have seen them across China) they advertise 'fake' document 'makers'
photo: mhobbs
Friday, December 25, 2009
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wire - nong tang # 21
early afternoon Gaoqiao - a silent walk down a narrow "nong tang" (alley), behind 'Dahongying University'
photo: mhobbs
Friday, November 27, 2009
collection
an older woman walks along one of the many narrow "nong tang's" (alleys) of Gaoqiao - late in the afternoon
photo: mhobbs
Thursday, November 19, 2009
barge
traveling along one of the many canals that criss-cross Ningbo, this barge passes under a bridge near Dahongying University, in the west of the city
photo: mhobbs
Monday, November 16, 2009
Saturday, November 07, 2009
what is left behind
in an abandoned and soon to be demolished building a bowl and single "chop stick" lay where they was left
photo: mhobbs
when the bridge has steps
an old man climbs the stairs of an ancient bridge - Haishu district
photo: mhobbs
outdoor pool
a pool table (popular in China, as it is in many places across the world, with those with too much time on their hands) sits outside a small hutong near the Gaoqiao market in the Gaoqiao district
photo: mhobbs
what is left behind # 6 - polaroid # 15
one of the many partly demolished hutong (traditional Chinese alley dwelling) in the Haishu district
photo: mhobbs
Saturday, October 31, 2009
when the light is at your side
a woman who is partially blind sits in the shadows outside her small home in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Haishu district
photo: mhobbs
standing at the curve - blue # 2
student dormitaries - Dahongying University - Gaoqiao district, Ningbo
photo: mhobbs
Friday, October 23, 2009
all that is fit to print
reading the "news" outside his home, in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Haishu district
photo: mhobbs
Thursday, October 15, 2009
she stands
a seemingly very young woman stands in the doorway of a "hairdresser", this is not a place to have a haircut.
In Chinese pinyin this has a name it is Ji Dian. (perhaps this translates as Slut shop or Hooker shop)
photo: mhobbs
she has many stories
an elderly woman strolls along a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Haishu District, in the inner west of the city
photo: mhobbs
veil
a bike is parked outside a small "medicine and massage" establishment in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the Haishu District, in the inner west of the city
photo: mhobbs
jacket
an old man strolls along a narrow "nong tang" (alley) , in the Haishu District, in the west of the city
photo: mhobbs
Sunday, October 11, 2009
soya
beans dry in the warm afternoon sun, the beans lay in a broad flat basket in a "nong tang" (alley) in the Gaoqiao district
photo: mhobbs
Monday, October 05, 2009
when the door is open
a woman sits outside her small two room home in the west of the city
photo: mhobbs
Thursday, October 01, 2009
red gate - close to noon # 11
the red gate - one of the entrances to Dahongying University (where we teach) Gaoqiao district of Ningbo
photo: mhobbs
nong tang # 12 - follow
narrow winding nong tang (alley) - small village in the Gaoqiao district
photo: mhobbs
Thursday, September 24, 2009
when she sits at your side
two women sit outside their small home in a narrow street in a small village in the gaoqiao district
photo: mhobbs
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
ohh my god......
another
we have been trying for only a short time and yep - this is amazing - pass out the cigars
photo: Cecilia Labjata
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
homeward
a woman rides her bicycle along a narrow 'road' 'jammed' between rice paddies heading toward a small village in the Gaoqiao district.
photo:mhobbs
at home - polaroid # 7
waiting for his father to return home from work, this young boy watches the busy road close to his home for a bicycle
photo:mhobbs
sillouette
inside a small retail arcade in the center of the city - I was shopping for shoes
photo:mhobbs
Saturday, August 22, 2009
that time of day # 2
Xiurong Ting sits by her vegetables near the entrance of the Gaoqiao market in the west of the city
photo: mhobbs
new site here
on her way
a young woman shops at the large market on Ji Chang Lu in the Gaoqiao district
photo: mhobbs
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
red yellow blue
view from the "red line" - Shanghai metro, central Shanghai
photo/manipulation: mhobbs
this is his home
a middle aged couple in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the gaoqiao district
photo: mhobbs
Sunday, August 02, 2009
morning on the yuyao
early morning light reflects through the mist on the Yuyou river. The Yuyyao or "Yuyao Jiang" is one of the several rivers that run through the city
photo:mhobbs
Thursday, July 30, 2009
a boy and a chair
in a narrow alley in the gaoqiao district, a young boy plays outside his home
photo: mhobbs
Monday, July 27, 2009
tianfeng tower
part of the "city gods temple" (Cheng Huang Temple) 'complex' the tower was first built during the Tang Dynasty (695-696) then rebuilt during the Song Dynasty (1144). For many years it was of course the highest structure in Ningbo being 51 meters.
photo:mhobbs
Thursday, July 23, 2009
a woman and her children on the edge
a mother and her two children outside their canalside home, near 'Ningbo Dahongying University', in the gaoqiao district, west of the city
photo:mhobbs
between the shadows
a young boy plays in the dark alleys (nong tang's) of the gaoqiao district
photo:mhobbs
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
a woman and her children on the edge
a mother and her two children outside their canal side home, near 'Ningbo Dahongying University', in the gaoqiao district, west of the city
photo: mhobbs
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
patchwork # 2
nearing ningbo, Zhejiang province - the landscape changes from the dry plains and mountains of the north to the coastal plains and farm lands of Zhejiang
photo: mhobbs
aqua profunda
washing hangs between to "trees in a small 'backstreet' in the north of the city.
photo: mhobbs
Sunday, June 28, 2009
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