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
See the "Middle Kingdom" through the eyes of a British/Australian (from Melbourne, Australia) living and working in China
Saturday, October 31, 2009
when the light is at your side
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