an old woman covers her eyes whilst weeping, sitting on the side of the road in the north of the city
photo: Mhobbs
Monday, May 11, 2009
weep
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
he closes his eyes to what's coming
middle aged man rests at a busy intersection in the north of the city
photo:m.hobbs
Saturday, April 11, 2009
party store
a small wholesale catering supply store in the center of the city - click on the image to visit me on flick
photo: mhobbs
Friday, February 20, 2009
the break
a group of men playing cards in a narrow "nong tang" (alley) in the north of the city
photo:mhobbs
Sunday, February 15, 2009
it was snowing
a woman struggles against the heavy snow and wind, pushing her bicycle into the shelter of the central bus station near the center of the city
photo:mhobbs
Saturday, January 17, 2009
scarf
an old man guards against the biting winter cold, on his way to the small 'northern' market
photo: mhobbs
Sunday, December 21, 2008
emporers chicken
A young market vendor sits by his slow "clay baked chicken's", sometimes called Beggar's Chicken, at a small 'open air' market in the north of the city. The chicken is wrapped in huge lotus leaves, packed in cool, wet claylike mud or ceramic clay and then baked for hours in a low oven. When the dish is ready and the hard clay cracked open, the chicken, so tender it falls away from the bone, releases a steamy fragrance that is truly memorable.
It is doubly appealing because it is steeped in the kind of folklore and legend that the Chinese love.
One story tells of the beggar who became the first Emperor of the Han dynasty (202 B.C. to A.D. 220). It holds that this clay-baked chicken dish, a favorite of the beggar, became an imperial specialty when he became Emperor.
photo: mhobbs
Friday, December 12, 2008
steam
A vendor steams buns (Bao Zi) in the open outside his small " store", in the Jiancaoping district near 'Taiyuan Institute of Technology'.
photo: mhobbs
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
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
And now for something completely different.
Our beautiful daughter Lucy @ two years and three months
photo:mhobbs
when expecting the rain
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
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
game # 2 - square # 168
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
Turn of the century Hutong (Traditional Chinese alley dwelling) courtyard in the Qiaodong district
photo:mhobbs
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