Showing posts with label wall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wall. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

stairs on blue and yellow wall






















Metal stairs on the outside of a large building, painted a bright blue with a yellow bottom wall, in the centre of the city

photo: mhobbs

Saturday, January 27, 2007

black on white















Yantai - South - Black Chinese characters on an old wall in the southern section of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

on the wall















Yantai - Central - An old painting advertising a tailor on the wall of a Hutong (Traditional Chinese alley dwelling) in a "nong tang" (alley) in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Saturday, December 30, 2006

red frame
















Yantai - Central - Old signage on a wall in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo/manipulation: mhobbs

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

yellow frame






















Yantai - North - High above a "gated" - dead-end "nong tang" (alley) with an 'overhang' of brightly painted yellow framed windows at the far end, in the northern section of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

close to the wall






















Yantai - North - A biketruck" guy on the northern edge of the city in a "nong tang" (alley) beside an ancient wall - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Saturday, December 09, 2006

rusting















Yantai - North - An old biketruck in a stands outside a "Hutong" (Traditional Chinese alley dwelling) in a sunny "nong tang" (alley) on the northern edge of the city
- afternoon
photo: mhobbs

Sunday, December 03, 2006

grey wall















Yantai - North - Two bicycles leaning against a stark concrete wall in a small backstreet on the northern edge of the city - morning

photo: mhobbs

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

curios















Yantai - Central - Afternoon light falls onto a peeling painted sign on an old building housing an arcade of "Yantai Curio's" in the centre of the city - afternoon

Apologies to the "readers" this site being a "google" product has been blocked for the past month by the 'Central Government - It seems to be unblocked as of today -
photo: mhobbs

Sunday, October 29, 2006

stars on the wall















Yantai - North - A woman sits outside her store, reading a book with a coal burning kettle stove at her feet, on the northern edge of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Saturday, October 28, 2006

gas






















Yantai - East - An empty 'gas bottle' in an alley strewn with graffiti, on the eastern edge of the city - evening

photo: mhobbs

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

at the wall











Yantai - Central - Two men and a women wait for delivery work in a small alley in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Friday, October 13, 2006

painted wall















Yantai - Central - A wall in the centre of the city with a 'peeling' hand painted sign - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Thursday, October 05, 2006

looking down















Yantai - An old man in the centre of the city looks down at his 'street market' stall - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Thursday, September 28, 2006

forty two















Yantai - East - Graffiti on a wall of a carpark at 'Shandong Institute of Business and Technology' - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Sunday, September 24, 2006

against the wall #1






















Yantai - A man rests at lunchtime in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

against the wall #2






















Yantai - A young man (biketruck guy) rests leaning against a wall in the centre of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Friday, September 15, 2006

in the sun
















Yantai - Central - A truckbike stands near a ladder leaning against a wall in a small backstreet in the centre of the city
photo: mhobbs

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

blue wall






















Yantai - East - Notices pasted onto a small 'blue wall' at 'Shandong Institute of Business and Technology' - afternoon

photo: mhobbs

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

cleaning






















Yantai - A young woman cleans vegetables in a small backstreet in the eastern edge of the city - afternoon

photo: mhobbs