I like the negative space in this picture that seemed to imply emptiness. Yet, all the details of the picture imply people, many people.
October 9, 2001 at 4:31 pm | Asia, China | No comment
The juxtaposition of man and nature in this view from my hotel room appealed to me. It seemed that man and nature were at one in this serene image.
Thousand Island Lake houses hundreds of families who live in small homes on bits of land that populate this lake. I would have liked more time to see what that lifestyle was like.
October 9, 2001 at 4:28 pm | Asia, China | No comment
Well used and worn modes of transportation imply a days labor and perhaps a story. It’s fun for me to imagine what those stories might have been.
October 9, 2001 at 3:45 pm | Asia, China | No comment
This couple and their son worked on the Silkworm Farm in a lifetime commitment. The house they lived in used the bottom floor to process the silk while they used the upper floors for cooking and sleeping.
They posed for me in their bedroom with their wedding portrait behind them.
Their kitchen is unique to my experience. It somehow seemed easier because foods could remain warm for extended periods of time, then eaten when you were ready.
October 3, 2001 at 4:37 pm | Asia, China | No comment
Here a mother and daughter pose in the doorway of their house which is under renovation (seen here). Note the traditional dress of the mother and the modern dress of the daughter. I was touched by the affection as they held hands while their picture was being taken.
October 2, 2001 at 4:04 pm | Asia, China | No comment
To be fair, this house was in the process of being renovated. Most houses around it looked livable. However, a family lived in this house. What attracted me to this house was the decay, the sense of history and what it might have been at one time.
October 2, 2001 at 4:03 pm | Asia, China | 1 comment
The sense of anonymity in this factory is what struck me. The #6 on the chair personified this.
For me, here was a splash of red that added a dynamic energy that didn’t exist in this predictable scene.
In all, there was a sense of order, which was seen here.
October 1, 2001 at 4:16 pm | Asia, China | 1 comment
Traveling for a month in Anhui Province, the Chinese photojournalists guides led us to an ancient part of this village. Here we found this woman, living traditionally in a way experienced for centuries.
It was truly a cultural experience to see this woman contentedly washing her clothes in a puddle left by the sea.
May 17, 1993 at 4:36 pm | Asia, China | No comment
This picture was taken in Guangzhou in the Guangdong Province.
Once again, this is an example of more than a century of change with the woman whose feet were obviously bound and the young modern woman in western clothes behind her. Still having bound feet is seen as an embarrassment, where at one time it was seen as a sign of status.
March 31, 1993 at 3:30 pm | Asia, China | 2 comments
This somewhat surreal landscape was once on the ocean floor.
Now it is a fertile rice farmland.
Here the ox plows the field to ready it for planting by the women.
Scenes like this raise my consciousness about our connection to living creatures as part of our food chain. On a Li River cruise, live turtles, chickens & birds were all brought aboard in cages. Empty cages were offloaded when we returned to port.
Life along the Li River is diverse and continuous in this beautiful environment.
This cave felt like I had entered another world and I had. The way the Chinese used the lighting enhanced the sensation.
