A few from Shanghai
August 5, 2009

 Crowds wait for their trains at the Shanghai Railway Station in Shanghai, China.
People walk along the streets and alleys around Nanjing East Road in central Shanghai, China.
People cross the streets of the Bund area in Shanghai, China.
A man watches a panoramic video about the future of Shanghai inside the Shanghai Urban Planning Museum in Shanghai, China.
A street vendor sells kites near the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum in Shanghai, China.
People sleep on a bench in People’s Park in central Shanghai, China.
Elderly people exercise in a small urban park in the Bund in Shanghai, China.
A man sleeps on grass in People’s Park in central Shanghai, China. People’s Park is known as Renmin Park or Renmin Guangchang in Mandarin chinese.
A security guard squats on a sidewalk looking over a street in Shanghai, China.
The Shanghai Urban Planning Museum exhibits a scale model of the Shanghai cityscape in Shanghai, China.
People walk along the streets and alleys around Nanjing East Road in central Shanghai, China.
I frequently find myself in Shanghai for no particular photographic reason (picking someone up at an airport, visiting a consulate, ultimate frisbee) and enjoy walking the streets and shooting in between errands.

Lantern Festival in Haerbin
July 20, 2009

 Crowds gather to watch fireworks and lanterns lift into the sky above the frozen Songhua River during Lantern Festival celebrations in central Haerbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.
People congregate around a bull-shaped ice sculpture in Stalin Park in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. 2009 is the year of the ox according to the Chinese zodiac.
Fireworks bounce off highrise apartment buidings during Lantern Festival celebrations in central Haerbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Crowds gather to watch fireworks and lanterns lift into the sky above the frozen Songhua River during Lantern Festival celebrations in central Haerbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Crowds gather to watch fireworks and lanterns lift into the sky above the frozen Songhua River during Lantern Festival celebrations in central Haerbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Crowds gather to watch fireworks and lanterns lift into the sky above the frozen Songhua River during Lantern Festival celebrations in central Haerbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.
People light fireworks and sparklers on the ice on the Songhua River during the Lantern Festival celebration at night in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Crowds gather to watch fireworks and lanterns lift into the sky above the frozen Songhua River during Lantern Festival celebrations in central Haerbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Crowds gather to watch fireworks and lanterns lift into the sky above the frozen Songhua River during Lantern Festival celebrations in central Haerbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.
A family lights sparklers and other fireworks in the crowd gathered in Stalin Park on the banks of the Songhua River during Lantern Festival celebrations in central Haerbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.
The Lunar New holiday period traditionally ends with the Lantern Festival, a boisterous celebration involving fireworks, bonfires, and paper lanterns going into the air. In Haerbin, the frozen Songhua River (Songhua Jiang) provides a stage for the activity, with fires directly on the ice and thousands of people celebrating.

Streets of Beijing
July 18, 2009

 A young boy plays with an umbrella in the Beijing Ethnic Minority Theme Park in Beijing, China.
Tourists stream into the Tiananmen Gate of the Forbidden City compound in Beijing, China.
Souvenir medals engraved with tourists’ names hang at a souvenir stall in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
Tourists walks around the entrance area of the Forbidden City complex in Beijing, China.
Shandong Province from the train.
A woman and a deformed child beg for change in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
Tourists stream out of the Tiananmen Gate of the Forbidden City compound in Beijing, China.
Cars travel along a roadway in Beijing, China.
Tourists shop for souvenirs outside the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
People exit a subway station in Beijing, China.
Tourists walk around the north end of Tiananmen Square near the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
Men smoke between train cars.
Advertisements display scenes of nature outside a subway train in Beijing, China.
Ethnic minority re-enactors walk among the trails of the Beijing Ethnic Minority Theme Park in Beijing, China. The park features replica architecture and clothing from all of China’s ethnic minorities.
People wait for trains outside the Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing, China.
Playing the tourist in Beijing on a short vacation to the city.

Saving China’s Cats and Dogs: Ha Wenjin’s No-Kill Animal Shelter
June 1, 2009

 Rescued dogs gather for feeding time at Ha Wenjin’s animal rescue farm outside of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. About 1000 animals, both dogs and cats, live at the no-kill shelter where they have spacious indoor and outdoor living areas. At times other than feeding time, the animals are not as crowded as this picture depicts.
Volunteers ride a rented bus and prepare food for animals at Ha Wenjin’s dog and cat rescue farm outside of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. Volunteers travel to the farm, a no-kill shelter for stray, injured, and unwanted animals, at least once a week, bringing food and other necessities for the animals.
Volunteers leave a rented bus after arriving at Ha Wenjin’s no-kill dog and cat rescue farm outside Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Volunteers carry food, blankets, and other necessities for the dogs and cats at Ha Wenjin’s no-kill dog and cat rescue farm outside Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
The cats are provided a small farmhouse and a outdoor playing area at Ha Wenjin’s no-kill dog and cat rescue farm outside Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Rescued dogs gather for feeding time at Ha Wenjin’s animal rescue farm outside of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. About 1000 animals, both dogs and cats, live at the no-kill shelter where they have spacious indoor and outdoor living areas. At times other than feeding time, the animals are not as crowded as this picture depicts.
Volunteers feed cats in a small farmhouse at Ha Wenjin’s no-kill dog and cat rescue farm outside Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Cats inhabit a small farmhouse at Ha Wenjin’s no-kill dog and cat rescue farm outside Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
A volunteer inspects cars for signs of illness and cleans their ears at Ha Wenjin’s no-kill dog and cat rescue farm outside Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
A volunteer inspects cars for signs of illness and cleans their ears at Ha Wenjin’s no-kill dog and cat rescue farm outside Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Sick dogs occupy a small farmhouse at Ha Wenjin’s no-kill dog and cat rescue farm outside Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. The sick dogs are kept separate from the rest of the dogs at the shelter.
A caretaker tends the bedding provided for cats in a small farmhouse at Ha Wenjin’s no-kill dog and cat rescue farm outside Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Volunteers carry food, blankets, and other necessities for the dogs and cats at Ha Wenjin’s no-kill dog and cat rescue farm outside Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
An hour or so out of Nanjing, well away from the factories and cars of the bustling city, a small farm houses hundreds of dogs and cats. The animals are sick or injured or have been abandoned, but it's no matter to Ha Wenjin or the army of volunteers who care for the animals. Connected with a small clinic in the city, the farm takes Nanjing's unwanted pets and strays and gives them a life of leisure and freedom. The no-kill shelter, a rarity in the country, provides the animals with shelter, food, love and care in a city known as a source for dog and cat meat for southern China's exotic food needs. You can license these images or purchase prints at my archive: Saving Nanjing's Cats and Dogs

Hekou Border Town – Vietnam/China
May 18, 2009

 A public service film about medicine, health, and hygiene, plays on a temporary screen in a park in Hekou, Yunnan Province, China, on the Vietnam border.
Elderly people play croquet in a sandy area of a public park in Hekou, Yunnan Province, China, on the Vietnam border.
A large white dog walks along the streets of Hekou, Yunnan Province, China.
People sit in a small park along the banks of the Honghe River in Hekou, Yunnan Province, China, on the Vietnam border. The Honghe River is also known as Hong He or the Red River.
Sexual supplements and counterfeit viagra on display for sale in cases decorated with pictures of naked white women in Hekou, Yunnan Province, China, on the Vietnam border.
Workers wait in line at the border to take goods into Vietnam from Hekou, Yunnan Province, China.
Young army recruits play soccer in a field in Hekou, Yunnan Province, China.
A war movie depicting fighting between China and Japan shows on a public screen in a park in Hekou, Yunnan Province, China, on the Vietnam border.
Workers wait in line at the border to take goods into Vietnam from Hekou, Yunnan Province, China.
Men look onto a brothel with advertisements and posters showing naked women in Hekou, Yunnan Province, China, on the Vietnam border.
Hekou feels like a brand new town. On the border between Vietnam and China, the city has been relatively under-developed due to Yunnan Province's poor transportation infrastructure. Now, a new highway linking this border region to Kunming, the provincial capital, and thus also to the rest of China, steady import and export business will make the region grow quickly. No doubt this growth will be accompanied by a rise in drug and sex traffic, as well.

A few scenes from Pukou
May 8, 2009

 A man looks out a window while riding a small passenger ferry across the Yangtze River from Nanjing to Pukou, Jiangsu, China.
People play a ring-toss game in a Lunar New Year market in Pukou near Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
A man reads a newspaper while riding a small passenger ferry across the Yangtze River from Nanjing to Pukou, Jiangsu, China.
An icy irrigation canal surrounds a field in Pukou, Jiangsu Province, China. The signs carry a warning that dumping garbage in the canal will result in a fine of between 50 and 100 Chinese Renminbi (approximately USD$8 to $15)
Toy guns are for sale at a Lunar New Year market in Pukou near Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Laundry hangs on a line outside of a shuttered storefront in Pukou, a suburb across the Yangtze River from Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
A large billboard displays an architect’s rendering of a new development in Pukou, Jiangsu Province, China.
A girl rides a small passenger ferry across the Yangtze River from Nanjing to Pukou, Jiangsu, China. The Yangtze River is known as Changjiang or Chang Jiang in Mandarin Chinese.
A few scenes from Pukou, a suburb of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. Once the terminal point of an important early Chinese railway line, Pukou's economy fell by the wayside when the first bridge to Nanjing over the Yangtze River was built in 1968.

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