images and journeys of a searching mind

from the heart~ Yunnan

from the heart~ yunnan~ China

A woman from the Yi ethnic minority with her traditional square hat laughing with all her heart at the market after my friend showed her her image on the camera screen.

Tags: asia, beautiful, china, color, costume, ethnic minority, from the heart, happy, hat, laughter, mimo khair, photography, portrait, square, traditional, woman, yi, yunnan

June 19, 2013
CHINA, inspiration, old age, old people, Photography, Yunnan
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a moment in the life of an Yi little boy~ Yunnan~ China

I am just back from a photographic adventure in Yunnan and Sichuan near Lijiang, China. I had the chance to visit the Yi, Mosuo and Naxi minorities in their traditional remote villages. I will be posting a series of portraits from the rich and strange life of the people of that region in the next few weeks.

Tags: boy, children, ethnic minority, mimo khair, photography, picking nose, portrait, road, street, village, yi

sometimes to find yourself you have to get a little lost first (Shanghai)

Reblogged from Finding yourself in the streets:

Thanks again to the 16 rock stars who made our first FYITS workshop a great success! So many good memories and a lot to look forward to in the future!

hanging in the lanes (Shanghai)

Reblogged from Finding yourself in the streets:

From our first workshop this past weekend in Shanghai. It was a brilliant experience with 16 fantastic people and photographers walking all around the alleys, lanes, parks, tunnels, and streets of the city. A rich experience for us all and new friendships made and grown...
photos from the workshop to follow soon.
On to the next adventure! Join us in Edinburgh and Tokyo!

signs of confusion (Hong Kong)

Reblogged from Finding yourself in the streets:

We are very excited to announce that our Shanghai workshop happening this coming weekend is fully booked! We are looking forward to an intense weekend of photography with some awesome people!

See you in the streets!

displaced destinies

displaced destinies (a child at a migrant school in Shanghai)

Today two good friends and I went for an adventure in a remote Shanghai neighborhood where mostly migrant workers from the provinces live and where their children go to special schools. These are the workers responsible for lifting Shanghai from the ground up to soaring levels with its new high rises and luxury hotels that mushroom at an impressive speed around the jewel of China. The residences are extremely modest and the children struggle to learn as best they can under their current circumstances. On this day the teacher said that they would be celebrating children’s day (normally on June 2nd in China) and strangely enough they pointed out a few of the girls who they consider ‘beautiful’ and explained why they were dressed in party clothes and not the usual school uniform. The declaration of their beauty was done openly in front of all the other students, a concept I found incredibly alien and difficult to understand. “She is the most beautiful girl in the class” the teacher announced loudly, ” and this is why she will be presented on stage today”.