shanghai – Page 6 – Mimo Khair Creative

Let me spin you a tale

Mar 2, 2013

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in art, CHINA, contemplations, inspiration, life, old people, Photography, shanghai, story, street

I was walking in an old street in Shanghai with my camera taking in all the sights, smells and noises of the crowded narrow lanes when an unusual sight drew me in. I looked inside a smoky large room packed with rickety tables, chairs, tea pots, and men in hats, so many men in hats.…

Eutopia in a bubble

Feb 27, 2013

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~mimo~

in CHINA, inspiration, life, Photography, shanghai, time

Have you ever frozen time, captured perfection, wrapped it in a bubble and discovered your Eutopia? To do that even once, is to come closer to who we were meant to be…

Chance or destiny

Feb 22, 2013

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~mimo~

in art, CHINA, contemplations, faces, inspiration, life, Photography, shanghai

On a planet of over 7 billion people, we end up connecting with a minute fraction of humans throughout our lives. The parents we are born to, the family around us, the friends we make at school, the spouses we end up with and a handful of others along the way. Is any of it…

All that remains unsaid

Feb 18, 2013

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~mimo~

in art, CHINA, inspiration, life, Photography, shanghai, street

You always hear stories of people on their deathbeds wishing they had said this or that to a loved one, wished they had expressed an emotion to someone that they know they should have, and wished that they would be allowed a second chance to say what they wanted to say but had no chance…

A taxed soul

Feb 16, 2013

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~mimo~

in art, CHINA, Photography, shanghai, street

Shanghai’s migrant workers leave home, province and family to come to the big expanding city, to join the working force and help build China into the giant it wishes itself to be. They are the simplest of people in the city, the ones that have a smile ready on their faces to give to any…

Searchers along the way

Feb 9, 2013

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~mimo~

in art, celebrations, CHINA, contemplations, inspiration, life, Photography, Seoul, shanghai

We live to search and we spend our whole life looking for its meaning. I love that fact. I strive to be in the wonder of the quest itself not minding what I find or what remains a mystery. Life is filled with magic and I feel so lucky to feel it every single day.…

One day left till the year of the Snake

Feb 8, 2013

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~mimo~

in celebrations, CHINA, contemplations, inspiration, Photography, shanghai, street

It seems so appropriate for the year to end and a new one to begin with a blanket of fresh snow, a clean slate, a new start. A stillness fell over the city today as more than half the population leaves for their homes away from Shanghai or to holiday destinations leaving a haunting sense…

The power of the unexpected

Feb 7, 2013

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~mimo~

in CHINA, inspiration, Photography, shanghai, street

It only takes something like an unexpected snow fall to make at least half a city of 25 million like Shanghai smile 🙂

At certain speeds the world becomes gentler

Feb 3, 2013

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~mimo~

in art, CHINA, contemplations, inspiration, Photography, shanghai, street

For those of us who live in big cities, life can be overwhelmingly abrasive. The speeds we are forced to run at, the massive amount or impressions we need to process on a daily basis, the number of people we meet and pass by, the so many obstacles we have to navigate around to get…

Those defining moments

Feb 1, 2013

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in art, children, CHINA, contemplations, inspiration, Photography, shanghai, story, street

I have often tried to describe in so many different ways why I love street photography so much above any other style, but then come moments to me in the streets that redefine it all for me, the whole love affair. Today, I received this incredible gift, a window opened, a moment magically presented itself…

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