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First snowflakes in Shanghai

Feb 10, 2014

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in CHINA, inspiration, Photography, shanghai

And it took us all by surprise, the first snow in Shanghai…

Behind the glitzy face of Shanghai

Jan 24, 2014

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~mimo~

in CHINA, old age, old people, Photography, shanghai, street

Behind the modern facade of Shanghai and the fashionable lifestyle of its rich, is a world of tradition hidden in the city’s old alleys. Every week when I visit these neighborhoods, I find less and less of them left. The city is changing so rapidly and the new has no room for the old. Modernization…

a future we never bargained for~ Shanghai

Dec 8, 2013

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in CHINA, human rights, Photography, shanghai

During the last few days, Shanghai was submerged in a large cloud of gray pollution that seemed to call over terms like ‘apocalypse’ and ‘end of days’ from many of its residents. A look of worry shrouded everyone’s face and all conversations centered around the same theme: the toxic smog. It felt so bizarre to…

fleeting moments~

Nov 23, 2013

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~mimo~

in art, Iphone, Photography, shanghai, Tokyo

Those fleeting moments that catch us; we choose to hold on to them; to encapsulate them in an image; the scenes that we freeze before they dissolve into the stream of flowing,moving life…

Derailed humanity~ Tokyo

Nov 16, 2013

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~mimo~

in human rights, life, old age, old people, Photography

The human story has its sad chapters; the ones that star as the unfortunate characters; the ones we look away from when we pass them in the streets. This post is for them; a gentle reminder…

harsh realities~ Qibao

Oct 30, 2013

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in children, children's rights, CHINA, human rights, life, Photography

In Qibao, and old area of Shanghai, is a neighborhood(if you can call it that) of green lanes. Confronting realities wait there behind each door and in front of some where young women prepare to sell themselves for a living. As much as this practice is as old as civilization itself, it remains heartbreaking to…

rainy contemplations~ China

Oct 9, 2013

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~mimo~

in CHINA, contemplations

The rain, it has the power to enforce a stillness, a sense of calm, a blanketed silence, and inside of that we can somehow think more peacefully… I love capturing memories of raindrops, umbrellas and the brave ones who walk and think in the rain.

wearing her story ~ Yunnan

Jul 15, 2013

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~mimo~

in CHINA, old age, old people, street, Travel, Yunnan

Every stitch on her costume, every threaded bead she decorates herself with, every wrinkle on her face plays a part in telling her story, a life so different to ours, a world so alien to 21st century culture, an existence rising out of old traditions, she belongs to a tribe that allows strangers no access.…

ravaged~ Yunnan

Jul 7, 2013

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in CHINA, inspiration, old age, old people, Photography, Travel, Yunnan

We were driving along one of the long dirt roads leading to far off villages of Yunnan and neighboring Sichuan when I had a strong instinct to stop the car. And as instincts are mostly right if we choose to listen to them, down a slope on the side of the road this most incredible…

The clouds of his mind~ Yunnan

Jun 24, 2013

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in life, Photography, story, street, Yunnan

Men puffing out tobacco smoke has become such a common daily sight for us living in China, people smoke in the rain, on bikes, while working, in classrooms, and sometimes even while eating! Yunnan was no different. The ladies smoked their pipes leisurely while the men smoked cigarettes and water pipes. The tobacco fields can…

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