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Qibao, Inside the Time Capsule

Apr 29, 2016

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in CHINA, Photography, street photography

Hidden inside the massively dense Shanghai Metropolis is a quaint, albeit crowded small world of tradition. Bridges over water, narrow old streets, a wide variety of delicious street food and a beautiful old tea house. In the tea house, mostly old men gather to drink tea and watch story telling theaters on a stage that…

harsh realities~ Qibao

Oct 30, 2013

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~mimo~

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…

Let me spin you a tale

Mar 2, 2013

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~mimo~

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.…

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…

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Qibao, Inside the Time Capsule

harsh realities~ Qibao

Let me spin you a tale

All that remains unsaid