Tag: shanghai
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The Gift That Holds Us~
Rain falls quietly on the old stone bridge in Qibao, as the figure under the umbrella becomes part of the story of the place. The droplets draw lines on the umbrella’s surface, each one marking time, memory, and a quiet persistence. I’ve always been drawn to rain—not just the way it transforms the landscape, but…
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The Story of the Mops~
In the winding alleys of old Shanghai, life once played out in rhythms shaped by community, repetition, and care. This photograph, taken in 2013, takes me back to that time—before the towering cranes and scaffolding replaced the wooden shutters and shared courtyards. I was walking down one of the narrowing lanes when I noticed this…
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Blurring the Lines of Time~
Tonight, I’m sharing a photograph I took in Songjiang, China, at a place that fascinated me deeply while I was living in Shanghai. Songjiang is home to an old film set, designed like neighborhoods from earlier times, where they used to film historical and war movies, complete with Japanese and Chinese costumes. What made it…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 74/365
Sometimes it feels to me that I am cycling through my life in a comfortable pace and watching events happen around me as if on a movie screen. But every once in a while an opportunity for change and elevation shows itself and somehow because of being so comfortable on the bike, I choose to…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 62/365
At the end of the day, when all is done, When we realize there is no rewind button to press, What’s done is done, All there is to do is learn from the past, All there is to make is a better tomorrow, And no matter what, there are jewels to be found, In the…
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Morning Coffee Talk~ 13/365
‘The morning process’, how the day starts, what sets the tone for the rest of the day, how do we arm ourselves to handle what is planning to meet us on that day? For me, this time just upon waking is the most important of all. Do you ever feel that you travelled to unknown…
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Morning Coffee Talk~ 12/365
Good Morning, This post today is about a life changing moment, one of those that we have at a certain stage of our lives and they end up lodging themselves in our personal history, refusing to fade into the dusty halls of our memories, and maybe just maybe they were more significant than we can…
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Alone Together~
When I examine my days carefully, looking for moments of peace, of clarity, of calm and reflective processes, I realize that almost always, these are moments of being alone. I remember in my early twenties when I went to India for the first time and tried out a month long silence, the most surprising result…
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Crossing in Shanghai~
One of my favorite things about big cities is movement. People moving, going places, coming from places, going up stairs, crossing roads, cycling, running, walking and playing a part in rotating the great metropolis wheel. It’s the urban magic waiting for us photographers on every corner.