Mao

This was supposed to be a much larger longer narrative with a re occurring Mao, like a babushka doll.

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Blossoms on a tree

An unfinished Japanese style book

Japanese foldout Moleskine, I started this when I got back from China, based on things I saw, my images etc, but I never finished it and now it is just too long ago.

Shanghai Street Scenes

As seen on the side of a news stand in Shanghai last week.

Classic scenes from China either Real or Imagined.

These are a few pictures from Shanghai. The whole time we have been here, the country has not been any sense typical to ideas you may have about the country before you get here.

People have a great deal of personal freedom here and the culture is on the vanguard of modern art and technology.

So when I spied these images in Shanghai, anachronistic images of China- I had to photograph them, utterly typical photos to what western media portrays China to be: young men in oversized military uniforms and old men playing the flute like some bad CCTV (Chinese National Television)advert-Experience the mysteries of the orient- China, tourism destination 2008.

December 6th, 2008- Beijing Airport

Yong Kang, Home to the World's Best Drivers

Well, we made it to Yong Kang.
This is a small factory town, where primarily doors are produced for the Russian Market. Who cares about that. What blew us away was the variety of vehicles and amazing forms of transportation people use.