Modernization

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The picture above is a panoramic where you can clearly see the line between modernization and the ancient hutongs.  Though I’m not a huge fan of panoramics, this one stuck out to me well before I took it – the contrast couldn’t be more stark (click image to enlarge). Earlier this month, my first stop on my 4,500+…

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After valiantly fighting through 12 rounds of food poisoning, I made it a point to go out today with camera in hand to capture something I’ve been meaning to capture for a while. Signs Our streets here are littered with all kinds of signage.  You have the normal stores, restaurants, and fruit stand signs – but that’s…

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On Thursday I threw up a post about scouting out our local Tibetan market. I was excited to find that these markets have these old plexiglass roofs that have changes to all sorts of interesting colors.  I wanted to shoot the modernizing Tibetan culture in a place surrounded by the ancient. Things rarely, if ever, go the…

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