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  • Beijing's Wangfujing nightly food market is a great place to try some of China's most exotic and downright bizarre snacks.
    Wangfujing NightlyFoodMarket.tif
  • Starfish and other exotic snack items on offer at Wangfujing Nightly Food Market.
    StreetDelicaciesInBeijing.tif
  • I made this photograph of a hilltribe (a.k.a. montagnard in Vietnam) girl at the outdoor market in Bac Ha Vietnam. Although only 110 kilometers (68 miles) from Sapa, the trip took over five hours in the old Russian built 4X4 I rented. Getting there was truly half the fun! The remoteness of Bac Ha also makes it a photographer's paradise. Upon arrival at the market, I found no tourists and had the bustling collage of the ten different hilltribes that live, farm and raise livestock in the surrounding hills to myself. As much as it is obviously a place to buy, sell and trade their goods, the market also serves as an important social gathering place to all of the tribes in the region..This young girl, as with all of the women at the market, uses this large social gathering to showcase her most elaborate handmade headdress and silver jewelry. Individuals take great pride in their attire because it reflects not only the tribe the belong to, but also their families social status and wealth. Just as I had framed her gnawing on her favorite market treat, a stalk of sugarcane, she took a break and glanced perfectly into my lens providing me with this image and the knowledge that having a sweet tooth is truly cross-cultural.
    CoverGirl.tif
  • A young girl in Tianamen Square says it all!
    Peace.tif
  • UnidentifiableChineseMedicine.tif
  • This seemingly homeless man somewhat surprisingly still seems supportive of the party.
    APatrioticBottleCollector.tif
  • TheChairmanAndAPupil.tif
  • One of the many doors inside the Forbidden City that has been refurbished and freshly painted.
    Refurbished Door Inside The Forbidde...tif
  • Chinese people take relaxing in the park to a whole new level!
    PajamasInThePark;Shanghai,China.tif
  • This section of The Great Wall of China has been incredibly well maintained and is also less crowded with tourists than the Badaling section which is closer to Beijing.
    TheGreatWallAtMutianyu.tif
  • An amazing troupe of jugglers peforms during an acrobatic show at The Shanghai Grand Theatre.
    JugglingAct.tif
  • A statue of Chen Yi, the first communist mayor of Shangahai looks prominently over The Bund.
    StatueOnTheBund.tif
  • TheEmpressSittingRoom.tif
  • Formerly a city of bicycles, you can still find racks with hundreds of parked bikes throughout Beijing.
    BeijingParkingGarage.tif
  • SecretComposition.tif
  • PoLinMonasteryShuffle.tif
  • AvalokitesvaraInTheMist.tif
  • A man on a drudging ship purges his excess on the great Yangtze River.
    Purging.tif
  • The combination of special glaze and flame broiling over cherry wood have made Li Qun's Peking Duck famous among locals for generations.
    HangingDucks.tif
  • AnIncredibleSidewalkChef.tif
  • WeatheredDoorInTheForbiddenCity.tif
  • A Forbidden City Fire Hydrant.tif
  • Artistic Angle.tif
  • Two ladies perform traditional Chinese opera in the park.
    ChineseOperaInThePark;Shanghai,China.tif
  • Men gathered around an intense game of cards in a Shanghai park.
    TheMen'sTable;Shanghai,China(D).tif
  • As the largest religious structure ever built and proprietor of some of the world’s most magnificent stone carvings, Angkor Wat is considered by many to be one of the greatest architectural achievements in human history. Divided into the three main levels of the Hindu cosmos, it features an 800 meter long gallery of magnificent bas-reliefs depicting epic stories from Hindu mythology, four stone block swimming pools and five central towers. These towers depict the peaks of Mount Meru, home of the gods and the center of the Hindu universe. At over 180 feet high, they can not only be seen from the town of Siem Reap six kilometers away, they can also be seen all over the country as the main symbol on the Cambodian flag.<br />
The Wat is the crowning achievement of the Khmer civilization which, in it’s prime, ruled over most of Southeast Asia. It was commissioned by and built for the god-king, Suryavarman II who was worshipped as an incarnation of the protector god Vishnu. The only temple in the Khmer empire facing West into the setting sun, a symbol of death in Hinduism, it is an accepted belief that it was built as a mausoleum for Suryavarman II. The fact that it took 50,000 artist and laborers nearly 40 years to complete is a testament to the Khmers power, wealth and devotion.<br />
To make this photograph showing all five towers, I walked off of the main causeway and joined the cattle that still graze in the fields contained within Angkor’s vast complex. Taken just before sunset, it illustrates why we photographers refer to this time of day as “golden hour”. Taken at any other time of the day, the wat wouldn’t have this beautiful golden color of the sunset, but rather it’s natural stone-grey color.
    AngkorWatAtGoldenHour.tif
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  • FamilyOutsideTheirBungalow.tif
  • Hlltribe Women selling their wares in the capital
    NotFromAroundHere.tif
  • FuManChu.tif
  • Nowhere are the contrasts of China more visable than Shanghai's waterfront.
    TraditionalTaiChiInModernShanghai.tif
  • This photograph perfectly illustrates China's generational shift towards modernization as an elderly woman practices the ancient art of Tai Chi with the ultra modern Pudong district in the background.
    TaiChiInANewEra.tif
  • One of Shanghai's world famous acrobats jumps through a hoop several feet off of the ground.
    JumpingThroughHoopsLiterally.tif
  • A boatman peers out from his world on the Huangpu River.
    FamilyLifeOnABoat.tif
  • LittleEmperor.tif
  • TheThroneRoom.tif
  • Forbidden City; Beijing, China
    Antique Door (verticle).tif
  • Locked Doors in The Forbidden City.tif
  • SlippedThroughTheCracks.tif
  • ProtectorGodAtTheGateOfHeavenlyPeace.tif
  • This woman combines meditation, exercise and entertainment by performing traditional Chinese opera in the park.
    AWomanPerformingChineseOperaInThePar...tif
  • SandStormInBeijing.tif
  • Jamming on a Ruan in the Park
    Jammin'OnARuanInThePark;Shanghai,Chi...tif
  • A group of men in the park put on a spontaneous performance of traditional chinese music and dance.
    APick-UpPerformanceAtThePark;Shangha...tif
  • TreeLinedStreetInShanghai.tif
  • LanternsInGion.tif
  • This image of a Lammergeier in flight was an interesting challenge. Luckily, I was able to shoot it from my rooms balcony as this massive bird kept swooping by as though he was giving me multiple takes. Hey was actually riding the thermals provided by the steep cliffs of Lalibela looking for carrion. This brand of vulture is unique however, in that it’s not looking for meat so much as bone. You see Lammergeier have learned to carry the bones to great heights before dropping them onto areas of exposed, flat rock, thus cracking open the bone and granting access to its  delectable marrow.
    20141008-Ethiopia-Lalibela-4.tif
  • GateOfHeavenlyPeaceAtDusk.tif
  • Tai chi is still extremely popular with the older generations in China and you can always find a group practicing in the early morning.
    MorningTaiChiOnTheBund.tif
  • A kite soars above The Bund with the historic Peace Hotel in the background
    AKiteAndThePeaceHotel.tif
  • Knots.tif
  • HongKongFromMtVictoriaAtNight.tif
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  • A man entertains a crowd in the park with his Erhu.
    ManPlayingAnErhuAtAParkInShanghai(Cl...tif
  • Close-up of an intense game of cards in a Shanghai park.
    KnowWhenToFoldEm.tif
  • Even though she needs a cane to help her walk, this lady sweeps her entire property by herself
    OldWomanSweepingInShanghai.tif
  • TraditionalAndModernInHongKong.tif
  • The Bund hosts all kinds of activities.  This group practices tai chi every morning.
    LeadingTheMorningTaiChi.tif
  • The Bund in Shanghai is a former jewel of the British Empire.
    TheBundAtNight.tif
  • Two ladies practice their ballroom dancing on the Bund with the famous Peace Hotel in the background.
    BallroomDancingOnTheBund.tif
  • This old covered tricycle and it's owner can be hired as a taxi to help you find your way through the maze of an old hutong.
    AHutongLimo.tif
  • StaircaseTempleInHongKong.tif
  • A wise old man in Hong Kong states, "The two most important things are freedom and democracy".
    FreedomAndDemocracy.tif
  • EscalatorToTheMidLevels.tif
  • ThroughTheCracks.tif
  • A man entertains a crowd in the park with his Erhu.
    ManPlayingAnErhuAtAParkInShanghai(D).tif
  • During it's heyday 11 centuries ago, the city of Angkor was at the center of the Khmer civilization. The Khmers were not only a powerful empire, they were also one of history's most creative and artistic. They created hundreds of buildings and temples that are as magnificent as they are massive. After the empire fell to the Siamese in 1431 the city was left to be devoured by the dense jungle of Northern Cambodia. It wasn't until the French explorer Henri Mouhot wrote about his discovery of the fabled "lost city of Angkor" in the 1860's that the modern world was introduced to one of humanity's greatest architectural achievements.<br />
This former Buddhist temple, Ta Prohm is one of the most popular sites at Angkor because unlike it's famous neighbors Angkor Wat and The Bayon, Ta Prohm was left exactly as it was found, so you get a real sense of what it must have been like to rediscover this majestic city. Most experts believe that these voracious trees that have overtaken the site are the very thing holding it together and if archaeologist were to remove them, Ta Prohm would simply crumble.
    TaPhromDoorway.tif
  • Intent.tif
  • Li Qun Restaurant is home to some of the best Peking Duck in, well, Peking!
    LiQunRoastDuckRestaurant.tif
  • HongKongsMidLevels.tif
  • MarchingIntoTianamanSquare.tif
  • TwoInternationalFinanceCentre.tif
  • This section of The Great Wall of China has been incredibly well maintained and is also less crowded with tourists than the Badaling section which is closer to Beijing.
    TheGreatWallAtMutianyu(Verticle).tif
  • A couple gets their morning exercise by ballroom dancing on the sidewalk.
    ACoupleBallroomDancingOnTheBund.tif
  • A traditional thoroughfare and market in Thailand
    DamnoenSaduakFloatingMarket.tif
  • The amazing view from one guard tower to the next at the Mutianyu section of the wall.
    StandingGuardInMutianyu.tif
  • The use of contrasting shapes highlights the entryway into a home in Beijing.
    AGeometricEntrance.tif
  • The world famous Shanghai acrobats contort themselves into unbelievable shapes.
    AcrobatsContorted.tif
  • A hilltribe girl works on the fields and takes care of her younger brother
    TheYoungTaking CareOfTheYounger.tif
  • Two geishas pause briefly for a rare portrait between jobs.
    Two Geishas; Kyoto, Japan.tif
  • A young Flower Hmong girl carrying her wash basin
    OffToDoTheWashin.tif
  • A hilltribe girl works on the fields and takes care of her younger brother
    TheYoungTaking CareOfTheYounger.tif
  • HilltribeBabyNappingOnMamasBack.tif
  • There are two distinct types of images in travel photography; those that you plan for, usually in the form of beautiful landscape photographs, and those which come about serendipitously as you wander the streets with your camera and a keen eye. This is a great example of the latter..I made this portrait in the charming town of Hoi An which is draped with the influence of all the seafaring cultures of both Asia and Europe that have been trading here for over four centuries. I was actually walking back to the old French part of town to photograph some of the buildings and architecture I had seen the day before when the lighting wasn't ideal. I took a shortcut through the main market, figuring Asian markets are always a good source of those afore mentioned serendipitous moments. Wait a minute, can you plan for serendipitous moments? Ah yes, the middle path, Buddha would be proud! Anyway, as I came out the other side of the market I saw this old woman walking towards the market on the other side of the street. I knew instantly, I had to take her portrait. I approached her with a smile and my best attempt at hello in Vietnamese. I quickly found out that we weren't going to understand a single syllable of what each other was saying. Given her age in Vietnam, it very likely she actually speaks three or more languages as many of the older generations can speak, French, Chinese or even Russian. Unfortunately, I am no more familiar with those languages than I am with Vietnamese. Fortunately however, I also found out that it really didn't matter. She was one of the sweetest people I met during my two months in Vietnam. We must have had a twenty minute conversation on that sidewalk. A conversation of meaningless words, yet an incredible amount of understanding and laughter. I was definitely intrigued by her. After all, she has lived through several wars, been colonized, seen governments come and go and probably walked to this market everyday for the past sixty or seventy years.
    Two Toothed Grin.tif