Monthly:March 2012
Today I had to visit the Wukesong camera market in the west of Beijing, to pick up a couple if items of equipment. In case you do not know, the Wukesong camera market is the Beijjng Mecca for all camera lovers. Behind the cheery face of Jackie Chan, holding the latest model from Canon, lies a warren of stores selling every kind of camera and piece of photo equipment. It’s a dangerous place if you linger too long. Far to […]
Today marks the one year anniversary since the devastating Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsunami of March 11th, 2011. I lived in Japan for one year between 2003-2004, so Japan and the Japanese people hold a special place with me. I watched with horror one year ago today as the disasters rocked a nation I had grown great fondness of. Rather than re-post imagery of the events that day. I wanted to post a few positive images of Japan. Fond memories […]
Two schoolgirls ordering snacks from a street food kiosk, just after sunset in west Beijing. China. 2012
A quick post here to let you know of a new video that has just been released by the Asia Society, focusing on my work over the past few years on China’s environmental crises. It was put together by Shreeya Sinha, who is an excellent multimedia journalist in her own right, and recorded when I was in New York a few months ago. The video provides a pretty concise view of my work and what I have been trying to […]
For the past 8 days I haven’t seen blue skies in Beijing. The grey haze has descended upon the capital and has sat upon the city through one whole week. The taste of the smog lingers all day and it’s presence can even be felt at night. As headlights and street lights cut through the dark, the haze seems illuminated against the black. Beijing. China. 2012
I recently had the opportunity to meet and photograph one of China’s leading media women, Ms. Mei Yan of Viacom China. On assignment for the Brazilian magazine, Serafina, I met and photographed Mei Yan who runs MTV, amongst other media entities, at her office in central Beijing. I thought I would post a couple of the images from the afternoon here and give a small insight into the shoot. The image above is the one that the magazine chose to […]