Video | China’s 60th Anniversary Preparations in Hangzhou
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyj0NiOSnko[/youtube] The above video is one that I produced for the Globe and Mail newspaper, along with the Asia Bureau Chief Mark Mackinnon and his assistant Yu Mei, a couple of weeks ago. The video centers on the preparations for the country’s 60th anniversary that passed on October 1st, focusing on the city of Hangzhou which lies to the […]
Front Page of the Globe and Mail – 1st October 2009
I got a surprise yesterday evening when I got a text from a colleague telling me that one of my photos had run on the front page of Canada’s national newspaper, the Globe and Mail. Regular readers of this blog will know that I have been contributing the visuals from China quite a lot to […]
On Assignment | China Celebrates its 60th Birthday | Globe and Mail
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Here in Beijing, Tiananmen Square has become awash with parades, both military and civilian, as the populace celebrates Mao Zedong’s founding declaration, exactly 60 years ago here in China’s capital. The build up to this event has been quite something. Beijing […]
SPECIAL 1-DAY OCTOBER HOLIDAY WORKSHOP – “Hutong Photography”
SPECIAL 1-DAY OCTOBER HOLIDAY WORKSHOP – “Hutong Photography” Dates: Tuesday 6th October 2009 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Course Leaders: Photographer Sean Gallagher & Guide/Interpreter Jessica Zheng Location: The Far East International Youth Hostel, Beijing Participants: Minimum 5 people, Maximum 10 people (Registration is on a first-come first-serve basis) Student Level: Beginner/Intermediate – All ages […]
Photo of the Week | 28.09.09 | Hutongs
This week’s ‘Photo of the Week’ was taken in 2006 as part of a story that I did on the destruction of the ‘hutongs’ of central Beijing. For those of you who aren’t aware, the hutongs are a maze-like series of homes and dwellings that used to dominate central Beijing. I say used to because […]
Photo of the Week | 21.09.09 | New Oriental Remains
This week’s ‘Photo of the Week’ comes from my wanderings on the streets of my Chinese hometown of Beijing. Last week I had a two-day assignment for my German agency Laif, who had arranged for me to shoot a story on Beijing’s infrastructure. Whilst meandering through Beijing’s CBD district, Guomao, the amazing light that afternoon […]
Inside North Korea | Video #3 | On the North Korea/China border
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxSifGgJsbs[/youtube] This is the third and final installment of mine and Mark MacKinnon’s short videos from our trip in North Korea. This third video focuses on the Chinese city of Dandong, which lies on the North Korea/China border and offers a startling contrast between the two sides of the Yalu river. Whilst the city of Dandong thrives, fuelled by the economic […]
Inside North Korea | Video #2 | The Arirang Mass Games
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1-X3-gNP0[/youtube] The above video is the second short-video by myself and the Globe & Mail’s Mark Mackinnon from our assignment in North Korea. The topic of this video is the Arirang Mass Games which are held in the May Day stadium in Pyongyang. In case you don’t know, the Mass Games are a gymnastics, dance and […]
Photo of the Week | 07.09.09 | North Korea
This week’s ‘Photo of the Week’ comes from North Korea. I wanted to post a photo from NK as last week’s POTW but I held off as I was waiting until the Globe & Mail, who commissioned the shoot, published the images on their website. Throughout my journey with the G&M’s Mark MacKinnon, we were whizzed across […]
Inside North Korea | Video #1
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BHVnG3m7BU[/youtube] As some of you may already know, last week I was on assignment in North Korea. Forgive me for not giving a hint of this exciting assignment beforehand, however myself and Mark MacKinnon from Canada’s Globe & Mail, for whom I was working, wanted to try and keep this as quiet as possible until […]
