Remembering Bruce Lee: What Photographers Can Learn From the Little Dragon
Last Saturday (November 27th) saw the 70th birthday anniversary of Bruce Lee. As a belated birthday tribute, I decided to write this post not just as a personal homage to a movie star who had a big impact on me growing up, but to also relate some of Bruce Lee’s thoughts on martial arts and […]
Bombs Don’t Kill People, Mangroves Do
Quite a shocking piece of news fell into my inbox this morning, via the Mangrove Action Project newsletter which I receive every month. The news is a couple of weeks old but it seems that on November 15th, there was an explosion in a hotel in the Mexican resort of Playa del Carmen that tragically […]
China’s Threatened Waters: Exhibition Opening in Beijing
Two weeks from today will see the first print exhibition of China’s Threatened Waters, at the Yugong Yishan venue in central Beijing. If you are free on the night of Monday 22nd November from 7:00p.m. till late. The event is being organized with the help of Greening the Beige, a Beijing-based organization promoting green issues […]
New Multimedia Now Online – Education In The Mangroves
[vimeo width=”570″ height=”320″]https://vimeo.com/16018786[/vimeo] This is the second in my series of Multimedia pieces for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, produced from the body of work I created this summer on China’s current wetlands crisis. These pieces take a lot longer to produce than your average photo essay but I feel they add a whole […]
TEDx Canton – Sept 4th 2010
Next week sees the arrival of TEDx on the Guangzhou Science Center, in southern China. I feel very flattered and honoured to have been invited to be one of the speakers at the event, talking about my recent work over the past couple of years for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. For those of […]
Earth Hour Competition: We Have a Winner!
Last week I posted the first competition for my blog, based on the recent video that I shot to coincide with Earth Hour here in Beijing. If you missed the video, you can watch it here on Vimeo or YouTube. The challenge was to find me within the video, walking in front of the camera. […]
China’s Growing Sands in National Geographic China
[vimeo width=”580″ height=”300″]https://vimeo.com/10864307[/vimeo] I am delighted to announce here on my blog that this month’s issue of National Geographic China contains a 12-page essay of my images and text, about my Pulitzer Center-sponsored work on “China’s Growing Sands”. This is a wonderful opportunity to reach out to a new audience in China and bring wider […]
Where is the Best Place in Beijing to Buy Photo Equipment?
Where is the best place in Beijing to buy photo equipment? I get this question A LOT, so I thought that it was about time that I wrote a post which could act as an easy reference point for those living in, or passing through China’s capital who want to buy photo equipment. First, let’s […]
China’s Growing Sands on Greenpeace China
Recently, I was approached by Greenpeace China do write a short article for their website about my work on desertification in China for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. This has been a great chance to reach out to Greenpeace’s audience and inform them about the work that I have been doing on this subject. […]
