The Gaoshi Shrine, and more specifically its Torii gate, was to be the end of the trip. It was also the beginning. Two months prior, we had tried to drive to the shrine but had run out of time. When I planned the bike trip for October, I remembered the image of the landscape through […]
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It only took me six years to process this photo. A friend offering his afternoon and advice.
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On Oct. 28, over 200 troupes — including zhentou battle arrays and palanquins representing temples from all over Taiwan — descended upon Donggang Township in Pingtung County. They had come to participate in a ceremony to “invite the Wangye Royal Lords” down to Earth to bless the local area and rid it of disease, bad […]
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This was simply supposed to be a test shot for accuracy of the rangefinder on my Bronica RF645. We were at the National Palace Museum in Taipei and went to the small park to the side of the path leading to the museum. It was just after 5pm, and the sun was setting. The slanting […]
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Technical note: resolution is sufficient.
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stairs; door; track
There are certain objects in the physical world, often related to ideas of movement or transition, that lend themselves to metaphor. Stairs, for example, allow ascension, relocation from a lower level to a higher one. People at the top may seem, or feel, powerful, but also exposed; people below could feel, or appear to be, […]
this is not that
I saw this scene at an art gallery in Taipei two years ago. It was part of an open-air installation consisting of hanging fabric. It was a cross between a maze of corridors and doorways and someone’s washing hanging out to dry on a line. On a calm day, everything was static. When […]