waiting for the noise to stop
In November 2010 I turned 40. It seemed a significant age, and for some months prior I had been thinking about how best to mark it. An image had formed in my mind: sitting on the top of the Bayon in the Angkor Wat complex near Siem Reap in Cambodia, in the cooling evening under […]
Chan and Weng 詹與翁
Kick-wheel potter Chan Kuo-hsiang (詹國祥) tells a story of how late president Chiang Ching-kuo was puzzled during a visit to the old pottery town of Yingge. BMWs and Mercedes parked along streets lined with dilapidated buildings; conspicuous wealth amid ramshackle abodes.
a walk in the woods
Alishan, central Taiwan, late 2013. Magical place. Wonderful walks. Incredible ambience. Pleasant company. Shite food.
adding colours
There are many reasons why I choose to stick to black and white photography, among them the abstraction of the image, the connection to the history of photography, and the fact that I just like the aesthetic. Another, more prosaic, reason is the fact that I am by now very familiar with the process — […]