These two gentlemen were acting as the guards for a temporary temple set up to the side of a shed constructed outside the Wanfu Temple in Kaohsiung’s Cieding District. Inside the shed, craftsmen were hard at work building a 王船 “King Boat” that is scheduled to be ceremonially burnt in January. The temporary temple bears […]
金門二
On Sept. 25 we visited Kinmen for a second time. Last year we came here as tourists, and were fascinated by the architecture and decoration of the buildings in small isolated communities. This time we came as journalists to do a report on training tradesmen to restore/ renovate historic and heritage buildings. The sense that […]
gods on the streets
I had in mind two old photos. The one in yesterday’s post on 屏東墓地 and the above one, from a series I named Gods on the Streets for the benefit of filing the negs. My filing system is hardly well organized. I was amazed at how quickly I found them both. I always liked the […]
白沙屯
This year’s Baishatun pilgrimage was originally set to take place in late March/ early April. I had planned it carefully, and delayed the planning of my trip to the UK to make sure that I could attend all three main days. These plans, of course, had to be put on hold, as the trip to […]
microcord
As of early May, 2020, people living in Taiwan have precious little to complain about in terms of the adjustments and inconveniences the novel coronavirus pandemic have brought. I am fortunate enough thus far that the only things that have troubled me are a disruption of plans and a loss of inspiration. Those two are […]
ldfn
One aesthetic I really love is colorized glass negative prints from late 19th/ early 20th Century Asia. Fooling around with various filters and layers gave this effect. I quite like it.
東港
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 […]
t-shirt
I went to Donggang and all I got was this lousy t-shirt
fair
These photos are a year old. They were taken during the Baishatun Matsu pilgrimage of 2016, on the first and last days. The photos I originally chose from these sets were selected to support a report we did on the pilgrimage, and so these were ignored. Looking back on them a year later offers that […]
duds
Yes, it’s a picture of the dogs. To be more exact, it is a very basic scan of a negative taken from a Minolta Autocord TLR from the 1960s. This was a test of a newly repaired and CLA’d camera, to make sure everything was working properly. I’m pleased to say the repairman has done […]