These are from six occasions. The first two were watching her apply her make-up in a mirror. The next was when I noticed the interesting way the bedside lamp was lighting her. Then there was a more deliberate attempt at doing something interesting with lighting, based on the film noir aesthetic. The close-up […]
祖師廟
The Third Rebuilding of Sanxia’s Zushih Temple 三峽清水祖師廟的 第三次重建 New Taipei City’s Sanxia Zushih Temple, known as the “palace of oriental art,” is known for its traditional appeal and its unique carvings and decoration.The initial plans to build the temple stretch back to the Qing dynasty. It was rebuilt twice during the 19th […]
三峽書法
This is a photo of what appears to be a family, two women, possibly sisters, and two children, a boy and a girl. It’s possible the group is two mothers and their children. Just behind the group stands another woman, who may well be the mother of one of the women, or both. […]
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, […]
wheel
Wu Cheng-hung (吳正宏), 77, is the 23rd generation of a line of potters that started in Cizao town (磁灶鎮) in 5th century China. His grandfather, Wu Ji (吳及, 1878 to 1949), left Cizao at the end of the Qing dynasty to make a living in Taiwan, bringing the coiling technique and kick wheel technology practiced […]
南園
Wouldn’t it have been nice, I was thinking to myself at the end of a day at the Nanyuan Land of Retreat and Wellness (南園人文客棧), if we had been completely free to walk among the traditional southern Chinese Jiangnan-style architecture, roaming at our own leisure through the rooms tastefully decorated with carved scenes of […]
wedding
There is no picture that I have ever taken of my brother Keith that captures how I see him as well as this. I knew it when I released the shutter, standing between him and the congregation on his wedding to Jill in September, 2014 in Melbourne. He was giving his groom’s speech. It’s […]
corners
Scans of the photos of the Feb 2013 trip that were never printed. I’ll add to them over the next few days.
kahn
baishatun matsu 白沙屯媽祖
Baishatun’s Gong Tian Temple was already packed with pilgrims late afternoon when we arrived. The pilgrimage was due to start at half past midnight. We were waiting in the space between the main altar and the stationary palanquin in which Matsu would soon set off for Beigang.