Uploads from ~mimo~, tagged china

communal isolation~ Shanghai

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Fri, 17 May 2013 05:10:31 -0700

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rain rhapsody~ Shanghai

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:56:16 -0700

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elegance in the old alley~ shanghai

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Sun, 12 May 2013 02:12:26 -0700

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the decisive moment~ Shanghai

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:17:43 -0700

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his guiding light~ Shanghai

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:40:58 -0700

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the never ending flow~ Shanghai

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:09:55 -0700

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They come and they go, the are born, they grow, they get old, they die, some say they are reborn, to live again, to age again and to die again. This begs the most obvious and age old question: "why are we here?"
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behind the dusty window screens of Shanghai's old alleys

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:04:08 -0700

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Shanghainese women, famous for their strong personalities and their control of the household including their men have become a stereotype in China. The wife in Shanghai is known to make her husband hand in his whole salary at the end of the month and to only give him back a small portion as pocket-money as she sees fit. He also has a strict curfew for coming home at night and he is expected to perform certain household duties on top of his daily job. I took a sneak peek at some of these lovely ladies' mahjong gambling activities in the afternoon behind a dusty window screen in one of the alleys of the old city, and strength is certainly a quality they emanate.
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savoring his moment~ Shanghai

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:48:52 -0700

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the lives of others~ Old smoker~ Shanghai alley

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:24:10 -0700

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The way we live these days, especially in the big cities, alienates us from others around us to a degree that we may live years in an apartment without knowing the name of our next door neighbor. With street photography, I meet people every day, I ask their names, they tell me their ages, chapters of their life stories, we look each other in the eyes, we exchange smiles, and we meet at a level that goes deeper than the superficial. When you love street photography, you find yourself loving people, and this makes the world a touch warmer and more pleasant to be in.

So excited to announce the launching of 'Finding Yourself in the Streets', a new project of international street photography workshops with the amazing MdKiStLeR ! Please support us if you can by 'liking' our Facebook page and following our blog and Twitter

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The eyes of the street~ Hongkou~ Shanghai

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:28:29 -0700

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So excited to announce the launching of 'Finding Yourself in the Streets', a new project of international street photography workshops with the amazing MdKiStLeR ! Please support us if you can by 'liking' our Facebook page and following our blog and Twitter

Finnish Angle~ F1~ Shanghai (title by ó brendan)

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:34:22 -0700

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the spirit of the race~ for odc~ spirit~ dutch angle
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Racing in circles~ F1~ Shanghai

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:20:59 -0700

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When panning and my camera saved the day...
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Eighty five and exploding with stamina

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:02:42 -0700

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The bund at sunrise~ Shanghai
Every once in a while I meet an incredible human, and they remind me that aging is a natural process that only claims our physical body. The spirit is always effervescent if we allow it to be, the soul is only more experienced and our mind can only grow richer if we feed it in the right way. This lady I met this morning, early at sunrise was giggling while doing her morning exercise and very proudly telling my friends and I that she is 85 years old and still feels young and full of energy. She was infectious in her enthusiasm and bright spirit, light as a feather and innocent as a small child. She renewed my hope in life and its beauty and easily added herself to my list of unforgettable people.
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lost in life's great theater~ Shanghai

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:52:38 -0700

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Every moment is an act, every action a drama, when passion leads the way...
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child of the alley~ Shanghai

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:12:57 -0700

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They roam the little alleys looking up at adults with wide eyes, they are petted by every passer by, talked to by every grandmother and given treats by every aunt and uncle, they are loved. The more I go to the alleys, the more I walk among the people, the more I feel the warmth and the innocence that transfer between the generations.
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fence, flares and beautiful people

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:10:54 -0700

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In the high mountains of magical Xinjiang~ Happy Friday everyone!
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progress will wait for no one

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:34:44 -0700

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modernization at any cost~
Shanghai, the pride of China, races towards its future, bejeweled with glitzy sky scrapers, glowing with billions of energy consuming lights, employing the largest work force in the world, day and night, 7 days a week and waiting for no one to be ready for this epic change. In neighborhoods like this one, people are given very little notice before their homes get demolished giving room to bigger, more modern and more expensive buildings. The people themselves are moved to housing outside the city to start a new life with little character, with no traditions and with not much choice. Every week that I visit these alleys, I find that more and more of them has disappeared...
for odc~ the next level
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without a shadow of doubt~

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:58:40 -0800

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there once was a dancer in China
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My trust is not granted~

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:54:59 -0800

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you must prove yourself to be worthy of it
This is what I felt the eyes of this little boy telling me in an old Shanghai alley. He created a shield for himself just in case, hiding behind it half playfully and half in fear of the strange and the unfamiliar. I was with a photographer friend there and we both could feel when it was the right time to stop pushing the limits of innocent trust. It was one of those precious moments that street photography grants you, rare, human, and unforgettable.
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assaulted by geometry

nobody@flickr.com (~mimo~) — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 01:45:08 -0800

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on a pensive day in a city called Shanghai~
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