My China photos: An introduction

This entry is a companion to my selection of favorite photographs from China. You are also welcome to browse all of my China photos in their original galleries.

I travel to China frequently. I first visited in 1987, then had longer stays in 1989/1990 and 1992/1993, and then started traveling there frequently again starting in 1999. Most of my early extended stays were either in Beijing or Taiwan.  Obviously, China has changed a great deal since the late eighties. Unfortunately, I didn't take many pictures on those early visits. I've been trying to make up for lost time by taking lots of pictures recently and sharing them here.  More recently, I have been visiting Hong Kong and Taiwan more often.  I may start spending more time in Shanghai.

I am usually busy with work during the day when I am in China, but at night I often have the opportunity to get out and walk around and take pictures. I prefer to take pictures at night, anyway.  I guess I'm inspired by Edward Hopper's Nighthawks.  I particularly like to take photos of well-lit shops or restaurants on otherwise deserted and dark streets.  More generally, I really enjoy walking around urban neighborhoods and talking to people and taking pictures. Fortunately, I speak Mandarin Chinese. Everywhere I go, people are very friendly, interested, and helpful.

 I have created collections of my selected favorite photos from Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taiwan. These collections are probably the best place to start if you want to browse my best photos.  As alluded to earlier, I really enjoy taking pictures at night, thus I have created a collection of selected favorite night photos from China.

You are also welcome to browse the galleries from which the photos in these collections are drawn.  My collection of galleries of Beijing photos is especially extensive: Beijing hutongs, Beijing museums, parks and temples, Beijing Wudaokou, Beijing Zhongguancun, the Great Wall, Peking University, and miscellaneous other Beijing.  I also have galleries of photos from Guilin, Hong Kong, Xian, Taiwan and the Three Gorges.

Also be sure to check out all my blog entries related to China.