Thursday, June 28, 2012

China - A black and white selection

13 pictures from a trip to China


Forbidden City | Beijing, 2012


Beijing, 2012


Summer Palace | Beijing, 2012


Yangshuo, 2012



Yangshuo, 2012


Yangshuo, 2012


Yangshuo, 2012


Wuzhen, 2102


Yangshuo, 2012


Shanghai, 2012


Shanghai, 2012


Shanghai, 2012


Shanghai, 2012

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Beijing - More black and white street scenes

old couple with hats on a tricycle motorbike
Beijing, 2012

young man sitting on a sidewalk of Bejing looking at his smartphone
Beijing, 2012

tricycle cart full of bicycle tires on Bejing street
Beijing, 2012

three men sitting on a sidewalk in Beijing repairing bicycle tires and smoking cigarettes
Beijing, 2012

Old blind musician playing traditional Chinese music at night in a public square in Beijing
Beijing, 2012

Father and son sitting outside their grocery shop in Beijing on a summer night; the boy is eating an apple
Beijing, 2012

 

Beijing - Jingshan Park and the hutong area

After as visit to the Forbidden City, we walked in the adjacent Jingshan Park and then wandered a bit in the alleys where many of the old traditional houses (hutong) still remain.