the way through your life should be lighten up

Posted on August 5, 2015 Posted in b&w, black&white, children, China, portrait, Shanghai, womanTagged action, alley, black and white, blackandwhite, bw, care, children, China, demolition, girlLeave a comment

his thoughts vanish fast as smoke

Posted on June 8, 2015 Posted in b&w, black&white, China, old man, portraitTagged alley, black and white, blackandwhite, bw, China, ethnic minority, hat, Honghe, life, man, minority, portrait, smoke, smokingLeave a comment

sunrise – when hope starts everyday again

Posted on May 10, 2015 Posted in b&w, black&white, China, old manTagged action, black and white, blackandwhite, bw, China, Honghe, Jianshui, man, silhouette, sunriseLeave a comment

the human predicament of loneliness

Posted on May 4, 2015May 8, 2015 Posted in b&w, black&white, China, portraitTagged black and white, blackandwhite, bw, care, China, ethnic minority, hat, Honghe, life, lonely, man, minorityLeave a comment

On my way back to the accommodation I passed a noisy group of young men. They were celebrating with lots of food and alcohol. I didn’t dare to take a picture as one of them followed me and wanted me to join their group. After I convinced him with my humble chinese I really have to go back and look for my friends (but thank you 🙂 ) I passed by this man who was sitting alone drinking and eating. First he was looking very skeptically at me and I started to speed up. But after a blink of an eye he opened up and I no longer felt him to be dangerous. Later in my room I still thought of him and why he was sitting alone among all these celebrating people.

the generation responsibility

Posted on April 30, 2015May 1, 2015 Posted in b&w, black&white, children, China, old man, portraitTagged alley, black and white, blackandwhite, bw, care, children, China, Honghe, life, man, modernizationLeave a comment

What strikes me again and again here in China is that the elderly care very touching for their grandchildren.
The downside of this is that many children have to grow up without their parents who work as migrant workers somewhere unreachable far away. What it will have for consequences shows only within a couple of years when the children have grown-up and have children themselves.

Lifelong Friends

Posted on April 8, 2015 Posted in b&w, black&white, China, old man, portraitTagged alley, black and white, blackandwhite, bw, China, ethnic minority, hat, Honghe, life, man, old, portraitLeave a comment

We had a short break on our way to Honghe/Yunnan. Honestly I don’t remember the village’s name. We had a nice chat with these friendly old men. They asked us why we are visiting their boring village if there are so much better cities like Beijing. With my humble mandarin I tried to tell them that I am mostly interested in people not in cities. The one sitting on the right is a retired teacher. They are over 80 Years old and almost as long best friends.

Standing Alone

Posted on April 7, 2015 Posted in b&w, black&white, China, portrait, womanTagged alley, black and white, blackandwhite, bw, China, Jianshui, life, lonely, woman, YunnanLeave a comment

One early morning in Jianshui, we went to capture the beautiful light during sunrise, this woman touched my heart. Looking at her still makes me feel sad and sorry.