Have you heard of Larry Kagan?

This guy is awesome! He presented at EG with me, and he was in my little grouping of artists. It’s hard to explain the kind of art he does… but here is a little video and you can learn more about him and his work.

Daily Photo – Young Girl in Basket

The main river that runs through Feng Huang and is criss-crossed by many bridges and walkways. To get up to them, there are long stone stairways that switchback up the sides.

In the mornings, women go down to the river with their children to wash clothes. As they go back and forth to get more loads, sometimes they put the babies into the baskets on the way up again.

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每日快照：古老中國的幾葉扁舟

就在這個拍攝地點，我摔斷了一根肋骨。這個故事我等一會會講到的。這個古老的村落在中國非常靠南的位置，叫做鳳凰。我請了一個當地的司機開車送我到了那裡。雖然距離很短，可是花得時間可不少，比大多數飛機旅行的時間都長的多，而且比坐飛機還難受……不管怎麼說吧，到了鳳凰之後，我在這個村落和附近逛得很開心。有一天早晨，一場濃霧把整個老鎮給籠罩起來了。那種濃霧是標準的中國式霧氣，凝固的，濕潤的而且感覺時間都是靜止的。你看到那種霧氣的時候會感覺，這場霧永遠也散不了了。當時，我為了拍這張照片，從河沿上找到了一條通向這裡的路。這個地方是當地的漁夫們停靠船舶的港口。那天早晨特別潮濕，我也就倒霉在特別潮濕上了。我下台階的時候踩在了一個看起來是濕漉漉臟兮兮的混凝土台子上。走樓梯下台階這種事情，誰不是天天干啊？我也就沒太上心。我當時左手拿著帶14-24mm鏡頭的D3X和三腳架，右手拿著帶50mm 1.4 prime的D3S。結果呢？結果就是，我踩的根本就不是台階，而是一塊超滑的泥巴。那塊泥巴比刮鬍刀還薄，滑得跟冰一樣。想站穩了保持平衡神馬的都是浮雲。我直挺挺地摔在了地上，兩台機器也摔的非常重。那台D3X尤其慘。因為三腳架的力矩關係，它明顯地板撞得更兇。而我則直接壓在了D3S上。機器直接在我的一根肋骨上開了個口子……裂的還剛好是我的“咪咪”附近的那塊肋骨。我一直很愛護我的，你懂得，那裡，所以這次親密接觸實在是超疼的。我下面PO了一個關於我的骨裂的視頻鏈接。感興趣的可以去看一下。 Part 2 China Interview.

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Daily Photo – Beautiful Feng Huang at night

This was a beautiful and relaxing night for me.

I strolled up and down the banks of this old river-town. All the houses up on stilts were so charming… the little boats motoring around… old ladies still washing clothes deep into the night… young lovers skipping along the opposite bank while I set up for shots…

After a few hours of shooting, I stopped at a small family-run restaurant that overlooked the river. I pulled out my sketch pad and started drawing the scene around me for a few hours while the nice mom inside brought me all kinds of mysterious hot foods, teas, and little cookies. It was a very peaceful and nice night…

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Three Days of China

I’ve been in China now for what is approaching a month. It has been a wild and adventurous time! I’ve been so busy shooting, and internet has been so hard to get in places — it has been hard to do regular, timely updates. So, obviously, I’ve been posting some new pieces from other photo adventures, but this is how things generally work around here.

But, for the next three days (including today), I’ll show you some brand new stuff from apart of my trip here!

Daily Photo – Ancient Feng Huang Cheng

As many cities in China quickly leapfrog American cities into one technopolis after another, there are still many old, ancient places across the countryside. So, in an effort to find some of the more unique and classical Chinese places, I had to go pretty deep beyond the major cities.

This is an old place that maintains its classic charm. It’s called Fung Huang, and the old buildings along the river are still up on stilts. They don’t build right along the river, since they know every 50 years or so, a major flood clears everything away. In the meantime, locals go on about their business, going down to the river to wash clothes, prepare food, and the like.

The entire time I was here, I never saw another white person and did not meet anyone that spoke English. I also suffered a fairly significant injury one morning… will talk about that another time. I’m going to hit a hospital here in Beijing to see what exactly happened! But, most importantly, even though my cameras hit the ground pretty hard, they are all in perfect working condition. Sweet Nikon.

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