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Best of 2006 - Portrait

By fuzzy1 written 1/11/07 9:22 PM, published 1/12/07 8:39 AM

I'm not sure if this is actually the 'best' image I made all year, but it is one of my favorites and one that I have been playing with for quite some time now.

I'm also not sure it belongs in the Portrait category, but it's 'about' a person and it didn't really seem to fit in any of the other categories, either....

It was shot it Shanghai, China, early one morning in a public park that I stumbled upon during my wanderings in the old French Concession area.  At one end of the  parkway were lots of people waltzing in small groups to music coming from a tape recorder and just past that, there were 4 or 5 older men, writing chinese characters on the cement  walkway with large brushes and cups of water.  Their messages dried and faded away almost as soon as they finished making them....

I read very little chinese, so I have no idea what any of this means, but I call it shanghainese graffiti



 
  • galexie1
    Great title, and wonderful capture!

  • Sopris
    Cool shot and fantastic title!

  • msjudi
    i agree... wonderful capture.. great shot..

    - Smile ; )


  • chef009
    nicely shot.....good fuzzywasie

    - With these Hands


  • Ashton
    fuzzywasie wasie a beary good shot

    - Say...CHEESE


  • Pablo57
    Beautiful photo, Fuzzy1. Lovely composition. The chinese characters are very much in the present moment. Tells an interesting zen story.

  • tomnorth
    Beautiful image. Your description of groups dancing in the park brings me back to our trip to China to adopt our youngest. We're going back to China this summer. I can't wait.

    - One size does not fit all


  • kitzi
    very nice...the graffiti reads..." photographica is the best"

    - ©kitzi


  • surferguy
    nicely done Fuzzy

    - WoooFrigginHoooo...


  • KayN
    Great capture! off to the front page you go.........

    - Ms.N


  • RobinG
    Great shot, love the feel of it. Good Job :o)

  • gitarr_mannen
    Ahh.... Nice, really nice.. Very creative and nice frame.. Keep up the good work!

  • crunchbird
    It tells a wonderful story and evokes my own very fond memories of visiting Shanghai and Beijing last summer. Great shot!

  • tbell
    Wonderful capture of another elegant art from a different culture.

    - petercallesen.com


  • Swat
    Thanks for sharing it with us, it touch me for a very personal reason.

  • lilbit
    great shot!

  • Candice
    Excellant...Another one for Jeffrey!

  • Blizzard
    Vote! :)

    - I want to pull your teeth


  • Miztli
    VOTE

  • gitarr_mannen
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