Tag:China
‘If walls could talk’ was a phrase I used to hear quite often, referring to the silent witnesses to all that goes on within a space. Well maybe this young lady is a wall whisperer – a lady who can hear what the walls have to say.
I saw these engines everywhere I went in China in 1991 which is why I titled this photo, ‘Engine of Growth’. I saw this type of engine powering so many different things – they seemed to be everywhere.
I’ve titled today’s photo ‘Forbidden Decay’ because it shows one small corner of the Forbidden City under repair in 1991.
‘Welcome Everyone, to the Forbidden City’ is what I imagine Chairman Mao’s portrait is saying to the visitors streaming over the bridge and in through the gates.
Today’s photo, ‘Hold on Tight’ was taken in Tienanmen Square in 1991. I’m not sure what the boy was watching – perhaps all us strange foreigners, perhaps another police squad marching from A to B.
