China - Robert Frank at Pingyao opening

This was the scene at the PIP Festival opening on the morning of Wednesday September 19 at Pingyao's Ancient County Magistrates Office. As it was last year the mood was electric, complete with fireworks, flags, banners, balloons, pidgeons, dancers, drum and cymbol musicians and more photographers with longer lenses than I've ever seen together in one place. Robert Frank opened the festival and here he is on stage......

China Story PART 2

Back from 2 weeks in China! A week in amazing Shanghai and then to Pingyao for the festival, along with Robert Frank and 100,000 others. China as bizarre, strange, wonderful and captivating as ever. Made special by the friendly, smiling people.
Here are three new pictures, which tell only part of the story......

China revisited....

Back to China this week, to Shanghai and then to Pingyao for the PIP Festival. I'm told Robert Frank will be among the western visitors. Here are two pictures I made in Shanghai in September last year. This city is so strange and full of contrasts. Amazing!
I wonder why it took me a year to get back?

$2 shop sticky strips and hearts.....

I gave my friend and artist, Sid, the dummy of my TEXT book with the request that she make some constructive observations.
The book came back with some amazing brain-flash insights written on day-glo $2 shop stickies. Re-photographed they make a work in their own right....Thanks Sid for helping to make a better work from me plus a new work from both of us......