Umbrellas left in the vestibule of a temple on LinYi Street.
A cooking school near Zhongxiao Xinsheng station.
Tree stump sculptures in front of Ketagalan Culture Center in Beitou, outside of Taipei.
Warm, sulfurous stream in Beitou.
A portion of the 1913 Japanese colonial public bathhouse, later the Beitou Hot Spring Museum.
It looks like a series of abandoned warehouses but this is actually the Huashan Creative Park near the Taipei Artist Village. Inside these dreary buildings are cafes, galleries, and open workspaces for installations and exhibits.
People meet up for work inside a warehouse in the Huashan Creative Park.
Huashan Creative Park.
Huashan Creative Park.
A snail hides behind gallery panels in the Huashan Creative Park.
A man hangs a new show in a gallery in the Huashan Creative Park. He later asked me to submit a photo to a show he's helping out with but I can't read the entry form!
Chuck! Huashan Creative Park.
Children's book author Jimmy Liao has gained a lot of popularity both inside and outside of China since his first publication in 1998. His 33rd book, The Starry Starry Night, is being celebrated at a gallery in the Huashan Creative Park. A variety of artists got together to present the characters and themes of Liao's books in a fresh, multimedia setting. His books have also been turned into music albums, stage plays, and feature films.
Detail from A Labyrinth Blocked from Home by I-Ju Huang.
The Whale by Tien-Hung Wang and Chien-Cheng Lin.
The Cabinet of Memory by Tien-Hung Wang and Man-Ling Yeh.
The Cabinet of Memory by Tien-Hung Wang and Man-Ling Yeh.
Later, the Woman by Chien-Cheng Lin. This is a full-scale model of a girl looking at a small-scale model of a girl looking at Van Gogh's Starry Night. Contact me if you'd like to see more detail shots of the models.
A Forgettable Afternoon by Yamada Takuji and I-Ju Huang.
The Stormy Weather by Wei-Jion Lai and Xiao-Ling Zhang.
The Eclipsed Memories by I-Ju Huang and Chien-Cheng Lin.
Stars of the Four Seasons by Wei-Hsin Sun.
Recreation of the author's studio.
Sculptures brave the dreary outdoors while people enjoy the warm cafe in Huashan Creative Park.
Street-side mini temple in Danshui.
Danshui is a historic port town just outside of Taipei.
Homes on stilts in Danshui.
A crane pokes around the waterfront homes.
Dogs run lose in Danshui.
The leader uses a megaphone to gather students for a tour in a park in Danshui.
An old couple rest in a park in Danshui.
A man takes a smoking break in the side entrance of a temple in Danshui.
Devotees leave food offerings on the altars of temples both large and small. Here someone even left a bag of Lays potato chips.
A man lights his incense in Longshan Temple in Danshui (not the same Longshan that is in the Wanhua District of Taipei).
Markets fill the dark alleys around Lane 95, one of the other parts of Danshui. But nothing is too narrow for the local lorry drivers (two-lane driving consists of a game of chicken as to who has to back up first).
A mom and son stroll down Lane 95 in Danshui.
Robot flaggers can be seen at construction sites throughout Taipei (they even mechanically wave those little flags).
Pushing recycling near Jhongjheng Road in Danshui.
i wish there were a way to comment on individual photos! robot flaggers -- SO bizarre. The lorry driver pictures of Lane 95 bring back memories of my dad and I selling my things off before I emigrated... What flavour were the Lays chips? Hehe. Love the juxtaposition of the sculpture with the outside architecture in the Creative Park cafe shot.
ReplyDeleteyou HAVE to shoot russia. i feel that you will be able to capture on film all the images i have of the country in my mind's eye.
these photos make me want to run to pdx and fly to taiwan as it is!
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Quite wonderful images Crystal.. .making me quite jealous! :) Have you guys tried Durian fruit yet?
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