China Photographs

Those old Chinese painters were not exaggerating. I had always thought their romantic depictions of...

Three Bai girls flirt at the South Gate of Dali. Bais are a prevalent minority...

Looking upward to the ceiling panels on a newly painted Tibetian monestary. These were a...

For several hours a day, this young monk will sit in this box-like seat while...

Lucky charms hang from the prayer beads of a Tibetian monk....

The inner courtyard of a monestary complex was painted in this wild modern colors....

From a farmstead's bedroom window, I could look out into the field and see a...

West of Kanding, on the border with Tibet Autonomous region, I spied this riverlet from...

Multiple crops of rice per year are possible in the warm, wet climate of southern...

In Wubang a village near Dali, a herbal doctor lays out his collection of Chinese...

Early morning a farmer hauls her produce to the market. In the background the pagoda...

A woven bamboo basket is washed in the river....

Lazy bamboo, Breath held, Crickets, crickets....

Along a slow moving river a farmer follows an ox to plow his rice field...

The smoke from hundreds of sticks of incense fill a courtyard in the main temple...

Floating homes fill Aberdeen Harbor on the backside of Hong Kong. Residents use water taxis...

In the old city of Li Jiang, a classic view of tiled roofs as seen...

In central Asia birds are kept as working pets. Birds of prey are used to...

A water taxi ferries a Hong Kong houseboat resident home....

Small boys peddle squash blossoms in a market in south China. The blossoms are edible...

A traditional moongate was part of the old walled city in Young Sho. Now encompassed...

Card players in a plaza in Dali hold Chinese style cards vertically....

A variety of offerings available at Chinese markets. Many are rare in western markets....

I never tire of the irradescent beauty of chickens. These unlucky ones are for sell...

In the town of Dali, Yi women sell wooden posts which will be used to...