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Introduction
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A lot of this website is about language and words - not
this page. Photography is a hobby of mine and
these are a few of my recent photos and snapshots. Most have been
tweaked a bit in either Photoshop or with The Gimp - a free, open source
code alternative to Photoshop (did I mention that it is free?) Find it
here ->
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China
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Unnamed Beijing Statue
China, especially Beijing, has some great statues -- this is
a detail for a truly impressive monument at the end of
embassy row. I have no idea who created it, what it is
called, or what it is meant to say, but I do know that it
was, well, monumental. |
Unexplained
Beijing Airplane
One afternoon we just
needed a break from the noise and heat of the city. As
luck would have it, there was a tiny park close at hand
and it had an airplane too! Why? We have no idea. It
made a nice picture though.
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Revolutionary Art Showing a Happy
Family
This is obviously a left-over bit of state propaganda that I
found on an alley wall in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province,
South China. Just a few meters away a woman was begging with
her daughter on the street - outside of a McDonald's
Restaurant. Economic and social change in China are coming
at a price. |
3 Happy Schoolgirls in Guangzhou
These three ran to the school fence to
yell 'Hello!' in English. They were thrilled to be able
to use their English. |
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One of the things
to love about China
To quote thousands of tourist brochures, China
is a land of surprise and mystery. One of the things
I loved the best in China was the English used on
its signs. While the translations might be a bit
'fuzzy' sometimes, the meanings are usually clear and reflective
of the surrounding culture - in this case, a concern
with being neat and clean. |
Summer Palace
Lion
The Summer Palace
in Beijing was one of the highlights of our trip. It was
touristy, but big enough to retain the feeling of divine
isolation the Emperors must have enjoyed when they were
there. This particular lion has been manipulated in
Photoshop - he is not gold in real life. |
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Top of
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Other
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My youngest
son
Shown here just before surgery in
November 2004 - he's not often this quiet! |
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A
favourite place in Canada
The Crowsnest Pass area of Alberta was
originally a coal mining area. Today, the coal is
too expensive to mine and all of the old mines are
rotting away. There is a kind of breathless beauty
to be found at these abandoned places that is hard
to describe. |
One winter
morning in Sweden
Winter is such a beautiful time. |
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Summer...
This boat was just sitting at the harbour in
Örebro one rainy summer day. It's beautiful don't
you think? |
Moose!
So ugly they are cute. They are much bigger than they
look in these little photos too. |
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Siggebohyttans bergsmansgård
A detail of a 1700s wall painting... |
Another winter picture
Boats are so much a part of the Swedish summer; there is
something sad about them in the winter... |
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Tip of the day...
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If you want to see these images without
the annoying top banner, click on the thumbnail as normal, then,
right-click on the photo and save the picture to your hard drive. Enjoy.
If you would like to use any of the
images, please drop me an email and tell me about it, I'm always
curious.
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