Signs

Spring, Propaganda, Illegal Documents, and Old Men

After valiantly fighting through 12 rounds of food poisoning, I made it a point to go out today with camera in hand to capture something I’ve been meaning to capture for a while.

Signs

Our streets here are littered with all kinds of signage. You have the normal stores, restaurants, and fruit stand signs – but that’s not what I was after. What most people don’t realize when they first come to China is that when you build a wall, any wall, that wall is now a virtual bulletin board. Public announcements, signs warning against H1N1, illegal documents – all plastered haphazardly on whatever space they can find.

I noticed this months ago and like I said, I’ve been meaning to capture it.

As I walked out the door I realize that most people, like me, were taking advantage of a sunny 50+ degree day. Tons of people out. I realized quickly that there were different kinds of signs I was seeing today as well – Springtime & Modernization were among them. I did get a lot of what I was after, but I also got a lot more.

Nonetheless, It was a fun day out shooting things I normally wouldn’t shoot.

More after the break…

DOF: Security Version

Let Matt Brandon & David duChemin watch your house

Over the last 2 months there have been a series of break-ins in our complex. Mostly computers and the occasional mp3 player being lifted. It’s been a major concern for the residents here and was definitely a concern for my wife and I as we were heading out of the country for 2+ weeks. My recent addiction to photography podcasts unexpectedly turned into the best theft-prevention device on the planet.