The night market is an important facet of Asian lifestyle and this weeks 5 takes a look at some of Taiwan’s night markets. Ranging from a few tables on a sidewalk to closed off streets and purpose-built marketplaces, night markets are an essential part of Taiwan’s xiaochi (small eats) culinary culture.
Halfway through the year now and so it’s time for the seventh calendar. July’s calendar comes from a shoot for a magazine article that was done of Taipei 101 from Elephant Mountain, Taipei. Click on the download link below to download the calendar – there are 9 different sizes in the zip file, including iPhone. Some users are reporting problems downloading the zip on some systems, so I’ve also included the individual files below.
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A couple of months ago, I asked for submissions for a new critique feature I wanted to start. A lot of people expressed interest but it was only in the past week that someone actually sent a photo to be critiqued. So that’s what we’re going to do today. When I was getting started, I was fortunate enough to receive some good, honest criticism that spent more time pointing out problems in my images than it did praising them. Which is good. It’s hard to improve if people simply tell you the photo is great, or don’t say anything for fear of offending you. That’s not what I’m going to do. My aim is to give some honest, practical advice so that people can take their personal photography to a higher level. So if I sound overly harsh, it’s only because I’m focusing on the areas that need improvement and because of that, I’m not going to give the name of the photographer nor any links to their site. These critiques that I’ll be doing will remain anonymous. With that said, let’s take a look at the photo and see what’s what.
The fourth edition of Shutterbug Sunday comes from New York by way of Italy. This week the spotlight is on Francesco Gallarotti, a New York based Italian visual artist.
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With his photoblog, My Little World, Francesco gives the viewer an ever changing gallery of photographs, with locations ranging from New York to Italy to Japan. As well, he is the photo and content editor of the Green Tea Gallery, an online photo magazine.
Francesco can be found on Twitter under the name @gallarotti. Along with his wife, he’s about to embark on a cross-America road trip from New York to San Francisco which should produce a large number of stunning new images.
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Friday is here and so is 5.This week, we’re taking a look at another unique facet of Taiwanese folk culture – Ba jia jiang or the eight generals. Often seen accompanying religious parades and festivals, these mysterious characters are sometimes known as “hell’s policemen” and are a familiar sight to Taiwanese people, even if no one really knows how they evolved or where they came from.
