Wufenpu got its name from five Chinese families who bought up the land in the area back in 1769. Today, the area is a large clothing and materials market and that’s what we’re going to be looking at on 5 this week.
Located opposite the Songshan train station, Wufenpu is a sprawling market that offers some of the lowest priced retail fashion in Taipei, as well as being a busy wholesale clothing market. I was in the area last week, so wandered around for an hour or so photographing the goings on.
Incidentally, these photos were all processed from the RAW files in the beta version of Adobe Lightroom 3. All photos were shot on a Canon 5D Mark II with 17-40mm lens.
Colorful handbags are an important accessory for an fashion conscious shopper.
Clothing manequins line the front window of a store.
The lanes are barely wide enough for the delivery trucks. This section of the market is undercover by the way.
Where there's shoppers, there's food vendors. Trying my panning technique on a slow moving subject.
Wufenpu market is dog friendly. Important in a country where dogs are often seen as fashion accessories.
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Craig Ferguson Images | Cultural Photography. One of the key aspects of life that we humans identify with is culture. We label people, places and events according to our ideas of what they are, ranging from the broader scale defined by tradition and place down to the small scale subcultures and tribes. Craig Ferguson Images is consistantly creating new visions in the field of cultural photography. From traditional festives and customs to modern, urban subcultures, Craig Ferguson Images is in touch with the changing world. From our base in Taipei, Taiwan we are perfectly positioned at the crossroads of the ancient and the modern.
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nice photos
Thanks.
I love the 'effect' of the second photo.
The first impression is that we are looking at real people, which comes in nice contrast to the actual subject.
Thanks. The “real” people effect is exactly what attracted me in the fist place and why I took the shot.
Thanks.
I love the 'effect' of the second photo.
The first impression is that we are looking at real people, which comes in nice contrast to the actual subject.
Thanks. The “real” people effect is exactly what attracted me in the fist place and why I took the shot.