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.