Tainan May Jam 2013
Tainan May Jam was founded by artist musician Axel Schunn in 2000 and continues to grow every year. May Jam still adheres to its simple tenets of creativity, musicianship and the love for music and is an important music festival in Taiwan for independent bands; as Axel says, “It’s all for music !” This year’s […]
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial in Liberty Square, Taipei. I was on assignment in Taipei and had the good fortune of seeing the changing of the guards in Liberty Square, Taipei.
Xigang Chingan Temple Jishan Bajiajiang — 西港玉敕慶安宮駕前吉善堂八家將
Xigang Chingan Temple Jishan Tang Bajiajiang 西港玉敕慶安宮駕前吉善堂八家將 The official escorts for Xigang Chingan Temple’s main gods, the Lords Qian-sui, who drive demons from the area and perform exorcism rituals in the village. This bajiajiang (Eight General) troupe is locally based and positions in the troupe are often passed
39 Hours of Tainan Film Contestival Winning Teams
The 2nd annual 39 Hours of Tainan Film Contestival has concluded for another year. Till and Lynne did a great job and pulled everything off smoothly. below are some photos of the winning teams and
Jishan Bajiajiang 2 — 吉善堂八家將
Jishan Temple Bajiajiang (Eight Generals) 西港吉善堂八家將 A quick note for those not familiar with Taiwan: The symbol on the general’s forehead is not a swastika;
Newspaper Article for Life of Taiwan
Here is some publicity for our new website Life of Taiwan. An article by Ian Bartholomew in the Taipei Times newspaper. He interviewed Mark and Steve, and used my photos. I think it looks great. I haven’t been published in a newspaper since The China Post stopped accepting freelance quite a few years ago. Here […]
Dalongdong Baoan Temple Censer
Taipei’s Dalongdong Baoan Temple Tian Gong Censer (天公爐). From my old blog, “The Jade Emperor is the highest ranking god in Taiwan’s pantheon but, owing to his exalted position
Pineapple Farming in Taiwan
My pineapple article published in Travel in Taiwan magazine is
Yoga in Taipei
Yoga in Liberty Square This photo in front of the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall was taken on a recent shoot in Taipei. It was a great day, I love shooting accomplished athletes. Rather than dragging the shutter and having blur and strange halo — like the shot below — I shot an HDR (seven shot […]
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