Kenting for Mabuhay — Philippine Airlines Magazine

Kenting for Mabuhay — Philippine Airlines Magazine

Posted by on Aug 1, 2012 in blog, Published, Taiwan | No Comments

It never ceases to amaze me that editors and art directors always choose the photos that I least expect for their publications; Mabuhay Magazine did not disappoint. They selected some of my photos to illustrate

39 Hours of Tainan Film Festival

39 Hours of Tainan Film Festival

Posted by on Jul 3, 2012 in blog, Published, Taiwan | No Comments

39 Hours of Tainan Film Taiwan Culture Portal – 03 July 2012 © Taiwan Culture Portal   A recently published article about Tainan’s inaugural short film ‘contestival’ 39 hours of Tainan Film where 39 teams have 39 hours to make 39 short films. The contest was founded by Till Dietsche who heads the International Cinema and Filmmakers’ […]

Taiwan for Culture Vultures — Kindle Edition

Taiwan for Culture Vultures — Kindle Edition

Posted by on May 31, 2012 in blog, Published, Taiwan, Temple Culture | No Comments

Taiwan for Culture Vultures: Taiwan’s Historical, Religious, Artistic And Architectural Highlights [Kindle Edition] is now available on Amazon Bunun Aboriginal Tribesman Performs Pasibutbut in Namasia   YIPEE!   Get the Taiwan Travel guide from Gecko authored by the prolific and highly respected Taiwan writer, Steven Crook, here: Taiwan for Culture Vultures Guide The cover photo of […]

Spirit Medium 陰陽眼: Feature Documentary Film

Spirit Medium 陰陽眼: Feature Documentary Film

Posted by on Apr 29, 2012 in blog, Published, Taiwan, Temple Culture | No Comments

Spirit Medium: Feature Documentary Film Taiwan Culture Portal – 29 April 2012 © Taiwan Culture Portal To read the full article click this link….

culture.tw Articles

culture.tw Articles

Posted by on Apr 14, 2012 in blog, Published, Taiwan | No Comments

Here are some articles that I have published for culture.tw If any of the subjects interest you, click on the link to the full article. Door Gods 門神 The highlight of writing this Door Gods article was when I serendipitously stopped at the Chendejyu Shrine (陳聚德堂; in 1693 it was the first ancestral shrine in […]

Tear Sheet: Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival in Action Asia

Tear Sheet: Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival in Action Asia

Posted by on Mar 12, 2012 in blog, Published, Taiwan, Temple Culture | 2 Comments

Tear Sheet: Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival in Action Asia by photographer Rich J Matheson I was hoping to get a feature but I didn’t get enough photographs this year. My camera was badly damaged and the lens was shattered by a direct hit. Story below. Action Asia tear sheet, Photographer Rich J Matheson. Last Blast […]

New Taiwan Travel App — Taiwan for Culture Vultures

New Taiwan Travel App — Taiwan for Culture Vultures

Posted by on Jan 20, 2012 in blog, Published, Temple Culture | No Comments

I wrote about Steven Crook’s new Taiwan Travel App from Gecko on my old blog but I didn’t mention that I contributed a lot of the photos, including the cover, for the app. The above photo was chosen, I think it is a fine photo, but certainly not stunning. The difficult thing  about the brief […]

Taiwan Review Cover — February 2012

Taiwan Review Cover — February 2012

Posted by on Jan 17, 2012 in blog, Published, Taiwan | No Comments

Photo of a Ten Drum Drummer used for the cover of the February issue of Taiwan Review. It’s in the bookstores now. It was selected from my submission of photographs for the photo essay on pages 52-59 entitled ‘Traveling with Tradition.’ I will write about that assignment in a future blog.