Xigang Baotian Gong Temple Renewal Festival — 西港雙張廍保天宮入火安座大典
On September 19th (this year’s moon festival) Xigang’s newly built Baotian Gong was opened. I spent the day photographing the festivities
Soulangh Culture Village
The last month or so has kept me very busy working on a project for the Tainan Cultural Affairs Bureau. Soulangh Culture Village in Jiali district is a world class facility built from what began as the Meiji Sugar Corporation’s first modern sugar refinery in 1906 and later became part of the Taiwan Sugar Corporation. […]
Ad Campaign — Taiwan
The first photo of a series. We are in Tainan’s ‘toxic tunnel,’ a great location, but a little stressful late at night with bikes zooming around a blind corner at our models and lights. Traffic control was a necessity and everyone did very well given the conditions. I’ll post some behind the scenes shots after […]
Fo Guang Shan Buddha Memorial Center
The Fo Guang Shan Buddha Memorial Center was built to house a tooth. It is believed to be the Buddha’s tooth. The eight pagodas pictured below symbolize the Noble Eightfold Path, the fourth of the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths, taught by Siddhārtha Gautama Construction of the center in Dashu District, Kaohsiung, began in 2008, continues today, […]
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 […]
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