In your pictures there is often such a sense of drama of the moment. They are inspiring but also a little disheartening. Will I ever be able to do anything nearly so good?
Such broad, treeless landscapes. Although there is no frost or snow evident the kids are dressed in such heavy clothing...it must be cold and damp. The desolation of the landscape is made less so by the presence of these kids.
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traditional Tibetans wear these yak skin robes year round... this is high altitude and the air is very thin and dry. The temperature varies wildly between very hot and very cold. On this day it was probably 40 or 50 degrees, but by night some snow had fallen, the next day it was in the 80s. Slowly but surely traditional clothes are being replaced by jeans, tshirts, and fleece jackets which don't function nearly so well in the extremes of weather.
Interesting note about how the traditional clothes are being replaced. It's too bad, but that makes photos such as yours more important, as they document something that is disappearing.
Hi site owner,
I've been your visitor since some time ago. I'm a Chinese, born in Gansu Province, moved to XI'an since 5, and now studying in Germany. I'm impressed by your pictures of western China, which is in my view with very fresh air, relatively untouched traditional culture and nice people. ALthough I'm a Chinese, the pictures of the western part of the country on your site seem for me more like somewhere oversees.
Not much to say, I really hope you could keep bringing us great photos with social concerns, as there were. :)
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Nice, incredible
In your pictures there is often such a sense of drama of the moment. They are inspiring but also a little disheartening. Will I ever be able to do anything nearly so good?
Such broad, treeless landscapes. Although there is no frost or snow evident the kids are dressed in such heavy clothing...it must be cold and damp. The desolation of the landscape is made less so by the presence of these kids.
traditional Tibetans wear these yak skin robes year round... this is high altitude and the air is very thin and dry. The temperature varies wildly between very hot and very cold. On this day it was probably 40 or 50 degrees, but by night some snow had fallen, the next day it was in the 80s. Slowly but surely traditional clothes are being replaced by jeans, tshirts, and fleece jackets which don't function nearly so well in the extremes of weather.
The pictures you shoot of the children are always my favorites. You capture them so well!
Interesting note about how the traditional clothes are being replaced. It's too bad, but that makes photos such as yours more important, as they document something that is disappearing.
Hi site owner,
I've been your visitor since some time ago. I'm a Chinese, born in Gansu Province, moved to XI'an since 5, and now studying in Germany. I'm impressed by your pictures of western China, which is in my view with very fresh air, relatively untouched traditional culture and nice people. ALthough I'm a Chinese, the pictures of the western part of the country on your site seem for me more like somewhere oversees.
Not much to say, I really hope you could keep bringing us great photos with social concerns, as there were. :)
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