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Photography creates images taken out of their context, out of the setting and personality from which it exists. These came form my eyes and hands, but even retrospective memory does not know what all the details were. Artists put theses pieces together according to their whims of documentation, themes, colors, moods. I will try my hand at this with this blog, a photojournalism of the world I have seen.

Taiwan 2017: Taipei Night Markets

After Sanyi, mom and I took the train to see one of her aunts in Taipei. We got there and… Read more Taiwan 2017: Taipei Night Markets

Taiwan 2017: The National Palace Museum

The migration of art relies on the hands of those who would buy it, steal it, protect it. The Forbidden… Read more Taiwan 2017: The National Palace Museum

Taiwan 2017: Chiang Kai-Shek’s Garden

Ideals of Taiwanese sovereignty and independence from China has long been a source of political and social tension. The Chinese… Read more Taiwan 2017: Chiang Kai-Shek’s Garden

Taiwan 2017: The Market of Sanyi

There are people who spend their days sitting in the shade outside their homes, just waiting for a passerby to… Read more Taiwan 2017: The Market of Sanyi

Taiwan 2017: The Sanyi Duck Factory

Only a little ways away from the daily market is the Sanyi Duck Factory, created in the 1960s and famed… Read more Taiwan 2017: The Sanyi Duck Factory

Taiwan 2017: A Folk Festival

Daoism and Buddhism are the most prominent faiths in Sanyi. The Christian church does have a presence here, especially involving… Read more Taiwan 2017: A Folk Festival

Taiwan 2017: The Joye Homestay

I’ve been to Joye only once before when I was younger, and it was one place I really wanted to… Read more Taiwan 2017: The Joye Homestay

Taiwan 2017: Chao Sheng Si Temple

So yesterday my mom’s friend took us to the Joye Homestay, but first we went on an impromptu visit to… Read more Taiwan 2017: Chao Sheng Si Temple

Taiwan 2017: The Nature of Sanyi

Mom and I have always liked long walks when traveling, no big plans necessarily, just the spontaneous adventure of seeing… Read more Taiwan 2017: The Nature of Sanyi

Taiwan 2017: The Art of Sanyi

I am in Sanyi at the moment, my mother’s hometown in Taiwan. This is the place she grew up in,… Read more Taiwan 2017: The Art of Sanyi