I’m happy to be able to share my Tajik Badakhshan article shot and written in Chinese by yours truly, published in this month’s issue of Rhythms Monthly. Part of the work (website gallery) was from while I was living in Tajikistan and part was shot during my most recent visit, while assisting/translating for a photojournalist. Even while I feel I’ve progressed as a photographer, this story is quite dear to me, as it’s from a period when I first started taking my work seriously and because it’s truly one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been.
Roof of the World | Tajik Pamirs article in Rhythms Monthly
In Central Asia, Showcase, Tajikistan on December 15, 2009 at 9:48 pmNational Film Board of Canada | Highrise Tainan, Taiwan
In Multimedia, Taiwan on December 11, 2009 at 9:27 pm
I’m currently wrapping up some multimedia work in Tainan, Taiwan, my mother’s hometown, for a wonderfully ambitious project from the National Film Board of Canada. True to the forkingpaths spirit, the entire project showcases 6-10 nested mini-stories within a novel panoramic interface. I’ll be sure to share further details and post a link when the site is updated, but for now here is a ‘pre-site.‘ To give you a sense of the scope, here’s the TRAILER to the project and the blurb :
This is a *pre-site* for HIGHRISE, a multi-year, multi-media, collaborative documentary project about the human experience in global vertical suburbs. We will use the acclaimed interventionist and participatory approaches of the award-winning National Film Board of Canada’s Filmmaker-in-Residence (FIR) project. Our scale will be global, but rooted firmly in the FIR philosophy — putting people, process, creativity, collaboration, and innovation first.
Taipei Gay Pride Parade 2009 | Interactive panoramas
In Panography, Taiwan on November 4, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Two interactive panoramas I made at last weekend’s gay pride parade, here in Taipei, Taiwan. Widely reported as Asia’s largest LGBT parade, the number of supporters that walked through downtown Taipei was cited as high as 25,000. Even while Taiwan remains one of the more open societies regarding tolerance of homosexuality, gay rights remain limited in terms of military service and parental choice. A week previous, there was a conservative counter-protest, with a tenth of the following.
The pano featured above has some of the most interesting lighting conditions I’ve captured in a 360 VR environment. Take a look!
