Day 311/365 Smoke and Steel: Burning Paper Money in the Shadow of Kaohsiung's Rising Tower
Beneath a glass skyscraper still under construction, a woman bends over a small fire, burning paper money at street level. What happens when centuries-old ritual and hyper-modern architecture share a single frame? A close look at composition, verticals, and the discipline of shooting wide.
Day 310/365 The Divine Pig: A Study in Offering
A sacrificial pig lies splayed on a metal table, a ceremonial flag planted at its head and a golden cup at its side. A direct, unflinching documentary study of Taiwan’s shénzhū offering tradition, photographed with the same seriousness the ritual itself demands.
Day 309/365 Mirrored Harbor: The 85 Tower and the Cruise Terminal, Doubled
Kaohsiung’s skyline splits perfectly along a still waterline, the 85 Sky Tower and the sculptural Port Cruise Terminal reflected in flawless symmetry. A black-and-white study in architecture, stillness, and the rare gift of water this calm.
Day 308/365 Wind Against Nylon: The Rain Man’s Battle
A man braces against the wind, his umbrella caught mid-flex, motion blurring the crosswalk and buildings around him into streaks. A dynamic black-and-white study in resistance, weather, and the small daily struggle of staying dry.
Day 307/365 Downpour on Lingya: A Vertical Study in Rain and Facade
A tall apartment facade, its decorative grilles and cluttered balconies streaked top to bottom by heavy monsoon rain. A vertical black-and-white study in texture, weather, and the accumulated life visible behind a building’s ornamental screens.
Day 305/365 Corridor of Light: A Walk Through Taichung’s Green Museumbrary
A lone figure walks through a striped corridor of light and shadow, his reflection doubling him in a mirrored wall beside him. A dramatic black-and-white study in geometry, repetition, and the way architecture can turn a single visitor into a whole procession.
Day 304/365 Made in Taiwan: A Still Life on Weathered Wood
A single face mask lies folded and forgotten on a plank of rough wood, its printed origin catching the light. A quiet, textural still life turning one of the era’s most ordinary objects into something worth actually looking at.
Day 303/365 The City Dissolving: A Study in Fog and Distance
Kaohsiung disappears into layers of mist, its buildings fading from sharp foreground detail into pale, ghostly silhouette. A black-and-white study in atmospheric perspective, scale, and the strange calm a fogged-in city takes on from above.
Day 302/365 The Tire Stack: A Study in Circles Within Circles
Dozens of tires, stacked and leaning against each other, form a dense field of overlapping black rings. A tight, high-contrast study in repetition, curvature, and the strange sculptural beauty found in an ordinary tire yard.
Day 301/365 Empty Stools: A Study in Solitary Symmetry
A single figure sits eating alone amid a symmetrical field of empty plastic stools, the cluttered machinery of a street kitchen framing him on every side. A quiet, cinematic study in solitude, stillness, and the strange emptiness that settles over a public space between rushes.
Day 300/365 The Roof of Formosa Boulevard: A Study in Faceted Light
Triangular glass panels tile the canopy of Kaohsiung’s most beloved MRT station, sunlight catching a bright shard among a field of gray. A tight, black-and-white study in grid, geometry, and the abstraction hiding in a building most people only see from below.
Day 299/365 Lucky’s Flame: A Study in Action and Craft
A trainee cook wields a butane torch over a towering plate of fried chicken, blue flame caught mid-motion against a saucy, cheese-crowned mountain of food. A dynamic, color-rich study in kitchen action and the exact instant a dish becomes finished.
Day 298/365 The Spotmatic and Its Ghosts: A Still Life in Analog
A vintage Asahi Pentax rests among coiled film reels and unopened rolls, side light raking across decades-old metal and leather. A quiet, textural study in the tools that shaped photography before anyone carried a lens in their pocket.
Day 297/365 The 85 Sky Tower, Wrapped in Cloud
Kaohsiung’s tallest building disappears into low mist, its distinctive crown just visible above a foreground of ordinary apartment blocks and a dark, leafy tree. A black-and-white study in scale, layered urban history, and the atmosphere a passing cloud can lend to a skyline.
Day 296/365 The Sage and the Keyboard: A Study in Anachronism
A weathered statue of a robed scholar rests one carved hand on a modern computer keyboard, ancient wisdom meeting the tools of the digital age. A close, warmly lit study in incongruity, texture, and the sly humor a city can build into its own public art.
Day 295/365 Rainforest W: A Portrait of the Craftsman at Work
Head bent low, glasses catching the light, a leatherworker guides material beneath the needle of a well-worn industrial machine. A close, unposed study in concentration, craft, and the particular stillness that skilled hands bring to repetitive, exacting work.
Day 294/365 Nine Faces at the Window: A Study in the Uncanny
Nine oversized mascot heads stare out through a grid of windowpanes at night, their painted eyes catching the light like a strange, silent audience. A saturated, faintly unsettling study in repetition, color, and the uncanny territory between cute and creepy.
Day293/365 Under the Sign: A Study in Quiet Contradiction
A woman crouches for a moment’s rest against a hospital wall, cigarette between her fingers, directly beneath a No Smoking sign warning of a NT$10,000 fine. A black-and-white study in geometry, irony, and the small contradictions of an ordinary afternoon.
Day 292/365 Crossed Arms, One Moment: A Group Portrait in Motion
A crowd throws their arms into an identical crossed pose, a single synchronized gesture caught mid-beat. A black-and-white study in choreography, group energy, and the split second where dozens of individual movements align into one.
Day 291/365 Silhouettes of Steel: The Great Wave at Kaohsiung Music Center
The twin towers of the Kaohsiung Music Center’s “Great Wave” catch low sun across the harbor, a palm tree standing silhouetted beside them like a natural counterpoint to all that engineered geometry. A black-and-white study in light, form, and how a city frames its own landmark architecture against nature.