CNY!
by timvan on Feb.19, 2010, under Night ★, Photography, Smörgåsbord
Chinese New Year – Shanghai Warfare:
Boom.
I was almost part of the image above… standing where that guy is standing (just to the right) about 40 seconds prior to this shot. There was also a group of roughly a dozen people behind that parked car (to the left), luckily no one was seriously injured.
Well anyway, I will keep this short, as you’re eyes have probably already wondered to the thumbnails below.
The Chinese know how to celebrate New Years… one week of intensely beautiful and brutal warfare. Also probably explains why I haven’t seen a pigeon in months.
Video I took around the time I captured images #20-21 above
And here is a video of Shanghai at midnight on Day 1 (not by me, as I left my point-n-shoot in the back of a taxi that night, RIP) that shows the scope of the mayhem that is Chinese New Year, (check it out!).
Oh, and by the way, all these photos (+ my video) were taken a block away from each other and on night 5!
4 Comments for this entry
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Welcome!
Lover. Hater. Photographer.
I am a Belgian-New Yorker based in Shanghai, China.
My images convey my attraction to the qualities of urban light at night. This light, combined with nocturnal colors and odd forms, creates a mysterious grandeur within cities that can overwhelm us all.
-Timothy V.-
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February 20th, 2010 on 07:44
Who cleans up all the crap on the streets?!?! (Oh, and cool pics:-)
February 20th, 2010 on 07:52
Random people come and take all the reuseable cardboard boxes, while all the rest magically dissappears before sunrise. And then the whole process is repeated.
Most streets are cleaned daily (by hand) anyway, as the curb is a preferred trash deposit area.
February 20th, 2010 on 08:45
Last year I lit one tiny fire cracker on Hall street with Kenny and 3 people almost called the cops on me. These pictures are amazing.
February 20th, 2010 on 17:43
LOL, yeah and that's just a firecracker… but imagine if they sold independence day-style fireworks on Myrtle…
This also reminds me… I was in your building not so long ago, lit a sparkler and FDNY was almost called!
Whoops!