As Seen by TV

In my twenty-something years, I’ve hit up twenty-something different countries, and without a doubt Shanghai is the night city of night cities [so far].  I don’t mean that in the sense of things being open (NYC gets that one, minus that stupid curfew), or in regards to nightlife (although no complaints here!), but that the lights are blindly turned on and are in essence: blinding, and furthermore, the crowds disappear (which is a huge plus!).

Let me put it this way: Shanghai by day = *meh*.  Shanghai by night: *BLAHM*!

This set of images is from 3 seperate shoots, the first 3 images are around my office building at the end of Huai Hai Road East.  The following 3 images are of my quick trip to Pudong to pick up a package sent from the homefront (thanks Mom, there is nothing in the world like Belgian D&L mayonnaise!), while the final 6 were actually taken right after the previous post, at Peoples Square.

Compare image #2 above with the one below… same location 6 months earlier:

And from 4 months earlier [see my full post on the graffiti wall]:

Check out these smurf-tastic elevated highways!!

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The left image I captured back in September, whereas the right was taken this past weekend.  You can now witness the effect the blue lighting has on the surroundings of the elevated highways.   Standing under these monstrocities is surreal, and because most street lights are tungsten (red-tinted), the mix is quite remarkable.  You won’t hear this from me often, but thank goodness for digital, as color-correting these in a traditional darkroom would be hell.

October fourteenth… nothing special really, just fixed up a couple random images I overlooked the past couple weeks, enjoy!

The police car is the mighty Volkswagen Santana, which since its introduction in 1983 has sold more than 3.3million in China alone and had almost 50% market-share back in the 1990′s.

Shanghai is split by the Yangtze river with Puxi on one side and Pudong on the other.  Pudong is the side which is home to the crazy architecture and spectacular skyline you’ve probably seen before.  So before anywhere, this was my first destination to go shooting… there is much more space in Pudong, as it was only marchland just 20 years ago.  And you should see what they’re planning…