On my tour of China in June 2014, I spent many hours traveling by bus. Charter buses mostly, and smaller shuttle buses. I present here a photo essay of images captured while inside a bus.
The GoPro 3+ Black camera was usually suction-cup mounted to the window, on timelapse or single shot mode. At times I shot handheld using a selfie stick or GorillaPod.
My style of street photography focuses on discovery of architecture, civil engineering, social norms, culture, fashion, and textures. In these fleeting travel moments there is little time to think of composition or context. Curious details and interesting elements reveal themselves on closer inspection. I’ve included notable aspects in the captions.
I have very little context for the locations and buildings in these shots and can’t read Chinese; if you are familiar with them please share your comments below. 🙂
Fashion: Casually average drab (shorts & tees) meets poppy pinks and bubbly blues. Pink jumper lady is rocking the mod hairdo. Composition: Zig zagging lines move the eye right-left-right-left
Fashion: Cute graphic tee twinsies. Culture: Parasols way more popular here than in USA, it’s fashionably fun & functional! The sun is obscured by smog in many areas but hey, it’s hot!
Fashion: More bright blues and pinks. Shiny pink parasol on the left looking smart and sassy with her neon green collar and white wedges!
Architecture and Civil Engineering: Circle cutouts, boulder, understated bonsai, traffic cones and popup registration booth?
Massive blocks of buildings press into the smoggy sky as traffic churns below.
Civil Engineering: Arrows and exit signs
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A taxi among giants
3 cyclists among giants
Architecture: Reflections of itself
Oppressive smog, browns and grays
A well defined shadow was rare, seen here at an intersection’s traffic umbrella.
Architecture & Civil Engineering: Power line support structures, Service Area sign
These small trees represented the juxtaposition of the idealic illustrations against the real world surrounding them.
Civil Engineering: Forked arrow in the road
A car, a paved lot, and tire tracks
Heading up a narrow mountain pass in a shuttle busNear our hotel in Beijing, first morning in China on our way to Temple of Heaven.
Golden Jaguar International Banquet Hall
Bustling Buses and Bulging Buildings
I’m a fan of their roadside engineering.Macalline: The Global Furnishing Design and Exhibition Center
Civil Engineering: Exit sign, N.4th Ring Road. Architecture in background
Military transport w/ “Bird’s Nest” Beijing National Stadium in backgroundOlympic Park Observation Tower
Cyclist parking
Big Pizza
Viva Beijing
Monolithic Architecture
Architecture and Civil Engineering: CCTV Headquarters, Blue arrows
Massive Reflections
Towering Brands – PICC Gucci Gabbana Cartier Ford Vuitton Marks Crawford Dior Hermes
Sky Habitat – VIP Hotline
Architecture: Sky Habitat
Architecture & Civil Engineering: Intersection w/ waste & recycling bins, Waving character in backgroundCivil Engineering: Blue barrier, Roadside textures of stone, brick, and slanted wallscape
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