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The City Street Below

Matthew Irving June 12, 2017

In a country that never sleeps, a man works through the night while his assistant stands idly by. I watched, mesmerized, as the slag rained down, rolling over the scaffolding onto the city street below, where cars raced by in a never ending train of chaos.

Tags chaos, china, city, endless, hands, metalwork, nighttime shift, slag, street, the city street below, unscripted lives, welding, work, working, xi'an

Narrow Paths

Matthew Irving March 20, 2017

Hoi An, Vietnam - The markets in Vietnam are like nothing i’ve ever seen. Huge tent cities filled with miles of narrow paths, snaking out in every direction. They have everything; watches, pig heads, bicycles, you name it.

In this photo, I saw a woman who was filling an order a customer had placed. she reached across several boxes filled with grain and grabbed the one she was looking for. Pulling it close, the woman carefully measured out the correct amount for the customer. She was quick and efficient with her time, like she’d done it a million times, and yet there was a sense of calm surrounding her, as if she wasn’t in a hurry. It was a good reminder to slow down and be more conscious of the tasks at hand.

Tags beans, calm, efficient, everything, grain, hoi an, huge, markets, narrow, paths, reminder, rice, street photography, travel photography, tasks, travel, unscripted lives, vietnam, working