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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

Changing Seasons

Matthew Irving December 26, 2016

Walking beside the wall that guards the old city of Xi’an, one notices a certain rhythm. Leaves litter the ground in anticipation for the cooler temperatures of fall. Coats and jackets are pulled from the closet. Young children scramble by, oblivious to their surroundings. The elderly, however, are veterans of the changing seasons. Years pass by unannounced. Fleeting moments turn to distant memories, and the cycle continues.

Breathe in, breathe out.

Tags ashes, breathe, change, china, city, cycle, distant, dust, earth, elderly, fall, fleeting, memories, moments, old, seasons, stone, street photography, travel photography, train station, unscripted lives, veterans, walk, wall, writing, xi'an, years

Wraiths in the Night

Matthew Irving June 27, 2016

Xi'an, China - Lonely silhouettes pass in the night.  Like wraiths they float by, their journey unknown to all.

Tags characters, china, chinese, float, journey, lonely, neon, night, photography, street photography, travel photography, pink, sign, silhouettes, travel, unknown, unscripted lives, wall, wraiths, xi'an