August 29, 2008
Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris.
I have returned to the cradle of the Purple Valley, also known as Williamstown, where everything, if open at all, closes by dinnertime or sunset, because we are primeval like that. Shanghai is so different from Beijing, which is so different from Williamstown. Since modern Shanghai is very much about extravagance and show, especially as the World Expo draws nearer, it’s interesting to see what these cliched photographs of the famous bund at night look like desaturated. Deprived of its neon, sheer geometry of a building is more obvious, although I am not sure whether the bund in black and white is any less of the flamboyant city Shanghai is becoming.
But I am too exhausted and jetlagged to draw coherent conclusions long enough to fill a post. So to divert attention, a link to a hilarious video:
http://www.dwnews.com/gb/MainNews/Multimedia/TV/Magazine/2008_7_18_16_59_2_943.html
I like English, because it is very, very nice.
Filed by Shan Wang at 7:37 pm under China,Photo reel,Williamstown
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