Street Photography Asian Style!

Most of the pithy B&W tradition of street photography is European or at least Caucasian based. However, I live in beautiful colorful tropical Hawaii and travel mostly to South East Asia. Still, I appreciate and even emulate the "street style" on my photowalks so I have decided to post 20 or 30 of my favorite images from these walks here. They won't look like street scenes in Cologne but then they weren't taken in Cologne!

This girl was rushing to the store to buy something for mommy but she slowed long enough to look into my lens!

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Permalink Reply by Randall Sherman on August 5, 2011 at 2:15pm

Perhaps this image is better classified as "dirt lane" than "street'."

Permalink Reply by nikmuhdhafiz on August 21, 2011 at 1:37pm

this is nice ;)

Permalink Reply by Randall Sherman on August 5, 2011 at 2:19pm

Because I approached this scene on a nearly noisless electric motor scooter popular in China, this man never noticed me and I was able to compose carefully including carefully avoiding the merge of his front wheel with the tree.

Permalink Reply by Randall Sherman on August 5, 2011 at 3:10pm

This man was resting from riding his Chinese-style "skateboard"!

Permalink Reply by Randall Sherman on August 5, 2011 at 3:50pm

These children approached slowly enough for me to sit on the concrete and shoot their approach from a low angle.

Permalink Reply by Randall Sherman on August 5, 2011 at 3:57pm

These workers were busily unloading a huge truckload of bricks as I walked past.

Permalink Reply by Randall Sherman on August 5, 2011 at 4:05pm

Pedal powered cargo carrying tricycles are everywhere in China!

Permalink Reply by Randall Sherman on August 5, 2011 at 4:21pm

Pastoral scene from a pastoral part of China -- near Kaifeng -- ancient capital!

Permalink Reply by Randall Sherman on August 6, 2011 at 2:58am

By this point in my photowalk, the people were getting used to me walking along their street and the braver ones began interacting with me.

Permalink Reply by Randall Sherman on August 6, 2011 at 3:04am

These gramma's are spending time socializing while beating the heat of being indoors.

Permalink Reply by Randall Sherman on August 6, 2011 at 3:16am

While taking a walk in rural China to see the degree confluence of 36 degrees north and 113 degrees east, I noticed this farmer walking along a path leading from the fields to his village.