Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Beijing, Christmas 2010


Beijing, Christmas 2010, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7, Kodak print film (scans taken from negs)

Beijing, Christmas 2010


Beijing, Christmas 2010, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beijing, Christmas 2010


Beijing, Christmas 2010, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beijing, Christmas 2010


Beijing, Christmas 2010, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beijing, Christmas 2010


Beijing, Christmas 2010, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beijing, Christmas 2010


Beijing, Christmas 2010, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Guilin balloons


Guilin balloons, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Me at Nanluoguxiang, Jan 2011


Nanluoguxiang Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Taken with my Leica R7 and 35mm Elmarit-R with Ektachrome 100 slide film.

Andrew at the Summer Palace, Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and 90mm Elmarit-R, Ektachrome (Elite Chrome) 100 slide film

Monday, January 24, 2011

Kunming Lake iced up - Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Taken with my Rolleiflex 3.5F and some Ilford FP4 B&W film that I developed at home and scanned in myself.

Summer Palace in winter 2011


Summer Palace in winter 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

by Rolleiflex 3.5F

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

by Rolleiflex 3.5F

The boys at the Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

by Rolleiflex 3.5F

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

by Rolleiflex 3.5F

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

by Rolleiflex 3.5F

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Summer Palace then and now: 2011 and 1947


Summer Palace in winter 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Here it is in 1947 from the Life magazine archive:

Peking in colour, 1947

Summer Palace in winter


img348, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and Kodak Ektachrome slide film

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and Kodak Ektachrome slide film

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and Kodak Ektachrome slide film

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and Kodak Ektachrome slide film

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and Kodak Ektachrome slide film

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and Kodak Ektachrome slide film

Paul at the Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and Kodak Ektachrome slide film

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and Kodak Ektachrome slide film

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and Kodak Ektachrome slide film

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and Kodak Ektachrome slide film

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and Kodak Ektachrome slide film

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and Kodak Ektachrome slide film

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and Kodak Ektachrome slide film

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and Kodak Ektachrome slide film

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and Kodak Ektachrome slide film

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and Kodak Ektachrome slide film

Summer Palace Jan 2011


Summer Palace Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Leica R7 and Kodak Ektachrome slide film

Tiananmen through the ages


Tiananmen through the ages, originally uploaded by jiulong.

First in 2011, then in 2003 when the boys were three and five:

Tiananmen twins, Dec 2003

And then back in 1947:

Peking in colour, 1947

Tiananmen Jan 2011 by Leica R7 and Ektachrome


Tiananmen Jan 2011, originally uploaded by jiulong.

The Chinese Emperor's throne at the Forbidden City, Jan 2011

Pic by Rolleiflex 3.5F and Kodak Ektachrome E100G slide film.

Beijing Forbidden City "then and now": 2011 and 1947

Here is a similar (the same?) lion pictured in the Forbidden City in 1947.
Beijing Forbidden City 1947

Forbidden City, Jan 2011 Rolleiflex 3.5F

We paid a quick visit to the 'Palace Museum' aka Gugong or Forbidden City in Beijing during our brief visit to Beijing en route form London back to Sydney in the first week of January.

Forbidden City, Jan 2011 Rolleiflex 3.5F

Forbidden City, Jan 2011 Rolleiflex 3.5F

Forbidden City: not much has changed since 1947

Compare with 1947:
Beijing Forbidden City 1947

Forbidden City then and now: 2011 and 1947


Peking 1947 in colour
This is an image taken from the Life magazine archive.

Forbidden City, Jan 2011 Rolleiflex 3.5F