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OCTOBER 2005 - Recent Posts
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On Jordan Road :: 27.10.05
Scenes from mass transit :: 26.10.05
Of motorcycles and markets :: 23.10.05
Backstreets of Tsim Sha Tsui :: 17.10.05
Tsim Sha Tsui scene :: 15.10.05
On Nathan Road :: 14.10.05
In the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui :: 11.10.05
Tsim Sha Tsui :: 08.10.05
Evening descends on Hong Kong :: 07.10.05
An afternoon in Sham Shui Po :: 06.10.05
Montreal interlude, part three :: 05.10.05
Montreal interlude, part two :: 04.10.05
Montreal interlude, part one :: 03.10.05


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ON JORDAN ROAD
Thursday, October 27, 2005 - Christopher DeWolf


Rush hour and a setting sun on Jordan Road.
Hong Kong, August 2005. Christopher DeWolf.


Beggar on Jordan Road.
Hong Kong, August 2005. Christopher DeWolf.

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Reclaimed land at the west end of Jordan Road.
Hong Kong, August 2005. Christopher DeWolf.

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SCENES FROM MASS TRANSIT
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - Christopher DeWolf


Moving sidewalk in the KCR's Tsim Sha Tsui East station.
Hong Kong, August 2005. Christopher DeWolf.


Woman on the Kwun Tong line of the MTR.
Hong Kong, August 2005. Christopher DeWolf.

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OF MOTORCYCLES AND MARKETS
Sunday, October 23, 2005 - Christopher DeWolf


Motorcyclist on Peking Road in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Hong Kong, August 2005. Christopher DeWolf.


Butcher in a market near Haiphong Rd. and Kowloon Park Drive.
Hong Kong, July 2005. Elaine Tam.

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BACKSTREETS OF TSIM SHA TSUI
Monday, October 17, 2005 - Christopher DeWolf


In front of a beauty product store on Granville Road.
Hong Kong, August 2005. Christopher DeWolf.


Advertisements in a Tsim Sha Tsui alley.
Hong Kong, August 2005. Elaine Tam.

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TSIM SHA TSUI SCENE
Saturday, October 15, 2005 - Christopher DeWolf


Hawker advertising tailor shops on Nathan Road.
Hong Kong, August 2005. Christopher DeWolf.


Nathan Road crowds in front of Chungking Mansions.
Hong Kong, August 2005. Christopher DeWolf.

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ON NATHAN ROAD
Friday, October 14, 2005 - Christopher DeWolf


Women alighting from a bus on Nathan Road.
Hong Kong, August 2005. Christopher DeWolf.


Waiting for someone on Nathan Road.
Hong Kong, August 2005. Christopher DeWolf.

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IN THE HEART OF TSIM SHA TSUI
Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - Christopher DeWolf


Taking a nap on Kimberly Road.
Hong Kong, August 2005. Christopher DeWolf.

Tsim Sha Tsui is one of those neighbourhoods that isn't quite sure what it is. Towards the waterfront, it's a glitzy tourist ghetto, an easy-to-digest dish of museums, upscale shopping malls and big hotels. Indian tailor shops, restaurants and sleazy nightclubs crowd some backstreets; others are lined by clothing stores both chic and cheap. Nathan Road, meanwhile, brusquely shoves its way through the heart of the district, a clamourous parade of tourists, businesspeople, Indian touts and the new immigrants and refugees who live in the street's vast, mysterious guesthouse complexes.

The largest of these, Chungking Mansions, provided the backdrop for Wong Kar Wai's brilliant 1995 film Chungking Express. Outside, it looks fairly unremarkable, just another huge postwar building plastered with billboards and a giant video screen. But the crowd mingling out front, and the constant stream of people coming and going from the building's main entrance, give away the Mansions' true vocation as a home and place of business for thousands of South Asians and Africans. Robust women in brightly-coloured dresses drag suitcases; young Indian guys yell "Tailor suit!" at passers-by and, if they ignore them, run up and whisper, "Copy watch?" Inside Chungking Mansions, a gritty commercial arcade sells shoes, jewellery, Indian food and the latest sights and sounds from Bollywood.


Woman at the corner of Granville and Cameron roads.
Hong Kong, August 2005. Christopher DeWolf.

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TSIM SHA TSUI
Saturday, October 8, 2005 - Christopher DeWolf


Haiphong Road bordering Kowloon Park.
Hong Kong, July 2005. Christopher DeWolf.


Kids hanging out at the Star Ferry bus terminal.
Hong Kong, July 2005. Christopher DeWolf.

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EVENING DESCENDS ON HONG KONG
Friday, October 7, 2005 - Christopher DeWolf


Playing basketball in Yau Ma Tei.
Hong Kong, July 2005. Christopher DeWolf.


Spotting the photographer at a restaurant in Kowloon City.
Hong Kong, July 2005. Christopher DeWolf.

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AN AFTERNOON IN SHAM SHUI PO
Thursday, October 6, 2005 - Christopher DeWolf


Eating lunch in a meen dong (noodle shop).
Hong Kong, July 2005. Christopher DeWolf.


Taking a taxi from Sham Shui Po to Hung Hom.
Hong Kong, July 2005. Christopher DeWolf.

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MONTREAL INTERLUDE, THREE
Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - Christopher DeWolf


Waiting for the light at St. Urbain and St. Viateur streets.
Montreal, September 2005. Christopher DeWolf.


Conversation outside Parc metro, Park Extension.
Montreal, June 2005. Christopher DeWolf.

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MONTREAL INTERLUDE, TWO
Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - Christopher DeWolf


Little kids with their mothers, Faillon Street, Villeray.
Montreal, June 2005. Christopher DeWolf.


Father and son playing on a Villeray sidestreet.
Montreal, June 2005. Christopher DeWolf.

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MONTREAL INTERLUDE, ONE
Monday, October 3, 2005 - Christopher DeWolf


Dusk over downtown Montreal from Mount Royal.
Montreal, September 2005. Christopher DeWolf.

We'll take a break from Hong Kong for a few days. Drop in tomorrow and Wednesday for more Montreal photos; after that, it's back to Asian programming.


Boy walking with a video game, Clark Street.
Montreal, September 2005. Christopher DeWolf.

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