It seems like everyone is protesting something these days.  From peaceful monks to fun loving clowns in Hollywood!

1 week ago, there were thousands of people lining the streets of Hollywood protesting the Iraq war.  People  were pretty creative in their demonstrations. Some carried flag covered

Nothing like a lazy afternoon spent in Venice beach decompressing along the boardwalk, soaking in rays and watching all the wacky people. Today I met Dr. John who has been a part of Venice beach since the days of The Doors.  He’s pictured below in the last frame holding the American flag wearing a

Let me introduce you to my little friend...

I paid yet another visit to my friends up in northeast China.

This time I had the opportunity to photograph the dance troupe and rising star Xiao Shen Yang.

View my Er Ren Zhuan TV program aired CCTV channel 4:

http://discovery.cctv.com/20070506/100905.shtml

 

I recently returned from a trip to Shenyang where CCTV4 filmed me studying “er ren zhuan”, a Northeast China folk art comedy act which includes stand up comedy, singing, dancing, and kung-fu! I

 

My friend Elyse wrote, directed, produced, and acted in a live theater production called I Heart Beijing. It is a comedy about cultural understandings/misunderstandings between local Chinese, Chinese Americans, and Americans living in China.  Dan’s (female) on stage orgasm was a suprise  (see

In order to not sleep through my 330am call time to assist／translate for a French photographer shooting a sunrise advertisement in Beijing, I simply skipped out on sleeping at all.  Because of this wonderful experience, yeeew, I learned the word for horse ranch in chinese, 马场.

The same afternoon,

Shaolin monks visited the Beijing photo studio last week. I spent quite a bit of time testing their kungfu skills.  I studied their headlock counters, hair grab counters( difficult to pull a bald monks hair) and other joint manipulation type techniques.  Although these guys are authentic Shaolin

Everyone is saying how warm Beijing is these days.  Spring is here!  Well, it ain’t that warm just yet.  These were photos taken just yesterday.  Its going to be a long while before I’m ready to take a nature swim in Bei Hai!

Every now and then I am tempted to take the most economical taxi service in town... the 3 wheeled motorbikes with canopy, “san lun che”.  The legal status and general safety of these bikes is very questionable.  Below are images taken from inside covered 3 wheel motorbikes, or as I call them,

I left China’s political and cultural center, the capital Beijing, and joined the masses in the economic center of the country for New Years.  Below are a few snaps of a sea of humans crowded around a large tele screen in Shanghai’s “xin tian di “ watching the a.b.c. (American born Chinese) pop

The only way to have a white Christmas in Beijing was to head to the mountains and tackle the slopes.  Believe it or not, all the snow on the mountain is man made.  Unlike skiing at Mount Hood where.. ten years ago a lift ticket would cost you around 50 bucks, nan shan lift ticket and ski rentals

Travels through China, Laos and Thailand