Today was my first proper day in China and Liv, myself and her mother checked out some of Shanghai. We went down a few streets and ate out but from all I saw today I really like Shanghai. The weather was insanely hot and humid but it’s infitely photogenic. Here are just a few of the photos I took today.
Seeing a garden chair like this in central Shanghai was completely bizarre and even more so as it was outside a clothes shop.
A lot of properties in central Shanghai have gates like these. I did two different versions of this, one in colour and the other black and white but I personally like the b&w version. Both are included in my book.
Residential street in Shanghai. This is very typical of the kinds of streets people live along in Shanghai.
Bamboo scaffolding. Despite Shanghai being as rich as it is they still, in places, use things like bamboo scaffolding instead of more modern metal scaffolding. Maybe because of cost but I wouldn’t like to stand on this.
Shanghai development. Everywhere you go in Shanghai buildings are being redeveloped. I wish I could go back in time and see Shanghai even just 10 years ago.
Some of the shops in Shanghai sell the most amazing fruit. I’m assuming it’s because of the tropical weather but the same fruit bought in China tastes better than fruit bought in the UK. For example, dragon fruit. In China it’s beautiful, it tastes a little bit like coconut but the texture is great. In the UK the texture is fine but the fruit has very little taste.
Shanghai traffic. Surprisingly at first a lot of people still use bikes to travel around the cities in China. This was taken at a traffic stop close to the centre. Note the gentleman on the left looking in my direction with the cigarette. Everyone smokes in China!
Apartments in China. These flats actually look pretty decent on the outside but they are pretty central. I wouldn’t want to live in China indefinitely but I’d like to live their for a period of time.
Bike rack. There are bikes absolutely everywhere. Literally this whole street had bicycles park everywhere.
I could never cycle in China. Cars barely stop for traffic lights, absolutely no-one looks before maneuvering. Very scary!
China has had a lot of European influence over the years and this is a great example. Right next to more traditional Chinese homes was this building with European style shutters. I really like these.
More photos can be found throughout this blog or at: http://www.chrisradleyphotography.com
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