[wulinka]

As M was coming back from a short job in Shandong province,
he was passing Beijing and I joined him for a weekend. Most of the days we found ourselves heading to ever the same German restaurant just around the corner from our hotel. They brew Paulaner Weissbier there and I ate a half roasted Chicken every time we went. (there is nothing special really about German cuisine, but after a few months of Chinese diet, I enjoy a good chunk of meat!)

During the day we went to a couple of flower markets where I was trying to find the sort of small figurines I have lately been using for photo series, and one day we dived into Pan Jian Yuan Antiques Market, a huge bazaar selling tons and tons of just about every mass produced fake oddity you could ever dream of.


1 sword


2 Chinese Shadow Puppet


3 seals, note Mao Ze Dong


4 pendants


5 perfume flasks


6 more perfume flasks


7 and even more perfume flasks


8 clay figurines

FYI: on my trips I often just carry the 350D with 50/1.4 attached (effect. 80mm). I love the lense and it is very versatile, I barely ever feel limited (except for the lack of very wide angles for our assignment....)

Greetings!

Uli

[Irma]

I like very much the light and shadows in your first picture. Are those perfume flasks painted by hand? They look beautiful.

I would like to know more about this kind of perfumes... I mean, who uses it, why so many with different shaps and paintings? Do you see also the traditional Rochas, Carolina Herrera or Chanel? Are they strong like essence?

I think you are doing a great job with this lens Uli.

[wulinka]

Irma,

you know, they are actully empty bottles
I didn't ask whether they were hand painted, I can't think of a way a machine could do that,
but maybe there is one.
As for perfumes, I wouldn't buy anything here, becuase 99% of it would be fake anyway!

Uli

[Irma]

you know, they are actully empty bottles

I thought they really had perfume......