Basha

This was taken in a village called Basha, at the southeastern tip of

Guizhou province (almost at the border with Guangxi Autonomous

Region), China. 100% of Basha's population belong to the Miao ethnic

group, and lead a lifestyle not much different from centuries ago. At

the time of our visit (February, 2004), Basha had only been discovered

by very few tourists, and the residents had definitely not seen many

white people. By now, Basha has become one of Guizhou's main tourist

attractions.

I love square. I love black & white. I love photo-journalistic travel shots. I love realism. I love the interaction of human emotions. I love good composition. I love this shot! 7/7.

Oliver,

the square format indeed lends itself very good to this kind of work.

The composition is really very good.

 

erwin

Thanks a lot for the critiques. I also think square format is very good for environmental portraits, and that's why I love using my Bronica for my travels. I hope it does not affect your opinion about this shot, but this particular picture was originally not square, it was taken with a 35mm film camera, and cropped later. For this photo, I oviously prefer the square to the original composition.

excellent portrait!

very good, this is wonderful and inspiring for me, i am goin to China in 2007, i just whish i coul follow you and see all those down to earth beautiful places,unfortunately i will be in Shangai and i will be working 6 days a week and when you are in a unknown country it is very hard to travel to magical places and come back to your point of origin in the same day,but be assured that i will try to capture the magical mood of Shangai and its people when i am there.

 

ben

I highly prefer Beijing to Shanghai in almost all aspects, except one. Many of the really nice places of China are more easily accessible from Shanghai. Even though you might not be able to get off the beaten track if you only have a day or two, I'm sure you'll see nice things.

Again...excellent!Regards

I was in China, not in that village though, it is again a touching photo, B/W is very compatible for this old, probably hard way of life. Composition light and frame are very well done.