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• A Podcast – Taiwan Temples presents “Taipu’s Portrait of the Gods”
  on Dec 30, 2015 in Taiwan blog Temple Culture podcast Culture Temple God Podcast Statue supernatural possession spirit writing
  Taiwan Temples presents our first episode of a god photographer in a podcast series about Taiwan temple culture    Hosted and meticulously crafted by writer and podcaster Robert Kelly and interviewed by me Wu Taipu is a wedding photographer wit...
• Tainan 39 Hour Film Contest — 2015
  on Apr 24, 2015 in blog Photography Taiwan 2015 Contestival Event Event Photography Festival portrait short film Tainan 39 Hour Film Contest team
  The fourth annual Tainan 39 Hour Film Contestival has come and gone. In four short years this Tainan festival has become one of Taiwan’s major film happenings, this year the indomitable Lynne and Till added a lectures from filmmakers, film inst...
• Beitou Hot Springs for Jetstar
  on Apr 9, 2015 in blog Published Taiwan travel Beitou Beitou Hot Spring Museum editorial Hell Valley Hot Spring Hotspring Jetstar Magazine Marshal Zen Garden Photography Taipei Thermal Valley
  Beitou Hotsprings is a hotspring area originally developed by the Japanese. Easily accessible by MRT, it’s historical sites and hotspring scenery makes for a great daytrip. I shot these photos on assignment for Jetstar. This stream runs out of...
• Silkroad Magazine — Taiwan Old Brands
  on Apr 6, 2015 in blog Photography Published Taiwan Temple Culture Bakery Danzai Noodles drummmaker Du Hsiao Yueh editorial Firewood Pottery Kiln Hsiang Ren He Lao Xue Hua Magazine Nantou Photos Shuili Silkroad Taichung Tainan Taipei
  A recent assignment for Silkroad taking photos of four generational shops around Taiwan turned out to be a lot of fun as all the traditional shops and subjects were interesting and photogenic. The third shop I went to was Hsiang Ren He’s tradit...
• Dawes Bicycle Brochure 2015
  on Apr 5, 2015 in blog Photography Published Bicycle Bike brochure Dawes Product
  Recently shot bicycles for British bike company Dawes at a bicycle factory here in Tainan for their 2015 brochure Not my usual type of photography and wouldn’t like to do this for a living (although it may be more lucrative than the editorial I...
• Renaissance — Ice cream, Bubble Milk Tea and Black Thunder
  on Apr 4, 2015 in blog Photography Published assignment Black Thunder bubble milk tea food-and-drink Ice cream low-priced Photograph Renaissance Magazine Taiwan treats
  An assignment to photograph popular low-priced food-and-drink treats in Taiwan for Renaissance Magazine My son doesn’t like posing for me but ice cream and bubble milk tea were wonderful incentives Family Mart Ice cream...
• Shennong Street, Tainan
  on Nov 26, 2014 in blog Photography Published Taiwan travel assignment coffee shop Dovetail Old Street photographs Renaissance Magazine Shennong West Tainan Workshop
  A recent assignment for Sept/Oct Issue of Renaissance Magazine The focus was the quaint 慢慢鳩生活木作- Dove Tail Restaurant and Workshop.
• Jiali Zhen Xing Temple God Statues and Temple Art
  on Nov 19, 2014 in blog Photography Taiwan Temple Culture Art Culture God Jiali Renovation Soulangh Statue Tainan Temple Xing Zhen
  Zhen Xing Temple in Tainan’s Jiali District, originally called Qing Shui Temple, was founded in 1723 and dedicated to Lord Qingshui. Early settlers to Taiwan brought with them ‘Lord Qingshui,’ — a deified monk — from the...
• Old Lin Department Store Tainan
  on Nov 14, 2014 in blog Photography Published Taiwan travel Hayashi Hyakkaten Japanese Era Lin Department Store Tainan 林百貨
  Hayashi Hyakkaten, commonly called the Lin Department Store (林百貨), is a Japanese era department store that first opened in 1932. Taiwan’s second department store (the first was Kikumoto Department Store in Taipei), re-opened in June this...
• Golden Days: The Gold Sculpture of Liu Kun Hui
  on Nov 11, 2014 in blog Photography Taiwan Art Artisan Artist Craftsman Culture gold Golden Days: The Gold Sculpture of Liu Kun Hui Sculpture Tainan
  I had the great fortune to be able to photograph Liu Kun Hui (劉坤輝), an artisan that has achieved Taiwan’s National Treasure grade status (國寶級). Liu Kun Hui is 85 years old and began his apprenticeship when he was 15.I met the talent...

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