Sunday, February 22, 2009

The Changing Landscape.

June 2008. © Shen Wei

January 2009. © Shen Wei

I grew up by the infamous Suzhou Creek of Shanghai. The creek was very stinky then, with hundreds of boats going through everyday. One summer I discovered this huge slump by the creek, it was an amazing maze. I liked to ride my bicycle in and get lost, when I want to come out, I just follow the smell of the creek. Gradually, I was addicted to that smell. One day I rode my bicycle there, the slump was flattened, completely. Then, the boats were slowly disappearing. Then the smell is gone.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why most of your pictures in China are so hazy? Is that because of the pollution or that is your style?

Shen Wei said...

It's just me. I like hazy.

Anonymous said...

Cool! Suzhou Creek of Shanghai looks better nowadays. Everyone who lives there should be happy for it was a good news.