China Day 5 - November 29 2014

I have a busy day today. The workshop has ended and we are entering the conference phase - seminars, round tables and lectures all about wet collodion.

I have a busy day today. The workshop has ended and we are entering the conference phase - seminars, round tables and lectures all about wet collodion.
Greetings from the east! We are in the last day of the workshop and working hard to make plates for the exhibition in two days at the academy of art in Hangzhou.
It's been a wonderful workshop and every afternoon we are out poking around the old city. Amazing. All I want to do is make photographs. I can't say enough about how wonderful this place is to Western eyes.
We walked around the old part of Hangzhou today. Words fail me. The photos do some justice but can't come close to the experience.
We are supposed to go back today with a wet collodion camera so I can make some portraits there - exiting!!!
Greetings,
Since ALL social media is banned here in China and I don't want to mess around with VPN software, we're going to send an email a day to the people on our "interested" list. If you do not want to receive these, please let me know and I'll take you off of the list. No problem.
In a word, China is amazing. I know it sounds trite and cliche but it's true. I would encourage anyone that's adventurous and can handle long hours in an airplane to visit. We are lucky, we have people here that are taking great care of us.
Above are some photos from today.