shenzheners-blog
SHENZHENers 深圳人
SHENZHENers aims to put together a photographic record of some of the people who make up this city. From 1982 Shenzhen has sprung from a small fishing town to become one of China's largest and economically dynamic cities.
Shenzhen is not only a genuinely unique city in China but arguably genuinely unique in the world. Out of the 9 millions plus official residents hardly anyone you meet comes from Shenzhen.
Shenzhen is a migrant city located in Guangdong province in the south of China and immediately bordering Hong Kong.
Shenzhen was the first city to open up to the world thanks to Deng Xiaoping's Open Door Policy. This city is also packed with interesting and friendly people from across China and around the globe. I look forward to introducing a variety of Shenzhen's residents via Tumblr.
Where and when possible I'll add in some detail about the characters in these images name, where they're from and how long they've lived in Shenzhen.
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A violinist wired up to make sure he's heard above the surrounding din as he busks at Book City, Futian, Shenzhen. Of course, I donated some cash for performance and he even said thank you in English.
If you visit this area at night you'll find several varieties of street performers including rock bands and artists who'll make a pencil sketch of you for a reasonable fee.
#violinist#violin#chinese musician#book city#futian#shenzheners#shenzhen#drummer#drums#street performer
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Happy hard hats. Why are these migrant workers so happy?
They’ve just finished a hard day’s toil at a building site Coastal City, Nanshan, Shenzhen.
#hard hats#yellow hats#migrant worker#chinese worker#manual worker#nanshan#shenzheners#shenzhen#bicycle#cycle#passenger
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A happy passenger taking a Taxi Trike.
Taxi Trikes, highly illegal in urban Shenzhen but he's heading out of the city and arguably away from the lazy arm of Chinese law.
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Chris and Imar. As you can see Imar's a cheerful guy.
Chris, left, is from Chongqing and Imar is from Hunan province.
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I want my, made in Shenzhen, Huawei phone.
Info on the phone 18 March 2012 - 08:08
2013年 3月 18日周一
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A very inebriated guy who started posing came to shake my hand, then grabbed my arse and made a pass at me! I released myself from his clutches and then he slowly and drunkenly weaved his way into the night.
Location: Shenzhen North Railway Station.
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Elisa taking a selfie maybe to post online as she's on the lookout for a potential husband!
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Chrissy, Mrs. Fox close up.
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Lady in a pink hat by Shenzhen Bay.
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Keen photographer ZongXin 宗信 right, I met in LuoHu, Shenzhen while he was taking street shots. I noticed he had a Nikon D7000, same model as I have, I tried to advise him on a shot then to discover he was deaf and mute.
He communicated with me by writing Chinese on his phone and when I replied, as I can't write Chinese fast enough, his friend Anya 夜夜 wrote on her phone my reply. This carried on for almost half an hour.
After looking through his collection of photos it's pretty clear ZongXin really knows what he's doing. In a lot of his images, mainly taken in LuoHu, Shenzhen he has learnt his to create great photos by his wisdom in how to use available light effectively. We now communicate via WeChat a kind of like a Chinese version of Twitter.
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Sean from Virginia, USA, resident in Shenzhen since 2008. Entrepreneur and educator who has a penchant for a Belgian beer named Delirium.
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Senior citizens playing cards at 7.30am in Si Hai Park, Shenzhen.
四海公园
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Above, senior citizens practising Tai Chi at 6am in Si Hai Park, Shenzhen and below a heated discussion on the correct dance moves take place below Si Hai Gong Yu apartments.
中国广东深圳南山。四海公园。
#tai chi#chinese customs#Chinese culture exercise 深圳 四海公园#dance#silks#martial arts#senior citizens#si hai park
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Mr. Wang (王先生) has lived in Shenzhen for 16 years arrived when he was sixteen. His goal is to keep making money in Shenzhen to build himself a home in his hometown in where the air is fresh and the skies are blue and maybe one day open a shop in his hometown Zunyi in Guizhou province (贵州省，遵义市）
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Security guard, in Shenzhen, proudly guarding the construction site to the Ping An International Finance Centre which is going to be China's tallest building at 660 metres.
Mr. Lan / 蓝 (Mr. Blue) is from Guangdong province and has lived in Shenzhen for 11years.
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Bespectacled welder in, Shekou, Shenzhen with little regard for his own eyesight.
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Using hand axes a group of road workers chipping away the white arrows painted on the road's surface. Note the lack of safety goggles.
The man in the picture comes from Chongqing municipality, Sichuan, in fact all of his crew working here today come from Chongqing he's lived in Shenzhen for ten years and been happily working on the highways and byways of Shenzhen for the last six years.
交通局工人们，来自重庆。在#深圳#居住十多年，任职六年，每天工作六个小时。他们看起来很高兴。#Shenzheners#
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