Sunset at UBC

Sunset - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

This was a good day to photograph a sunset because there were a few clouds in the sky, but not too many.

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Katie Melua in Concert

Katie Melua performing at her July 29, 2006 concert at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

The sold-out concert featured songs from her latest album at the time, Piece By Piece, including "Nine Million Bicycles In Beijing" and a cover of the Cure's "Just Like Heaven".

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Katie Melua Concert Posters

A board wih posters advertising the July 29, 2006 Katie Melua concert at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada, at the venue just before the concert.

The sold-out concert featured songs from her latest album at the time, Piece By Piece, including "Nine Million Bicycles In Beijing" and a cover of the Cure's "Just Like Heaven".

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Beauty Amid the Squalor

Images of flowers engraved into the plaster of a wall in an apartment building in Beijing—much nicer than graffiti.

I was on my way to take the elevator when I saw this on the wall nearby. I don’t recall ever seeing anything like this in the West.

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Westerner Meets East

A German tourist on the Great Wall of China at Badaling, photographing the countryside beyond, in the autumn of 2006. Some Chinese graffiti is visible, carved into the stones of the Wall.

The Badaling section of the Great Wall, the closest section to Beijing, was the first section of the Great Wall opened to tourists, and it remains the most popular.

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A Life in Chalk

Girl with a crutch writing her life story on the sidewalk with chalk, near Tiananmen Square, Beijing

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An Ironic Welcome

This sign greets travellers arriving at Beijing Capital International Airport, many of whom came to visit the home of one of the world's most ancient cultures. The irony was so thick it stopped me in my tracks, and I just had to take this picture. It's a sign of change as well as a welcome sign, I suppose.

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