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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Mannequins and Life on Yangjiang's Beimen Jie

Beimen Jie (北门街) in Yangjiang's Jiangcheng District is a narrow street (usually) devoid of cars but sees plenty of traffic from smaller vehicles and pedestrians. It includes a number of small clothing stores, many with mannequins outside dressed in various fashions. Over the course of several days, I photographed the mannequins as people passed by.

None the photographs I share below include the same set of mannequins on the same day. Some mannequins appear in multiple photos dressed in different clothes. There is even one pair of photos with the same mannequins without a change of clothing, but a closer look will reveal clues of the photos having been taken on different days. The scenes not only capture some of the day to day life commonly found in Yangjiang but individually and as a set they also raise a host of fascinating issues.

mannequins and woman on a motorbike in Yangjiang, China

mannequin and four people on a motorbike in Yangjiang, China

mannequins and a man on a motorbike in Yangjiang, China

mannequins and two people on a motorbike in Yangjiang, China

mannequins and two young women on a motorbike in Yangjiang, China

mannequins and woman on a food vendor tricycle cart in Yangjiang, China

mannequins and man on a bike in Yangjiang, China

mannequins and young woman on a motorbike in Yangjiang, China

mannequins and woman walking by in Yangjiang, China

mannequins next to a motorbike in Yangjiang, China

mannequins and man on a small electric bike in Yangjiang, China

mannequins and woman on a bicycle in Yangjiang, China

two young women walking by mannequins in Yangjiang, China

mannequins and man & young boy on a motorbike in Yangjiang, China

two girls on a bicycle passing mannequins in Yangjiang, China

man pushing a food stall past mannequins in Yangjiang, China

woman riding a bicycle past mannequins in Yangjiang, China

older man with umbrella walking past mannequins in Yangjiang, China

young woman wearing a face mask riding a pink motorbike past mannequins in Yangjiang, China

young man riding a bicycle past mannequins in Yangjiang, China

woman riding a motorbike past mannequins in Yangjiang, China

two young women walking past mannequins in Yangjiang, China

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