Fading painted signs

China

Google streetview capture of a Hong Kong corner building — This image of a Hong Kong corner building and many others from the galleries of Michael Wolf are edited from his trawling of the material on google streetview. This interpreting and editing of google’s content has come in for some criticism which Geoff Dyer expands […]

Street photography using google streetview

This entry was posted in Off Piste Related Work and tagged China Google Hong Kong Michael Wolf Photographer Streetview on July 26, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Writing on Hong Kong wall in 1972 — This photo essay on Business Insider shows photos of Hong Kong as it was in 1972, including many street scenes and various forms of signage. The photos are all by Nick DeWolf and more can be found in his corresponding Flickr set. The one above […]

Signs and street scenes from Hong Kong in 1972

This entry was posted in Photo Essays Related Work and tagged 1970s China Hong Kong Nick DeWolf on July 18, 2012 by Sam Roberts

BBC article about a working type foundry and plans to turn it into a museum (found here via Typoretum).

Movable (Chinese) type alive and well in Taiwan

This entry was posted in Off Piste and tagged China Lettering Taiwan Type on May 5, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Collection of seven images here. Apparently these large handpainted and wall mounted posters were called ‘dazibao’ which means big character poster.

Hand painted propaganda from Chairman Mao and the cultural revolution

This entry was posted in Photo Essays and tagged China Dazibao Mao Poster Propaganda Revolution on April 4, 2012 by Sam Roberts