Art

2006, Goree, Senegal. I like the artwork there but i din buy any piece ... coz im poor :P Some of the seller there know how to speak Japanese (business purposes, hahaha), amazing :P

Right Decision

2006, Goree, Senegal. No construction activities are allowed on this island. Once the houses destructed on this historical place, no new building should be put up at the original location.

Window

2007, Goree, Senegal. Window. Some families are staying in the deserted heritage buildings.

Poor

2007, Goree, Senegal. Houses. Groups of folk are living in this aged building.

Light House

2006, Dakar, Senegal. The only light house in that area. Built on the hill, light up the west!

Goat

2006, Dakar, Senegal. After the tiring visits in town, we had a walk at seaside.

Fire

2006, Dakar, Senegal. Performance in C.Med. Grabbed a seat in front, a bottle of beer for each, spent night with show and alcohols.

Old Man

2006, Goree Island, Senegal. Old man. Only aged building and small group of residents left on the island.

Door of No Return

2006, Goree Island, Senegal. Door of No Return. Always remind myself to write on story behind the picture instead of the photo itself. This is an ordinary photo taken on Goree Island, once a African slave exporting port years ago. Yet, it brought me depressing and unforgetable impacts. Man and woman, even child are sent here to be exported. They were slaved forever in other lands, with NO RETURN to Africa. Those who are sick, suffered and passed away in this slave port were thrown out into sea via the door too (There are sharks all around that area). A heartrending story which etched in my mind forever.

This is the layout of slave ship. Slaves were arranged to lie down in rows for space saving! Their hands and necks are locked! Imagine they were spending months to travel on sea
! They had been tortured by rain in night and sun in day time!

Salt

2006, Dakar, Senegal. Salt Production. Local people are producing salt at Pink Lake and this is their valuable source of income.

Coffee

2006, Dakar, Senegal. Mobile Hawker like this are everywhere in town. This man is selling coffee along the main road. Wonder it's cold or hot drink.

Public Transport

2006, Dakar, Senegal. Public Transport in town. Most of the vehicles are used and imported from other developed countries. These cars are aged but still brought in to use on road.

Life

2006, Dakar, Senegal. Living beneath. This people is staying underground at roadside. Appreciate the room you sleeping in now, there are many other people like him around the world. Do not complaint on the hotel service, do not complaint on the car you are driving, do not complaint on the opportunity given, do not raise your self-esteem too high until you lost the way to be humble in speaking or writing.

Image

2006, Dakar, Senegal. Government has invested millions to brush up the city. Instead of helping the group of poor, the top rank rather spend to build a giant statue when OIC coming.

Poster

2006, Dakar, Senegal. Posters with vivid colour are all around. Visions are set yet the dream still depends on capabilities of citizens. The city need solid commitments to achieve goals in future.

Developing

2006, Dakar, Senegal. Constructions have been carried out along the seaside area. For the sake of impressing foreigners, projects being implemented around the city upon the preparation stage of OIC meeting.

Town

2006年，Dakar, Senegal。惨旧店屋旁的年轻人。无业，空闲，还是游荡? 市镇还算不上繁忙，但总是觉得大家都无聊，无所事事地过日子。

Home

2006年, Dakar, Senegal。生活在路旁的百姓。家，不是每个人都有。露宿街头的人到处都是。

Roadside

2006年, Dakar, Senegal。可能是第一次到非洲地区，看见四周就觉得心酸。男女老少，生活环境都不理想。如果把旅游宣传单，杂志，和真实情景比较一下，你会发觉有好多东西都被文字图片刻意美化，当然，甚至丑化!拍照没有冒犯，只想记得这地方。

照片

日常生活的故事不多，可是又想消磨时间，所以决定整理一下自己的照片，写一写关于这些照片的故事。记忆力不强，偶尔把重要的一刻给忘了，最好的方法就是把一切都给记载下来，老年时也可回味回味。如果情况允许，希望每天都能寄上至少一篇。

不说远的，就从两年前的工作生活开始吧。希望在短时间内能够记得起所有的精彩。

2006年, Dakar, Senegal。本身特别喜欢这张照片，所以把它放在第一段故事里。司机载着我们到附近的市集去，沿途交通较繁忙，车子开得很慢。为了安全，没人允许打开车窗，甚至晃着相机对外拍照。后来才发现，原来这里的治安不坏，不是想像中的糟。可是我喜欢人物照片，喜欢拍些不同的表情举止。当时，偷偷地，我拿下了这一景。