Matt Feldman Photography
One of the several work crews detailing a lakeside building in the massive Summer Palace in Beijing.
An alley wall near Wellesley and Yonge.
On guard at the water’s edge of Beijing’s Summer Palace.
One of the many vendors in Beijing’s Summer Palace, selling art with traditional Chinese characters. Calendars, posters, maps, portraits, idioms — all created while you wait.
The massive, grey odes to Communist architecture are everywhere. The central train station, dark, depressing and dirty, is gargantuan, like its own underground Gotham City. It’s a labrynth of snack shops, clothing stores, internet cafes. While the blocky buildings give Warsaw a distinct historical style, modernity is moving quickly to catch up.