The Premise

On August 29 I will be moving to Nanjing, China for 3 1/2 months for a study abroad at Nanjing University.

As I thought about ways to maximize my experience in China I considered what it was that I wanted to accomplish.

I'm not going to China just to learn Chinese. I already speak Chinese. I'm going to China to learn about Chinese people.

In order to motivate myself to get out and meet people, I decided I'd have a project ongoing while I'm in China.

The premise:
To interview and photograph the people who live in the People's Republic of China.

I've compiled the following list of people to look for while I'm out
(to give me a little direction and variety):

- A construction worker

- A lifeguard

- A calligrapher

- A farmer

- A shadow puppeteer

- A small restaurant owner

- A chef

- A street vendor

- A person who digs through the trash

- A Muslim

- A doctor/nurse

- A mother

- A fortune teller

- A hairdresser/barber

- A person who plays the erhu

- A martial artist/professional fighter

- An indie rockband/band member

- A bartender

- A shoemaker

- A guitar salesman

- A pirated movie peddler

- A ferry/boat captain

- A bodybuilder/weightlifter

- A Buddhist monk

- A person older than 60

- A person younger than 20

- A ‘white collar’ business man

- A ‘white collar’ business woman

- A soldier/police officer

- A man playing chess in the park

- An artist

- A blind person

- A person who survived the Sichuan earthquakes

- An orphan

- A seamstress/tailor

- A sweatshop worker

- A woodworker/carpenter

- A college student

- A taxi driver

- An immigrant

- A ‘migrant worker’

- A factory worker

- A watchmaker/repairman

- A single mother

- A newlywed couple

- A catholic

- An athlete

- A person wearing a turban

- A woman with bound feet

- A person missing more than half their teeth

- A person who is taller than I am

- A tea maker/teashop owner

- A person wearing a costume (of any kind)

- A Chinese ethnic minority (anything but a Han Chinese)

- A street performer

- A person with a dog

- A person selling animals

- A fisherman

- A person with a tattoo

- A person with facial hair

- A person with a physical disability

Interviews and photographs will be posted on this site.

Any suggestions of other people to interview/photograph would be greatly appreciated.

My day to day life will be chronicled on my other blog.