People in parks at 5 a.m. doing communal exercises, or on their own. The light on buildings that pre-date when most of our art history courses begin their studies. And, the millions of people in orderly existence. The sense of the aesthetic, thousands of years in the making.
Children are very special and revered in China.
It was a pleasure celebrating Children's Day in a small village in Shaanxi Province, some 40 kms from Xi'An. We arrived with Polaroid cameras in hand, and gave instant portraits away to our subjects. Jann Darsie is a photographer, arts administrator, artist, and educator with an international perspective. She currently works as a freelance consultant whose clients include the National Endowment for the Arts and educational, arts, and other nonprofit organizations as well as individual artists. Her most recent positions have been with the International Program of the National Endowment for the Arts and with the D.C. Commission on the Arts, the official arts agency of the District of Columbia.