2009 Jan 25
Chinese New Year celebration at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Headless! The lens fogged up immediately upon the transition from freezing winter to sticky, humid greenhouse.
Against sun/With sun
Mask Change, on left. It was really cool; I had never heard of the performance until I saw it last year. Turns out, it's a traditional and highly-guarded art form that began in Sichuan opera 300 years ago. The performer changed masks several times, blue, green, red, black, faster than I could blink; each mask had a different expression. I am still baffled as to what he did with the masks he took off. If you're curious, read more here or watch this Sichuan Opera video from 01:35 to 01:38 »
Nope, I don't know a single person in this photo, but I like it. I think it's the near identical shade of suede-browns all across the photo that makes it work.
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