Sean Hanratty Photography

Some pics from my lovely stay over Chinese New Year

I just found out about a very cool opportunity to travel and learn photography. SVA is running a Digital Photography Residency in Shanghai in June and July. It’s open to non-SVA students and you can find more information here or by contacting Abby Robinson (Abby(at)Abbyrobinson.com). Plus you can hang out with me.

On Sunday, Frances and I caught a bus out to Oriental Green Boat Land in the suburbs of Shanghai. It’s one of the stranger places I think I’ve been to. It’s a holiday resort but with a military theme. The centerpiece of it all is a replica aircraft carrier, which houses a musuem to State Security. They also have a large assortment of mothballed fighter jets all over the place and a large “battlefield” complete with trenches and rusty barbed wire.  All in all a pretty interesting place to spend an afternoon, and they have go-karts.

On Friday I biked over to Wusong, which is one of the main port areas in Shanghai. There was a huge number of ships all over the river. There were also small cities of container storage yards. The size of it all and the amount of activity was pretty mind boggling.  

My route for the day
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Yesterday I checked out a park on the western outskirts of Shanghai called Sheshan. Because of the cold and the steady rain, apart from the maintenance people I was the only one in the park. With the fog and lack of people I felt like I was walking in Turok: Dinosaur Hunter