365 China Photo: One-A-Day

Dashing back to the office after another meeting a young girl approached me outside Jinbao Place. I was kind of surprised and then she asked if she could take a picture with me and have me hold a magazine. I didn’t bother to look at the magazine but was quite flattered to do it. It was for a new Men’s magazine called Expresso, so I guess my photo may appear somewhere to promote it. Even though it was her job and she must of asked many people before me it made me smile. It’s been a long time since anyone wanted a photo with me and it made me think of a recent photo I found when I was clearing out some old boxes. It was taken on my first trip to Shanghai back in 1996, the same time I photographed the Bund. Back in those days foreigners were still quite rare, so I would often be stopped in the street for someone to take a photo. On this occasion these two girls were having lunch with their boyfriends and one of them came over and asked if they could take a photo with me. A strange request but I agreed and they took a series of pictures of me with each one and then as a group together. Fourteen years later and I don’t seem to have change too much, haha. I am still wearing a shirt and tie and with the same old haircut. However a few more greys hairs and laughter lines courtesy of living in Asia!