Bundled against the morning chill, these Shanghai residents prefer to do their reading outdoors. Perseverance and determination come to mind here – both are human values that I found demonstrated time and time again on my journey through China.
(I owe a debt of thanks to Shanghai pbase photographer Jen Zhou - http://www.pbase.com/angeleyes_zyl/root -- for this and other images made in Luxun Park. Jen spent a day and half shooting with me in Shanghai, and it was at her suggestion that we spent several hours photographing people in this relatively obscure but beautiful Shanghai Park.)