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This Saturday evening I found myself in the backstreets of Wan Chai once again. As the sun set, the energy picked up as stall owners tried to get rid of the last of their fish and meat and as darkness set in, the strong lights above each of the stalls became the primary sources of …

I was in Tokyo at the end of March so I spent 24 hours capturing some video, timelapses and still images around the city, particularly in Ginza, Shibuya, Shinjuku and Akasaka. I must admit that I don’t shoot much video at all, despite having the Canon 5D Mark II which set a new standard in …

I have launched a new image search tool on my website that enables visitors to browse through the images not only via the galleries and categories established via the menus in the site but now also using keyword tags. I am still in the process of tagging the more than 5000 images on my website, …

“Holy crap!” I looked down at my camera bag and the back pocket was open. My passport and wallet were both gone and I had only been in Shanghai 90 minutes. It most likely happened on East Nanjing Road, but it could have happened anywhere between the airport and the hotel. So here I am …

I was pleased to learn that the guys over at 500px picked my image of a butcher in Hong Kong for their Editor’s Choice list today. Click on the image to see the full size version. Ròushang, Hong Kong by Sam Chadwick

It was a fantastic Easter. As you probably saw from the four posts (1,2,3,4) I wrote while I was away, we had a great time roaming the city. Bombay should be on every street photographer’s list of places to visit; the pure energy from the never-ending movement of people, cars and trains; the welcoming way …

Dharavi Slum, once the largest in India with around 1,000,000 inhabitants, is nicknamed the Heart of Mumbai because of the shape it has filled between V- and W-shaped roads with Mahim in the West and Sion in the East. Dharavi has an estimated 15,000 one-room factories and a tour of the Slum today via Reality …

At the end of an almost invisible turning just North of the Mumbai Sea Link bridge lies the village of Worli Koliwada; Koli refers to the fisherman caste. We spent an hour there exploring the single-road village, at the end of which lies a Fort which was obviously in place to defend the river at …

Day Two in Mumbai is already over. We started the morning in Bombay Central Station. A 4 rupee “platform ticket” enabled us to enter the station without any specific destination and we carefully tried to get a few shots of the crowds alighting the trains as they entered the station. Photography in the stations is …

This afternoon I spent the first day of my Easter break in Bombay wandering the backstreets of Colaba Market. It was 30 degrees but there was little humidity and a light breeze which made it much more pleasant than my last visit. Bombay continues to astound me. There’s something about the friendliness of the people …