Saturday, March 26, 2011

Matsu trip photos. Nikon N70, Ilford XP2 Super. Last roll of black & white film (a few more months of DSLR black & white will finalize my boredom and frustration with photography).

THURSDAY, MARCH 24
Tunnel 88 distillery. I typically drink their 100 proof liquor, made from sorghum if I remember correctly. They also bottle weaker and stronger versions.




This giant sign points towards the nearest coast of mainland China and might only be visible from there through binoculars. It's an idiomatic taunt that is most poetically translated to "keeping our spears by our pillows, we wait for the dawn" and means that we're prepared against any attack by China. 


FRIDAY, MARCH 25








MARCH 26
Iron Fort, it was a military shelter for elite forces dug into solid rock, perhaps with a high amount of iron which is why it's called that. It was a part of the defenses against the Chinese threat and would have been undetectable to them.


Final frame.