©2009 John F Rash 
Children and Parent: China 2009 中国家人
©2009 John F Rash Shanghai, China
©2009 John F Rash Suzhou, China
火车站社会 Life at the Train Station (Shanghai, China)
©2009 John F Rash
Chinese migrants arrive in the large cities of Beijing and Shanghai daily to find their life and their dream. Many fail to realize the dream. Choosing to reside at the train station, migrants refuse to return to their home towns or relinquish the dream of finding a life in the city.
Photographer Establishes Relationship with Nanjing Normal Univeristiy 南京师范大学
3/5/09 Evening lecture to Nanjing Normal student population. (photo:张泽烨)
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John F Rash gives lecture at Photojournalism School, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing China.
March 4-6, 2009, John F Rash visited the school of photography and photojournalism at Nanjing Normal University. Rash met with the students and faculty through various organized exchanges. On the afternoon of March 5, Rash met with the entire Photography and Journalism faculty including head of the program and well-known Chinese photographer Dr. Pei Lin Li.
Thursday March 5, Rash presented an evening lecture, which was open to the entire student population of Nanjing Normal. Rash discussed areas of change in professional photography and journalism from the perspective of working American photographers, and also gave a presentation of his own work. Students were allowed to ask questions, working through a student interpreter who was chosen by the school due to her high level of English fluency. Rash spoke again with Junior and Senior photojournalism students the morning of March 6, presenting Adobe's Lightroom software in it's new Chinese language version.
During this visit to Nanjing, Rash met with the students and faculty to discuss future exchange opportunities between his students at Randolph Community College and those studying photography in Nanjing. Rash will travel back to Nanjing this May, on a photo exploration trip, accompanied by nine of his current and former students who will work together with students from Nanjing Normal to capture their photographic impressions of China.
3/6/09 Lightroom demonstration to Junior and Senior Photojournalism class. (photo:张泽烨)
3/5/09 Dr. Li Peilin and John Rash meet to discuss photo education in USA and China. (photo: 张泽烨)
VDAY 2009: Self Portrait Project
©2009 John F Rash
NIght of the Duckies
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WUNC State of Things Picture of the Week 1/30/09
©2009 John F Rash
Picture of the Week as selected by WUNC public radio show the State of Things. This image was captured at the East Carolina University 6th Photographic Image Biennial exhibition opening reception in Greenville, NC. Two works by John F Rash also appear in this exhibition as stated in a previous posting on this blog.
Brooklyn Bridge: Night Bridge NYC
©2009 John F Rash
Brooklyn Bridge captured from DUMBO rooftop one cold evening in December 2008.
Hwy 64: Lost
©2009 John F Rash
Being lost isn't always cause for aggressive driving tactics and white knuckle moments while trying to wrestle your automobile back on track. Accidentally navigating Hwy 64 this past Thursday, my driving blunder payed off with heavenly landscapes and painted orange skies. This landlocked Eastern NC sunset is the envy of any ocean dweller, or coastal tourist, to be certain. I managed to get a few frames from the side of the highway, using my door frame to stabilize the camera. Bragging mountains in the West, the sea on the East, and landscapes such as this in between, it's no secret that North Carolina is truly an amazing place to live. Sometimes it just takes an accidental wrong turn to realize the beauty that's lying undiscovered in your own back yard.
ECU Photo Biennial Opening Reception
©2009 John F Rash
Students and community visitors attended an opening reception at the Wellington B. Gray gallery at East Carolina University for the 6th Biennial Photographic Image Exhibition.