Images of modern, urban Beijing including the 798 Art District, new Terminal 3 at Beijing Airport, the National Grand Theatre , the Harbin Ice festival and modern shopping malls.

Images from the spectacular annual Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin , Heilongjiang Province, in China in February 2009

These images were taken in Beijing over a period of three years from 2000 to 2003 and document life in the ancient alleyways and lanes in the heart of Beijing. These narrow lanes that crisscross the city are called hutongs. Although many hutongs have now succumbed to the developers bulldozers, many still remain today. You can see more of my hutong images at www.hutongphotography.com My book "To the Hutongs" is available to buy at www.amazon.co.uk"