烏溪沙拾石老翁 Stone-picking old men at Wu Kai Sha (Beach) / 香港人 Hong Kong Humans / SML.20130809.7D.50058.BW

Every time I go to Wu Kai Sha, I see an old man with long flowing silver beard picking stones at the beach.

 

After some research, it turns out that he has been manually organising the stones on the beach for years voluntarily after noting that quite a number of people swim at the public beach which is not looked after by government officials.

 

And so day and night, he comes to the beach to sort the stones out into neatly organised piles so that other people can enjoy the beach.

 

What an incredible story — I was planning to shoot some documentary here perhaps but the locals told me that his story is quite well known and has been covered by televisions in Hong Kong already — though I have no idea where. When I get the courage to speak to strangers, I will go investigate further.

 

Stay tuned.

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-08-09T18:12:38+0800

+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456

+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.0

+ Focal Length: 135 mm

+ ISO: 500

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ GPS: 22°25'40" N 114°14'1" E

+ Location: 香港烏溪沙 Wu Kai Sha, Hong Kong

+ Workflow: Lightroom 5

+ Serial: SML.20130809.7D.50058.BW

+ Series: 香港人 Hong Kong Humans (HKHumans), 男 Men

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

烏溪沙拾石老翁 Stone-picking old men at Wu Kai Sha (Beach) / 香港人 Hong Kong Humans / SML.20130809.7D.50058.BW

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