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My stolen photo on the back cover of Time Out Shanghai

While it should be flattering to find your photograph on the back cover of a magazine as illustrious as Time Out Shanghai, it is less so when that photo is stolen. Such is the case today when I discovered that a photo I took six weeks ago has been featured in a full-page advertisement for Chinatown Shanghai without my knowledge or permission (re: "La Cage: Hosted by Borja Mata").

The picture is also featured on the main page of the Chinatown Shanghai website (screen capture above). Stealing a photo is no different from picking a mobile phone out of someone's pocket on the subway or snatching a bicycle from their home. The end result is the same. The photo in question was originally published on City Moments with my name, copyright notice and website information attached and it would not have been difficult to contact me had anyone so desired. I offer reasonable rates for photo licensing. What's worse, they published the photo in Time Out with poor resolution so it doesn't even look good.  

Festa Brazileira: Brazilian Band & Samba Dancers (Photos)

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 See more photos of samba dancers.

Photos taken at The Spot, Shanghai, China, April 27, 2011

 

RUFF Ring Girl Contest, Preliminary Round (Big Bamboo/Hongqiao, Shanghai)

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 RUFF (Ranik Ultimate Fighting Federation), a mixed martial arts organization in China, is holding a contest this spring to see who will be its first ring girl. The first preliminary round took place Friday night at the Big Bamboo bar and restaurant in the Hongqiao neighborhood of Shanghai. More photos from this event can be viewed at City Moments.

Just came across this January article from the Global Times profiling fellow photogs Charlie Xia and Grant-oh! Buchwald. (Apparently, Grant's oh didn't make it past the Global Times editing desk.) These two have been some of the stalwarts of the Shanghai nightlife photography scene for a number of years, though I take it now they've shifted much of their responsibilities toward assignments that pay a *real* wage.

Prohibition Party at Bar Rouge, Shanghai, Pt. 1 (photo gallery)

 Prohibition Party at Bar Rouge, Shanghai, China, with DJ Jasmine Li (March 11, 2011)

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Prohibition Party at Bar Rouge, Shanghai, Pt. II (photo gallery)

 Prohibition Party at Bar Rouge, Shanghai, China, March 11, 2011

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Prohibition Party at Bar Rouge, Shanghai, Pt. III (photo gallery)

Prohibition Party at Bar Rouge, Shanghai, China, March 11, 2011

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Prohibition Party at Bar Rouge, Shanghai, Pt. IV (photo gallery)

 Prohibition Party at Bar Rouge, Shanghai, March 11, 2011

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