Chinese show the art of extreme napping

A German photographer has spent six years taking photographs of Chinese people sleeping in any position and situation.

Bernd Hagemann moved to the Far East in 2002, and since then he regularly takes to the streets of Shanghai to find extreme nappers to add to his extensive photograph collection.



He divides the groups into three categories - hardsleepers, softsleepers and groupsleepers, and he has many at his website www.sleepingchinese.com.

The 40-year-old from Lemgo, central Germany, added: "Whenever I linger through the boomtown Shanghai, I carry my snap shot camera with me. Because at every corner you can discover people that either are napping in the strangest positions and situations, or are even snoring, while sunk in a deep sleep. Noteworthy are the missing mattresses and pillows!"

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