Photo corner

[nakatago]

We're Pinterest now? Or is this because of Instagram's TOS?

[JR8]

Nothing visually of note really bar the cultural style; maybe of more historic significance.

Wonder if SMS knows where it is...

[JR8]

This was at Essaouira in Morrocco.
...wondering now if I have a 'thing' with compositional juxtaposition of limbs.... hehehe...


- 'Old school' ah? For me WYSIWYG. None of my pix are adjusted. But I also really appreciate and respect digital modification. The latter is a subject in itself as one delves the realms between reality and the conceptual [X9: oso say right? ;;; ))

[JR8]

Saigon c2008
Yah, sleeping I think.

[JR8]

1989



connected/a clue :

This one here ^^ is not mine.

[JR8]

Not sure who this is by, but it is well known and at the Fall of Saigon.

[JR8]

Bombay '83

[JR8]

Rene Burri (Magnum) - Prostitute at a brothel.

I enjoy these kind of images. Quick-fire juxtapositions.

[JR8]

Don McCullen [Magnum]. This to me is like photographic perfection.

The power of it [shaking head, as I simply can't reconcile, how I as a photographer might ever capture such an image. I can't of course... ]...

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Not sure who this is by, but it is well known and at the Fall of Saigon.

Eddie Adams, also well known for this one:



Typo edited out.

[sundaymorningstaple]

Nothing visually of note really bar the cultural style; maybe of more historic significance.

Wonder if SMS knows where it is...

It looks like the location of the Givral Cafe in the Eden Centre, Saigon. It was opposite the Hotel Continental. Hangout of war correspondents, authors, and other shady characters. Unfortunately, I never went into the place.

I hear it is/was slated to be torn down for redevelopment a year or so ago.

[x9200]

All Burma

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Vietnam to me: Buddha, Chickens, and scooters.



I probably played with too many filters on this one, but still like it:

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Singapore without COE (or Orchard Rd at Xmas):

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Or, Singapore with public assemblies (they were all singing something in unison):



I can never imagine an ad-hoc group of people spontaneously singing something (anything) in Singapore. Even "Happy Birthday" sounds strange and awkward here.