In the last two decades, a sense of fear and ferocity has taken over the land. My journey to the valley started a decade back and this photo story of mine is a compilation of my reportage revealing the many shades of everyday life there.
Winners of our Street Photography Asia T-shirt Giveaway
A big thanks to all who participated in our Why I Love Street Photography Giveaway. The response was so good we decided to double the number of winners to 6, each of whom will get a Street Ph t graphy Asia T-shirts! Here are the 6 winners that posted answers that most caught our attention… congratulations!! Angie “Street photography lets me find the humor in humanity, the work of humanity, and the past time of humanity. Street photography in China lets me remember how life changes in moments, it connects me to the world and fills me with such energy that …
in-sight, by Nick Turpin film screening, Thursday 20th October at The IPA Gallery
We are happy to announce that we will be hosting a public screening of in-sight, a documentary film by Nick Turpin about the street photographers of the ‘in-public’ group at the IPA Gallery on Thursday 20th October at 7:30PM. in-sight trailer [vimeo clip_id=”19226116″ height=”” width=”560″] . Film Screening: In-Sight, by Nick Turpin Duration: Approx. 38 minutes Date: 7:30PM, Thursday 2oth October 2011 Venue: The IPA Gallery, 77 South Bridge Road #02-01, Singapore 058707 Admission: Free to the Public, Limited seating – 1st come 1st serve Facebook Event Page & RSVP: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=263518413682626 About in-sight in-sight is a film about Street Photography, and some …
1st Impressions: The Nikon 1 V1 Camera – A Street Camera Contender
Pricing Update – 19th October 2011 The Nikon 1 cameras hit the shelves tomorrow (Thursday 20th October) in Singapore. The recommended retail prices in Singapore Dollars are as follows, the prices varies according to the different lens packages. Nikon 1 V1 w/: 10-30mm + 30-110mm : $1,549 10-30mm + 10mm: $1,499 10mm: $1,369 10-30mm: $1,299 Nikon 1 J1 w/: 10-30mm + 30-110mm : $1,249 10-30mm + 10mm : $1,199 10mm: $1,069 10-30mm: $999 Nikon have finally entered the mirror-less camera market, although their reps may prefer ‘created a new camera category’, with their new Nikon 1 interchangeable lens camera system. Nikon …
Photo Essay: Conquering the Streets of Mumbai, by Kaushal Parikh
So I started taking photography seriously about 5 years ago and was obviously drawn to the convenience of digital technology. I have to say that digital cameras are a good way to learn and understand exposure and composition since you can see what you shoot instantly and can correct and learn from your mistakes in real time.
Photo Essay: Sonapur – Dubai’s City of Gold, by Matilde Gattoni
There are three different Dubais, the expats, the Emiratis, headed by Sheikh Mohammed, and then there is the foreign underclass who built the city, and are trapped here. They are hidden from plain view.
Photo Essay: 160yen, by Fabrizio Quagliuso
I have always been fascinated by the pulse of Tokyo life and its pure, elemental energy. And in my opinion nothing better than the Yamanote line could represent it: the Yamanote Line is Tokyo busiest commuter rail lines and loops around 29 stations and carries over 3.5 million people per day.
Reminders Project Asian Photographers Grant Finalists
Reminders Project Asian Photographers Grant – 12th September 2011. We are very happy to announce the five finalists of the inaugural Reminders Project Asian Photographers Grant. Selected by our jury panel from submissions received from all over Asia, these five finalists will have their work showcased at this year’s 7th Angkor Photo Festival, which is held from November 19 to 26, 2011, in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Photo Essay: Love Birds – Rebel Lovers In India, by Marco Gualazzini
Established in 2010, Love Commandos is a Delhi-based organization providing moral and material support to young couples in trouble for breaking the cast system.
The new IPA Online Store & Street Ph t graphy Asia T-shirts Giveaway.
As some of you may know, we recently launched the official IPA Online Store, where you may purchase some of our stuff. Currently available at the store are our Street Ph t graphy Asia T-shirts and Sunny 16 Dog Tags. We hope to have more in the near future, including photography prints from select photographers. Purchasing from our store will help us grow IPA and support our efforts to promote photography in Asia. To mark the opening of our store and to thank our followers for their support, we’re giving away a couple of original Street Ph t graphy Asia …
Short Film: Shadowing Presidents
A short documentary film featuring the photographers of The Straits Time Picture Desk as they shadowed the four candidates vying to be president during the fourth Singapore Presidential Elections in 2011.
Daido Moriyama – Shinjuku+ and Osaka+
Shinjuku+ by Moriyama is a reprint in paperback form of his 2001 book Shinjuku with about 40 additional pages of photographs (which explains the “plus” in the book’s title). The book is printed full-bleed and is about 15cm x 11cm in size with 648 pages and features his street photography work in the Tokyo district of Shinjuku. Osaka+ is kind of a companion volume to Shinjuku+ featuring his street photography work from the city of Osaka. It is also printed in the same format and size and features 488 pages of black and white photographs. “Even though it wasn’t a town that …
Chungking Mansions, by Nana Chen
Squatting amid the luxury hotels and malls of modern Kowloon is a dilapidated structure resembling a dirty vent of a giant subterranean machine. This is Chungking Mansions.
Video: Liu Bolin, Invisible Photographer/Artist
Liu Bolin the invisible artist/photographer from China produces quite amazing photographs. Now you see him, now you don’t, Bolin spends about 10 hours shooting each photograph where he paints himself with the aid of assistants to blend into his landscape environment. Here are a few videos of Bolin and his work.
Photo Essay: Against All Odds, by Andri Tambunan
Papua is the largest province in Indonesia and it’s home to approximately 1% of Indonesia’s population. However, approximately 40% of all HIV/AIDS cases in Indonesia are located in Papua.