Photo Single: The Lion Dance, by Kelvin Ah Kian

IPA Street Photography 5 Comments

Title: The Lion Dance Chinese New Year Celebrations is still felt around my area and this kid was pretending to be playing a lion dance and instead of using a real lion dance costume, he improvised it by using a Box and some plastic. Photographer: Kelvin Ah Kian Website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kinoz/ Camera: Nikon D60 with Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5 – f/5.6

Photo Single: Gods Within Gods Without, by Wenson Tsai

IPA Street Photography 9 Comments

Title: Gods Within Gods Without It’s near impossible to consider life in Nepal without a consciousness of the gods all around us.  From the holy cows walking the outer streets eating trash to the temples that dot the daily corners and squares, the gods know and see all.  Though by monetary standards, Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, they are supremely wealthy in a fervent spirituality that rises up through its people and out into the world as warmth, honesty, and dedication.  Some gods offer salvation, while others ask you to pay a price.  Some remain …

Should I Give Up On Photography, My Passion?

IPA Craft & Tools 21 Comments

Should I give up photography? Is it time to get a ‘real’ job? There has been a recent spate of discussions online about that very question. And every photographer, or artist of any genre, has at one point or another in times of difficulty pondered the idea of giving up, sometimes on numerous occasions. The answer from mentors and the supportive will usually be to ‘Never Give Up’, to follow your heart and passion, and to pursue your dreams. But how honest or realistic is it to listen to that advice and persevere in the hopes that luck and fortune will …

IPA SUNNY 16 Dogtags

IPA Sunny 16 Dog Tags Giveaway 1

IPA Invisible Propaganda 240 Comments

IPA Sunny 16 Dog Tags Giveaway 1 In our first ever giveway, we have 3 pieces of our first limited batch of Original IPA Sunny 16 Dog Tags up for grabs! The Tags are electron-plated aluminium in a black/bronze finish, with double-sided laser-marked inscriptions (SUNNY 16 Chart + Invisible Ph t grapher Asia Insignia). Each tag comes with a rubber guard silencer and a steel ball chain.

Invisible Interview: Yumi Goto, photo curator, editor & evangelist

IPA Invisible Interviews, Photography 17 Comments

In this Invisible Interview we shine the spotlight on photo curator, editor and evangelist Yumi Goto. Yumi has got to be one of the busiest people in the current photojournalism scene in Asia.

Ore Huiying, We Are Farmers

IPA Photography, PROJECTS 13 Comments

  I had never considered my family worthy of documenting, because like most people, I thought they were ordinary. A life-changing incident a few years ago changed my mind. Diagnosed with meningitis, I was in a critical coma for several days. When I reflected on the things I would lose if life ended, I realized that my family was where my sense of self, community and tradition were inherited. I had felt neither appreciation nor understanding towards them. This documentation project is an attempt to bridge my indifference, and to relook at a subject taken for granted by most. I …