(Contains 43 photos)
Distinctions in photography may mean something to others, or nothing to the rest. But distinctions are important, it makes you work towards a portfolio, a gauge of how far you have improved in your work as photographers and a purpose in your photography. It encourages you and realizes your inner creativity, and directly, you mature and grow in your photography.
Distinctions do not make you the best photographer, but what it does is to realize your capabilities and makes you further your photography in areas that you want, that you feel, that you wish to express.
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(Contains 43 photos)
Despite the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan, even with its own troubled insurgents seeking more autonomy within, Kashmir is and will remain the one and only place where the people and its surrounding give true meaning to the word beauty.
Among the friendliest I have ever met, the impressions I had reminds me of the years gone by, where people were nary a suspicious of each other, and a helping hand is always available. Kashmir gives me the soul searching I needed, and I believe each one of us do...in the chaos that we see everyday.
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(Contains 48 photos)
India, land of mystique with its diversified cultures and people, with its rich historical identity and colonial influences, remains as much a mystery that begs us to explore as it implores in us the desire to want more, to be addicted to its surroundings and its inhabitants, and to continue to find love as much as it seeks love within us...
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(Contains 61 photos)
Myanmar was and will remain an extraordinary experience that I will carry within my heart till the end of time. When I was there for 11 days, there was almost nothing in my mind, except a sense of longing and an aura of contentment. Being one with the people makes me feel how lucky I am, or how unlucky, for lucky knowing we have the things that not many people have...and unlucky for not appreciating the gifts of nature and taking things for granted most of the time.
This gallery is dedicated to the people of Myanmar...for who they are, for what they stand for, for showing me the simplicity of life...
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(Contains 22 photos)
Bali has always been an enchanting destination, a spiritual footstep towards one's tired soul, with its air of seductiveness that so eerily makes one want more, feeling insatiable each time we leave its shores, an addiction that we do not mind having.
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(Contains 25 photos)
The Chinese Opera, rich in tradition and steep in historical values, remain an iconic part of the Chinese community throughout the world. It's origin remains deeply entrenched in the mysterious and seductive art and culture of the Chinese people. With rapid modernization, will this be the final curtain?
Taken in three evenings, these images show the life of the performers, still passionate as they were before, never waning in self expression and not to be made a part of history by the modern world.
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(Contains 39 photos)
Living a life of pure simplicity and showing me that not much is needed in our transient existence in this world, the Bajau descendants of Semporna, located in Sabah, have no needs for much materialism, and one need not go too far in search of pure contentment, inner spiritual developments and knowing how to live in the boundaries of the present...the past forgotten and the future not to be pondered.
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(Contains 32 photos)
I was elated when I was asked to join Harry, a good friend, for a photographic sojourn to Mt Bromo, Surabaya. I agreed immediately, knowing deep in my heart that what lies ahead will remain forever within my soul.
For five days and four nights, we were awed and captivated by what Mt Bromo and the city of Surabaya has. The vast cloudscape in the early dawn, the spiritual aura of the mountains being enhanced by the divine rays of the morning sun, the steep traditions and culture of the people and their colourful attires...all these and much more, giving peace, tranquility and a deep sense of connection to the creations of God.
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(Contains 51 photos)
All these images were taken in Siem Reap, in October 2008, showing it's people and their lifestyle.
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