Category: Asia
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Please reuse …
Please reuse … as is printed on one of the plastic bags Teetud used for his painting. Shreds of transparent plastic are floating in … dark, coloured water, or in space? Pollution transformed into an esthetically pleasing art work. Photo of the week: Use to be, mixed media, by Teetud, Expo at The Queen’s Gallery,…
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Beauty Queen
Beauty Queen In the entrance hall of the Queen’s Gallery in Bangkok hangs Sirikit, the regal Thai Queen mother who has founded the art gallery. And at the exhibition I visited there I saw a frivolous Miss Earth busy protecting the world. Two queens, but what a difference. Photo of the week: The Queen’s Gallery,…
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Oops!
Oops! Two legs, a hand, and a falling mug in a bar in Bangkok. It just so happened in front of my eyes – and camera. Photo of the week: Bar at the Chao Phraya River, opp. The Peninsula, Bangkok, Thailand 2019
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VT
VT In 1995 Bombay became Mumbai. One year later VT, Victoria Terminus, became CST, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, and in 2017 the M of Maharaj was added, CSMT, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. All to erase the names dating from colonial times from our memory lane.This old photograph has tried to fall in line and erase the…
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Rhythmic enclosure
Rhythmic enclosure After six years and the hard work of 22000 labourers the Bara Imambara in Lucknow reached its completion in 1784. When visiting the monument don’t miss climbing up to the grand rooftop! Photo of the week: On the roof of Bara Imambara, Lucknow, India 2017
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Piteous fate
Piteous fate When the market is over the unsold flowers go down the drain. Photo of the week: drain behind flower market, Lucknow, India 2017
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Symbiosis
Symbiosis A rare case of nature copying architecture. Photo of the week: Asafi Masjid, Lucknow, India 2017
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The thinker
The thinker Withdrawn in the night, alone among 20 million fellow Mumbaikars. Photo of the week: Mumbai, India 2014
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Light drops
Light drops The sun shines through the jali of a dark tomb laying down a bunch of pearls in the corner. Photo of the week: HauzKhas, New Delhi, India 2014
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Charpai
Charpai Timeless symbol of village India. Photo of the week: charpai, Orchha, M.P., India 2014
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