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last sunday decided to jalan2 around town - was planning to catch the
CNY parade at Cinatown but ended up checking out these free (yes free!)
photo galleries instead..

Photograpers’ Gallery - located near Leicester Square (quite
close to Chinatown) - theres a few exhibitions running at the same
time..got a nice store that sells some leica and lomo camera as well as
prints and photo books

taken from official website - http://www.photonet.org.uk

"The Photographers’ Gallery, the first independent gallery in Britain
devoted to photography, was founded in 1971 at 8 Great Newport Street.
This building now houses the Gallery’s primary exhibition space and a
bookshop. In 1980 the Gallery also moved into 5 Great Newport Street;
initially rented, the freehold was purchased in 1986 thanks to a
successful funding campaign"

a collection of snapshots - i like the idea and how they fill up the
wall with these lil frames. You’d might expect a gallery would only
show large blown up pictures with artsy fartsy / architectural /
potraiture stuff but here even a personal collection of snapshots can
be an exhibition item. I guess people here are not too anal about these
things - as long the whole set tells a story and have a good theme to
go with it..

a description of this particular exhibition :

"Fiona Tan (b. 1966, Indonesia) nominated for the
exhibition Mirror Maker shown at Landesgalerie in Linz, Austria, 1 June - 20 August 2006.

Combining photography and film, the exhibition Mirror Maker
included past and recent projects dealing with portraiture and the
nature of photography. Central to Fiona Tan’s work is the human
subject. She questions and explores the complexities of culture and
place, and how these elements come to shape our individual identity.
The Prize exhibition features two of her most recent projects. Vox
Populi (Sydney), displays images from over 90 photo albums by Sydney
residents"

in the next room.. if you look carefully you can see disturbing/adult images of B&W.. info on the exhibition:

"Anders Petersen (b. 1944, Sweden) nominated for
the exhibition About Gap and St Etienne, shown at the Arles Photography Festival, France, 4 July - 17 September 2006.

This series is the result of a residency in these southern French towns
in 2005, and exudes a poetic sadness, restlessness and sense of urgency
that is characteristic of all his photography. Petersen first became
known for his seminal series Café Lehmitz
(1978), a daily chronicle of a Hamburg coffee shop frequented by
transvestites, prostitutes and harbour workers. Since then he has
continued to explore the fringes of society with his camera. The
exhibition features a selection from About Gap
and St Etienne in No 8.

Brian Dillon has contributed an illuminating and
engaging essay on Petersen’s oeuvre for the exhibition
catalogue"

Proud Gallery in Camden Town

later I end up in Camden Town , bout 10 minute tube ride from central
london. It is one of those hippy/trendy place that caters for the
current youth/young adult with all these extreme/goth/emo fashion
market .. sorta like petaling street for the confused generations
nowadays la hehe

anyway there’s a nice gallery that specializes in music photography (
my fav!) they have a small book store that sells prints by music
photographers , music photobooks and they have a nice exhibition/stage
area with also an adjacent chill out bar that opens at night..

http://www.proud.co.uk/index.php

entrance to the photo gallery - abit hidden - it is inside Camden Lock market

stage and exhibition area - all prints are for sale

I saw pictures of Iggy pop , Ozzie , Twisted Sister and many more bands/famous singers

well that’s all for now , if you’re in London do give these places a visit!

went jalan2 near Covent Garden last saturday, Elsie showed me this place where you can buy bath bomb. (huh?) well bath bomb is like a tennis ball sized ball that you can drop into your bath tub (full of water of course) and let it sizzle and turn the plain bathwater into a relaxing warm fuzzy nice smelling piece of heaven..

i haven’t tried myself though…one of these day i’ll try la kot..right now a dettol bath soap would do ! ha ha..

you have to go to the basement of the store to find these goodies

at first i thought these are candies or something..good thing tak makan kalau tak berbuih mulut den…

lotsa varieties..cost about 1 - 3 pounds each..

ok i’m feeling abit too much in touch with my feminine side - will go watch a marathon of action flicks now - rambo or something.. arff arff *horrible male grunt*

ha ha

just got these film developed at E-6 labs and scanned at fotozzoom just before I left Msia for London..this is the last set for the Melaka Thaipusam hope you guys enjoy it

the  whole gang lepaking at Portuguese Settlement’s food court

sapa2 yg pernah pegi St Paul Church (gereja kat atas A Famosa tu) mesti pernah nampak laki ni punya

ted enjoying some cendol at the temple

percussionist at the thaipusam ceremony at the temple

these are from the B&W neopan iso 400 film :

at the temple - a kid enjoying the cool breeze from the nearby pond

family of temple goers

shaving the head - don’t cry kid ..

mom comforting her kid who have just been shaved

while the dad attentively listens to the ceremony , the kid looks back to the sound of my shutter clicking..

inside the temple

itu sahaja gambar , btw i’ve got a new company car here will update picture he he jgn jeles… two words - coupe convertible

pics taken with film camera Nikon F100 ( di pinjam from Ipin) and Sensia slides..
slides ni mcm negative tapi negative biasa kan kaler pelik kan? kalau slide mmg kaler dia serupa mcm kaler dlm gambar sebenarnya..orang dulu2 selalu tangkap slide pastu taruk dlm slide projector..colors taken with slide film are punchier , more saturated i think..

these pics were taken masa lepak2 kat msia cuti for 2 weeks baru2 ni:

my two fav hobbies - taking photos (ini kamera Izwan - canon 30d) and makan! in this case makan cendol lah…

my close friend Loh Jin Tiam kat gerai cendol…

our family cat playing around…

her name is ‘Meow’ ..pic taken while Usamah was holding her and playing around with her… color cast is abit off since the Slide film i’m using is suited for Daylight pics..hence this pic looks abit weird since it was taken under a tungsten lighting..

oh enough of camera geek talk hehe..

more pics here at http://www.flickr.com/photos/omarjamaludin

here are the picciesss..

indian temple at batu berendam - the priest was burning something thus the aunty on the right was grasping for air as it was kinda smoky inside the building

this house used to belong to a malay family but then was sold to a chinese family hence you can see the tanglung..

kedai kopi ah heng

dutch brick ..slightly longer and thinner than regular red brick..

the gang chilling near Red House….

more pics can be found here on my flickr site

went up to malacca during cuti Hari Wilayah with a bunch of friends from photomalaysia.com..first we went to Batu Berendam to watch the Thaipusam ceremony at a local temple there..then we did a malacca town walkabout ..

group photos in Ted’s hotel room - taken with a fisheye lens on a film body ..picture di curi from Davidnikon of Photomalaysia.com hehe

this picture was taken by Mr Ted Adnan - fulltime photographer … i have borrowed ariffin’s film camera Nikon F100 for this trip and just sent it in for developing yesteday..harap2 tomorrow sudah siap la the gambar..

i will post more pics from my nikon D70s digital SLR later okey guys..

nak sambung tido..