vignes balasingam
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A typical bus ride to work, the market, to see a friend, for leisure or maybe just for the sake of a bus ride. Remember what they said about Malaysia being a multi-ethnical society? Here's where it all comes together. Indians, Chinese, Punjabis, Malays and the immigrant workers. This is Kuala Lumpur. This is Malaysia. These two photos contrast the lovely difference between the races, cultures and generations that makes this nation.
Recently a tragically ill-informed member of government called this blessed country an Islamic state. In no official documentation is it written that Malaysia is an Islamic state. By constitution Malaysia is a democratic state with a monarch. The government rules all political and social issues while the monarch plays an advisory role and presides over religious and diplomatic matters. The constitution further emphasises freedom of religion. Its a very nice country when you discount the few ill informed and ill mannered leaders; some akin to the foolishness and arrogance of a certain United States president.
These were taken on Ilford HP5. Normal process. The negatives were placed on a piece of white paper against light and shot digitally. The photograph was then inverted in Photoshop giving this strange texture to the photographs.
Therefore please ignore the EXIFs as that is just the data of the D200 which reshot the negative.
Candace, this one's for you! :)
FM2n
Nikkor 35/2
Ilford HP5+
Kodak D76
©2007 Vignes Balasingam
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A typical bus ride to work, the market, to see a friend, for leisure or maybe just for the sake of a bus ride. Remember what they said about Malaysia being a multi-ethnical society? Here's where it all comes together. Indians, Chinese, Punjabis, Malays and the immigrant workers. This is Kuala Lumpur. This is Malaysia. These two photos contrast the lovely difference between the races, cultures and generations that makes this nation.
Recently a tragically ill-informed member of government called this blessed country an Islamic state. In no official documentation is it written that Malaysia is an Islamic state. By constitution Malaysia is a democratic state with a monarch. The government rules all political and social issues while the monarch plays an advisory role and presides over religious and diplomatic matters. The constitution further emphasises freedom of religion. Its a very nice country when you discount the few ill informed and ill mannered leaders; some akin to the foolishness and arrogance of a certain United States president.
These were taken on Ilford HP5. Normal process. The negatives were placed on a piece of white paper against light and shot digitally. The photograph was then inverted in Photoshop giving this strange texture to the photographs.
Therefore please ignore the EXIFs as that is just the data of the D200 which reshot the negative.
Candace, this one's for you! :)
FM2n
Nikkor 35/2
Ilford HP5+
Kodak D76
©2007 Vignes Balasingam