Wednesday, 4 February 2015
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Showing posts with label festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label festival. Show all posts
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
Monday, 21 March 2011
Install A Beak In The Heart That Clucks Time In Hokkien
A couple of weeks ago, I went with mine olde friend Debbie to Singapore to see one of my favourite bands, 65daysofstatic. Debbie is also their booking agent so she secured me a photo pass and we hung out with the band and their crew before and after their gigs; and not only do they make incredibly beautiful, complex music, but they're also all really lovely people. So that's the cherry on top of that particular cake. Musical cake.
And after waiting for years to see them they didn't disappoint, playing two intense, storming sets back to back, carpeting the capacity crowd (none of whom spilt their drinks, though I think they wanted to) with fractured beats, loops and melting globules of distorted feedback. Carpeting? Globules? Hang on...I'm not a music critic...best you go and listen to their music here, or better yet go to one or some of their shows, or do both. Yes, do both. Highly recommended. So far they're the hardest band I've photographed; no-one stays still for long and they have a magical ability to duck and dodge around the spotlights.
And after waiting for years to see them they didn't disappoint, playing two intense, storming sets back to back, carpeting the capacity crowd (none of whom spilt their drinks, though I think they wanted to) with fractured beats, loops and melting globules of distorted feedback. Carpeting? Globules? Hang on...I'm not a music critic...best you go and listen to their music here, or better yet go to one or some of their shows, or do both. Yes, do both. Highly recommended. So far they're the hardest band I've photographed; no-one stays still for long and they have a magical ability to duck and dodge around the spotlights.
Monday, 14 February 2011
Thaipusam: Finally
Monday, 24 January 2011
Thaipusam: Evolution of a Haircut
A little girl gets her head shaved at Thaipusam in Batu Caves, Malaysia. As a lifelong hater of haircuts I can identify with the emotional rollercoaster this girl rides. Perhaps it's just me but in the last picture her eyes are a touch accusing no?
Most of these probably won't make the final cut, but perhaps it's interesting to see this man's journey from his normal state to entranced:
Monday, 31 May 2010
New Music Photos: Festival + Charly B
From the CAMA Dance4Life Festival and Charly B's gig at the Roots Party. Both events zuper-Spass, vui lam und fun fun fun. more here.
Thursday, 6 May 2010
In The Interest Of Looking Back
More unearthed shots from Tet, this time from new years eve. Spent at Nicholas' shiny, beautiful new apartment looking out onto Truc Bach Lake. Wine, cheese, friends, paints, pots, canvases, music, and smearing of colours while the fireworks exploded outside, virtually invisible behind the foggy drizzle. And behind that curtain, in between periods mutilating a nice white canvas with my clumsy brushes, I played with the second curtain flash setting and my new wide-angle lens.
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Tet Festival 2010
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Buffalo Painting Festival
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Wat Bang Phra
Outtakes from the Wat Bang Phra Tattoo Festival. Trances, animal spirit possessions, screaming, running full pelt, covered in holy tattoos, praying, getting doused with water, more screaming, slithering like a snake along the ground. Standard stuff for a festival, Thai-style.
Friday, 14 August 2009
Quan Lan Temple Festival
Some shots from inside the temple, the procession, and on the overloaded ferry.
