Colour – Page 8 – Hong Kong Lucida

Penang’s Gurney Drive

Posted on August 23, 2015August 21, 2015 by eddietay in Colour

I was in Penang recently with my family and many of the street pictures were taken with my Olympus XA 2, in-between vacation shots taken with my Canon 600D.

The above was taken while riding a trishaw.

Another shot, taken from a trishaw.

The Gurney Drive street food market was where we found ourselves on most days.

Fried oyster!

Yummy!

Lok lok!

Laksa!

That’s the “Chinese rojak” stall.

That’s the Indian rojak stall.

Sotong kangkong!

So yes, street food was on the top of our list at Penang.

Camera: Olympus XA 2

Film: Agfa Vista 400

Singapore: Inside Out in London

Posted on July 25, 2015July 7, 2015 by eddietay in Colour

This is an exhibition of Singaporean arts in London.

Singapore: Inside Out is a showcase of Singaporean art in Beijing, London and New York City. More info here.

There were lots of announcements like this on the walls at Brick Lane.

See – it’s here.

The cyclist got in the way.

Another cyclist.

Yet another cyclist.

That’s the Old Truman Brewery, converted into an arts and creative enterprises venue.

The neighbourhood is so arty that even unadorned walls have character.

At a café while waiting for the exhibition to open.

Performance art – I confess I don’t really get it. Red and white are the colours of Singapore’s flag.

He’s leaving smoke trails on the window … is this an ironic commentary on the ephemeral nature of Singapore’s national culture at an exhibition of Singaporean art?

The overall mood, partly because of the candles, is rather funereal.

That’s an installation on which the public is invited to scrawl/doodle.

The installation is still clean … the exhibition had just opened, after all.

Info panels.

There’s a … grass lawn exhibit.

This I understand – books on a shelf.

Fortunate placement of people.

That’s the Actors’ Tour, during which the monologues of various featured artists were performed.

There’s the mention of Singapore’s arts and culture policy, and a hint of self-conscious deprecation concerning state-sponsored art.

I fired off a few shots before realizing my DSLR might be a little bit loud and distracting… I switched to my more discreet Olympus XA2 (more in another post).

The performance art again – check out the funereal-looking candles.

Thanks for reading!

Camera: Canon 600D

Lens: Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM

Brick Lane, London

Posted on July 18, 2015July 18, 2015 by eddietay in Colour

Brick Lane!

This was where I was really inspired.

The arty and grungy environment gets one in the mood for street photography.

Everything seems to fit.

The people and the walls go well together.

A fantastic indie label.

A self-portrait.

He was cutting grass.

Cool dude.

The colours are simply wonderful.

They saw me and waved.

Beautiful people, beautiful wall art.

The kids were enjoying the art too.

Lots of cyclists.

A smile and a frown.

Hard at work.

Another cyclist.

Cool name for a shop.

Taking a break.

Nice juxtaposition.

Another cyclist.

Mischievous dino – I thought the colours went well together.

The street art is gorgeous.

Street art is meant to be seen with and by people.

They had those in Paris too.

Just another day for her.

A reminder that I need to get closer.

At Brick Lane, the street photographs present themselves one after another.

I can’t click fast enough.

This place is a visual cornucopia.

And I saw this – an exhibition of Singaporean art at Brick Lane.

As it turned out, I bumped into Randy Chan, the curator of the exhibition. I recognized him from a photo in a newspaper report on the exhibition.

More on Singapore: Inside Out in another post.

Funny.

I couldn’t resist a final shot at the entrance of this excellent place.

Thanks for reading!

Camera: Canon 600D

Lens: Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM

London’s Underground, British Museum

Posted on July 15, 2015July 14, 2015 by eddietay in Colour

I was in the tube when I saw him.

Very elegant, I thought.

No one noticed.

My camera’s shutter click was inaudible in the tube.

Do I dare take another shot?

OK – last one.

Outside the British Museum.

Inside the British Museum.

At the Gloucester Road Station… or was it South Kensington?

Thanks for reading!

Camera: Canon 600D

Lens: Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM

London Street Photography

Posted on July 8, 2015July 8, 2015 by eddietay in Colour

There’s no method to this madness called street photography.

At Trafalgar Square: a straightforward shot.

We’re all distracted people.

Admiring Cezanne at the National Gallery.

Consuming Monet.

Blurry man against blurry painting.

Around the Bloomsbury area – the lines “made sense” to me.

A busy shot at the Covent Garden Market.

T-shirts!

Time for a sip.

Thanks for reading!

Camera: Canon 600D

Lens: Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM

London’s South Bank

Posted on July 5, 2015July 2, 2015 by eddietay in Colour

At London’s South Bank.

Cool dude.

Life is a tragicomedy, of course.

The cavernous basement at Tate Modern.

A couple admiring Cy Twombly.

Artist at work.

A copy of a copy.

A copy of a copy of many copies.

Again, at the cavernous basement.

Two beer or not two beer … my answer is very clear.

Why is this a question?

Cool dudes.

The obligatory landmark snapshot.

Camera: Canon 600D

Lens: Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM

Exhibition Road, London

Posted on July 3, 2015July 3, 2015 by eddietay in Colour

I was in London for a few days for a conference and of course, I brought my cameras along.

This was taken along Exhibition Road.

Here’re some shots in the museums along the road.

At Natural History Museum:

Roar.

Funny juxtaposition.

The above was at the Science Museum.

There’s a line of tension marked by the positions of the people.

At the Victoria and Albert Museum.

I think it looks better in monochome.

Thanks for reading!

Camera: Canon 600D

Lens: Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM

Visions and Revisions (2 of 2)

Posted on March 6, 2015March 3, 2015 by eddietay in Colour

We look again.

We are on a quest.

Where are the keys to our lives?

We look up.

We look again.

Sometimes we do not look.

We’re too involved in ourselves.

And then you’re challenged by a look.

You look elsewhere.

Anything to recompose yourself.

Camera: Contax TVS II

Film: Fuji Superia 400

Visions and Revisions (1 of 2)

Posted on March 3, 2015March 3, 2015 by eddietay in Colour

I happened to chance on a folder I tucked away a few months back.

I remember not being satisfied with the pictures.

I though the colours were a bit off.

Then I looked again and decided they’re pretty okay after all.

This is Hong Kong.

Sometimes a door opens.

And we see ourselves as we truly are.

Camera: Contax TVS II

Film: Fuji Superia 400

Thingification

Posted on February 13, 2015February 13, 2015 by eddietay in Colour

What happens when you choose not to place people at the centre of things?

It’s a bit unsettling when humans are placed at the periphery.

We cannot help but still do so – the above is still a photograph about human activity.

Keyboards are for hands, pedals for feet.

We love our things.

We frame ourselves with things.

We wait for things.

We work with things.

We are things.

Some things out-wait us.

Camera: Spotmatic F

Lens: Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 35mm F 3.5

Film: Fujifilm Superia Venus 800

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