A perfect Saturday in Zurich
A guide for the best Saturday in Zurich without leaving the city.
A day at the races
It’s summer, and with it comes the start of Hillingdon "Tuesday World’s” cycling crits.
Korean Retrospective: Jeonju
Jeonju’s name roughly translating to “the perfect region”, it is a tourist city that takes pride in the tradition and nature. It is surrounded by beautiful mountains and parks giving it a more rural feel than either Busan or Seoul, and the tourist part was peppered with historical buildings and temples.
Korean Retrospective: Busan
ICCV 2021 seems like a million years ago.
Seeing people with masks in my photos doesn’t seem strange at all, and keeping one’s distance from others doesn’t seem as cold now as it did then. In a way, some aspects of Korean culture (such as food, snacks, and music) seem more natural now when I have plethora of Korean stores and amazing restaurants at my doorstep. Originally, I was intending to post a series of photographs as a journal of sorts, like I did for my “Mexico journals” but I somehow never got around to it. This feels as good of a time as any to continue posting the photographs from that trip, so here we go. First in line: Busan.
COVID Journal: Rebuilding London
When the lockdown started, I used my spare time to document the changes I saw in my environment, and in the city of London. On this particular Wednesday, I decided to shoot what seemed to be the only people I saw around: builders and property maintainers.
Mexico journal: unpublished work
Throughout my journey I’ve seen and done many things - this lead to a bunch of images. A lot of these images don’t really fall into any particular category, so here is a dump, nicely captioned as there is no real cohesive story tying them together. Images are grouped in “galleries”, loosely related by themes.
Mexico journal: coconuts
When I was set on a path to Mexico, I expected many many things.
What I haven’t expected is that I’d fall in love and miss coconuts so much.
Mexico journal: Cancun
There is not much to say about Cancun; it is a prime tourist destination with the third busiest airport in the world during the pandemic. It also didn’t exist 50 years ago.
2020 in Photos
This was a yeas where I took my photography on another level.
I noticed that I’ve improved noticeably in the quality and consistency of the images I’ve produced. I still feel like most of what I do is shit and that I do NOT spend nearly enough time shooting, but when all is said and done, I’m happy with what this year brought to me photographically speaking. This is a brief preview of the images I’ve produced over the year.
Mexico journal: Tulum
There are a few places in 2020 that do not give a fuck about a certain pandemic and Tulum is definitely one of them. Here is a brief journal from my day spent there with Tamy, Ana, and Hugo.
Mexico journal: markets
Markets are the reflection of a culture or something like that.
Which is why they are the best and the worst thing to visit when visiting a new place - they are the best place to learn about it, but also the easiest way to get scammed. Mercado 23 and 28 in Cancun are the polar opposites of each other - Mercado 23 is the market for the locals and Mercado 28 is for sort-of tourists.
Mexico journal: on culture (Xcaret part 2)
Yucatan is in itself is a fascinating place to have a discussion regarding culture. Remains of some of the most advanced civilisations can be found there […] Despite the rich history, the towns I spent time in didn’t exist 50 years ago. This is to say that Yucatan is not a place where what I know and think of the Mexican culture actually started. It is one large tourist scam with ancient ruins peppered around for good measure.
Mexico journal: Xcaret (part 1)
Tamy’s dad said that it’s the only piece of culture along the cost aside from the Mayan ruins, and I think that is exactly what Xcaret is - rather than (or maybe better said, in addition to) being a way to extract money from tourists, it a platform for cultural conservation of all regions of Mexico.
Dartmouth Sugar Shack
Middle of March is usually the end of maple sugaring season. I’ve almost managed to spend four years at Dartmouth without ever visiting its maple farm [1].
What is it like to own a classic Hasselblad
Almost exactly 6 months ago, I bought myself a gift for my 25th birthday - a classic Hasselblad I named “Haso”. While owning something for the sake of owning it seems (and is) materialistic, it was one of my dreams for a long long time that I was finally able to make come true, thanks to Ward and Adrian of the amazing Camera Museum in London. Here are some thoughts, tips and tricks, and finally warnings that nobody told me about before getting into the Hasselblad system.
Gamcheon Culture Village
One of my favourite places we have visited in Korea was Gamcheon Village in Busan. According to wikipedia, the “village has been reborn as Busan’s most colourful and artistic spot”. Here are a few images from the visit there.
Street photography workshop
Last weekend, I used this “resolution” to join Josh and Sean for a workshop and, at the same time, test out the X-Pro3, which I was lucky enough to get on the same day it was released. Here are some pics from the workshop and my observations about the entire experience. I don’t find any of these images particularly noteworthy - they are snapshots rather than “unrepeatable moments”.