Photo-journalism

Love and Erotic Art

Love and Erotic Art

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Jean Couteau presented at Usada in Ubud, Bali - Balinese love and sexuality - from a philosophical and social point of view, enlightened by reference to stories and erotic illustrations.... >>>

Balinese Masters at ABBC

Balinese Masters at ABBC

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Calling Balinese painting traditional misrepresents the dynamics and highly innovative nature of painting in Bali. Tradition implies lack of change, adherence to set types. While both the... >>>

Nixon Park

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The bowly cement patch, you can see from Google Earth, in Nixon Park in Auckland, is every kid daily Skatepark. Went there, shot some action... Check it out! >>>

Naturals

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Naturals is a new work By Rokma shot in Thailand some time ago. Some say there is God guiding children. Surely they do express this ice cream moment beautifully... >>>

Yogyakarta Wall Art

Yogyakarta Wall Art

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The strong nationalism and artistic talent of this city’s young people is reflected in these murals that appeared all over the on the eve of the 73 year celebration of Indonesia... >>>

Before the silence

Before the silence

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The excitement of the Ogoh-ogoh night is going to stick into your mind for the whole day of silence that follows. >>>

Art is a selfie background

Art is a selfie background

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Art, formerly considered an high end cultural extravaganza, is now entering a new perception phase. Forget the eye opening art-critic comment, the interview with author, the art piece... >>>

A nomadic Life

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As an old tradition, Khampas from all over the Tibetan Plateau come to celebrate The Litang Horse Festival every August in Litang County, Sichuan province, China. >>>

Products are people

Products are people

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Products are people and they're looking at me. – Anthropomorphism, the innate human tendency to attribute human or human-like characteristics, motives and behaviours to non-human forms,... >>>

Paradise Garbage

Paradise Garbage

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In Bali, as tourism grown more and more every year, the trash at the Suwung Waste Disposal Area is a mountain of rubbish that dominates the landscape. 30 Hectares site, with some hills... >>>

Burning trash

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I had always thought that's just the poor people who clean their yard by burning the rubbish, but I had to change my mind. I spoke recently with a rich kid from an high status family in... >>>

Bali Chinese rooster

Bali Chinese rooster

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The year of the Rooster just started with the traditional festivities that the Balinese Chinese community celebrate with lots of incenses and the Barongsai dance. This is the beautiful... >>>

Women, flowers and dances

Women, flowers and dances

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An head full of flowers carefully prepared in the shape of an headdress. Once a year the young girls of the village carry it for a whole afternoon performing a slow dance. >>>

Bloody Gourmet

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What we eat is completely related to the culture in which we grow up. Few reflect on the impact that our diet may have on the planet or on other living creatures, few reflect on the actual... >>>

Old and happy

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Why is it that many old people in western societies look all but happy? Has it to do with separation and loneliness? Is it the price to pay for what they call progress? Has it to do with... >>>

Good luck, bad luck...

Good luck, bad luck...

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Welcoming the Year of the Horse 2014 the Lunar New Year celebration in Singapore is a whole array of events. In Chinatown 88 illuminated lantern sculptures of horses galloping towards... >>>

Snaking into Milano China

Snaking into Milano China

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2013 Snake year celebration parade is being held in Milano Chinatown. Clean winter sky, a warm shy sun to celebrate cultural identity with ease. >>>

Songkran 2555, Water Morning

Songkran 2555, Water Morning

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Songkran is the traditional New Year’s Day in Thailand. It is a time for spiritual cleansing and renewal. Typically the day starts with a visit to the temple where people will... >>>

Hong Kong Dragons

Hong Kong Dragons

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2012 year of the Dragon. Here is a visual journey of the new year's celebrations in Hongkong. A big Parade and massive fireworks which is hard to miss. >>>

Consider the Weight of air

Consider the Weight of air

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Consider the sea and oceans of the world as a jelly, and the surface of this jelly medium as a skin and lets think of this as our idealized world where we can make generalisations. >>>

The Mah Song

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Marionettes of Spirits, The Mah Song. On an early morning in October, a crowd of men and women from Phuket's Thai-Chinese community gather in silence at the temple. >>>

Royal Iconography

Royal Iconography

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Many Thai people sincerely love their King. Most houses or shops display at least one photo of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. >>>

Kantata Barock, music for peace

Kantata Barock, music for peace

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Comprising the former members of Kantata Takwa, this new music collaboration continues in their tradition of writing socially charged music for which they are so revered for in Indonesia. >>>

Thailand election posters

Thailand election posters

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Fumes is offering a glimpse of the styles and subjects used in campaigns during this general election. Fumes attempts to translate the various campaign slogans that reveal candidates... >>>

Thailand's Sex Tourism

Thailand's Sex Tourism

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During the Vietnam war, American Soldiers would come to Thailand for R&R. Since then, Thailand has become known throughout the world as a premier destination for sex tourism. >>>

Songkran 2554, Water Festival

Songkran 2554, Water Festival

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Songkran is the traditional New Year Day in Thailand. It is a time for spiritual cleansing and renewal. Typically the day starts with a visit to the temple where people will collect the... >>>

Muay Thai Round 1

Muay Thai Round 1

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Muay Thai is a combat sport known as the 'Art of Eight Limbs' or the 'Science Of Eight Limbs' because it makes use of punches, kicks, elbows and knee strikes, thus using eight points of... >>>

A Shaman, His Family and his First Alaia Surfboard

A Shaman, His Family and his First Alaia Surfboard

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The Mentawai people are an indigenous tribe of hunters who live deep in the jungle of Siberut Island, off the coast of western Sumatra. They live in isolation by choice, rejecting... >>>

Sepak Takraw

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Sepak Takraw is a sport popular throughout South East Asia, with lots of fans in Thailand and Malaysia. Fumes caught up with some fishermen in an afternoon pickup game in the Thai province... >>>

Human Mechanic

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Urut massage is perhaps the most sophisticated of all the Indonesian healing arts and can only be found in Bali and in Java, where the Majapahit Kingdom flourished and was influenced from... >>>

Nigerian sunday

Nigerian sunday

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A West African community gathers at Sunday for a energetic gospel session. The goal is to build unity, faith and happiness in every man and woman. >>>

Yogyakarta, a Week Before the Eruption

Yogyakarta, a Week Before the Eruption

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The 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi began in late October 2010 when Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia began an increasingly violent series of eruptions that continued into November,... >>>

Hanging out

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A suspension is the act of suspending a human body from hooks that have been put through body piercings. These piercings are temporary and are performed just prior to the actual... >>>

Slank and Slankers

Slank and Slankers

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Formed in 1983, Slank is an Indonesian superband. By numbers, they are the biggest indie band in the world. Known for their socio-politically driven music, they were censored from TV and... >>>

Ogoh ogoh

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The main purpose of the making of Ogoh-ogoh is the purification of the natural environment of any spiritual pollutants emitted from the activities of living beings, especially humans. >>>

Conflict Minerals

Conflict Minerals

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In the past ten years, the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo has taken more than 6 million lives. It is a conflict that still has not ended, taking 45,000 lives a month, 1,500 lives... >>>

Unity in Diversity

Unity in Diversity

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Indonesia's experience in pushing harmony and acceptance of differences lays his roots in the Pancasila principles. >>>

Indo Vespa Community

Indo Vespa Community

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The Indonesian Vespa Scooterist Community is a gang of rasta commandos who ride for inter-island brotherhood. >>>

Sumba's Kodi

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For 350 years, the Dutch colonised the vast archipelago of Indonesia but never even managed to set up an administrative post on the island of Sumba. >>>