snowy Paris...mostly from my window...

I woke up on a sunny day thinking I am so happy to be there when we have such a nice weather...

The next day the view from my window changed to a really snowy landscape... quite a change when you live in Singapore 30 degrees all the time climate!

still from my window..

the little bench looks really lonely in the snow

I used to go my favourite spot by the lake and relax. This day was so cold I was freezing over there and needed to watch my step because the roads were slippery

so I decided to go back home and indulge my self in a hot chocolate instead...as it suits perfectly with the snow

a reflection seen from my living room

flower power

on a quiet week end in Singapore.. boring but chilled... I decided to take a walk in the botanical garden orchids section ...

after alomost 2 years here.. the first impression was..shit! I should have tried it earlier! this place is really nice...

obviously you need to take a close look at everything . No need to rush...

It is always quite difficult to capture lights and colors from flowers.

Usually when I see photographers spending hours taking a pic from a tiny flower I find it boring.. and especially when I see the final picture. It is very hard to get a vivid result

After all it reminds me of landscapes they can be really plain and boring ..that's probably when the talent for composing a decent frame makes all the difference..

after this day, I realise I have a lot to learn..! Flowers can tell you beautiful stories but you need to know how to capture them

and there is technical skills involve but above all it requires patience

but sometimes it is just a question of following the light and colors

as if something was truly revealing itself only for you...

on the boat...

from view point

Oz on the road

looking for peaceful places

Singapore Photo Festival

You probably barely heard of the second edition of the Photo Festival of Singapore probably because it was not very well advertised.

Even if the event was not a blast I think it is worth mentioning it since Singaporeans love photography and the city is doing its best to become an international centre for Arts.

Many events & exhibitions were taking place in the City around the annual theme of the festival: Human Nature.

From the ones that I missed... I wished I got a chance to see the Love Hotel work from Grace Kim. it reminds me of this show about voyeurism in London.

On Sunday, I took a look at the Old School at Mount Sofia which is an amazing place. It might look like a maze the first time you get there since finding your way around is a nightmare.

But when you take a walk inside its walls you can imagine kids playing around like back in the old times..there is something smooth and welcoming about the building even if it is big and white... I really like the surroundings...

The 2 galleries dedicated to photography located in the Old School are the 2902 and the Gallery.

In the Gallery I really enjoyed discovering the work of this Indian artist Palani Mohan.

Armed of his camera he followed the fanatics of Kushti an ancestral version of wrestling that is practised since 3000 years ago.

The work of Massimo Vitali was really impressive. Technically taking gigantic pictures of this quality and that detailed requires a lot of work.

His work is probably inspired of the post modern photographer Andreas Gursky - who is famous also for hitting sales record with a GBP 1.7 mio worth photography.

People in Vitali's work are pictured as small pieces in gigantic and beautiful landscapes, remaining us that maybe compared to Nature we are nothing?

if you want to know more about him {http://www.massimovitali.com/}

and finally I appreciated the work of Kris Vervaeke a set of pictures found on tombstones in graveyards... as the pictures are losing their original colors they suggest that there are fading away as the subject on the photography... reminding us that we are return to anonynity and human life is a paranthesis in the cycle of Nature.

All in all the festival was good initiative to learn more about photography and its evolutions... I did not mention all the "photoshop works" probably because I have a tendency to like traditional B&W old photography.

But technologies are playing a tremendous role in that they allow artists to let their imagination grow and fantasise about different universes. Zhao Renhui did a great photoshop work in imagining a parody of scientific expedition on a new island Pulau Pejantan.

But is this still photography or another form of Art?

wandering in London around the Tate modern... going to the weirdest photo show ever... enjoy the light sunday sun...

Love and desire