Archive for the ‘070109’ Category
070109 – Wei Yang
070109 – Kang Li
Hats off to him: Jerry Tan bought his first hat after chancing upon a group of “cowboys” doing “some weird dance” at Sembawang Yacht Club in 2000. The cowboys were in fact line dancers. Fascinated by the dress code and dance routines, he signed up for line dancing classes at the Residents’ Committee near his HDB flat. He now dances once a week. “I wouldn’t dance if I am not dressed properly. I will always wear a hat, shirt and boots. These people (the others) wear anything they like, but I don’t like to wear just anything.” Jerry now owns six hats, few boots and perhaps 30 attires, all of which were bought from USA. His wife, a dancing partner, has a collection much bigger.
Photographer’s Notes: I was hanging around with a group of line dancing folks at Chinatown Point when a couple suddenly turned up in the most flamboyant of attire. They wore matching cream-coloured hats, donned boots and had belts that screamed: “look at my waist!” It was a stark contrast to the rest who wore tank tops, T-shirts and very plain-looking shoes. I knew I had to get a picture of them. The light on the public dance floor was bad so I requested to take a couple shot at a place where the light was more concentrated. But the wife declined. Luckily, Jerry obliged and I positioned him against a yellow pillar, one of the many in the shopping centres, where a spotlight shone from above. The silhouette of his hat, which was the first thing that grabbed my attention of him, came out nicely enough.
070109 – Kevin
Like Old Times: The elderly man, well past his 70s, saunters with a walking aid down the Venetian Renaissance-styled corridor of an even older Stamford House. Built in 1904, Stamford House was the shopping hub of Singapore in its heyday. The gazetted conservation building will undergo redevelopment later this year to keep up with more decades of proposed entertainment, retail and hotel usage in the area.
070109 – Alex
Lorry Boys: More than 20 boys onboard a single lorry were spotted at a major traffic junction near Bukit Timah Road. Under the Road Traffic Act, a lorry driver is not allowed to carry an excess number of passengers at the back. Also, the passengers must be seated in a manner that would not cause them to fall out of the lorry.
Photographer’s Notes: While taking transport home, I came across this unusual sight at a junction. At first, I merely stared at them as another car was blocking my view of the boys. However, after seeing the condition that the boys were being transported in, I took out the camera and snapped away. The boys waved back after a few of them spotted me.
070109 – Rachel
Bass guitarist of Lucid, Brandon, strums vehmently to the songs of the band’s self written songs. The band consists of four friends who have been jamming together for about a year. They were recording a couple of songs in a small studio in Chinatown to submit for a competition that weekend.
070109 – Adeline
Shattered pieces: Shoppers inside Raffles City shopping mall were diverted away from a scene of broken glass shards near the entrance of the building around 6.30pm. According to a salesperson from The Body Shop, which was nearest to the scene, a lady had been leaning against the glass panels when one of them shattered. She escaped with some scratches on her back.
Photographer’s Notes: It was an unusual (and also dangerous) sight to see the broken glass pieces in an area with high human traffic. I was curious as to how the glass panel could have shattered and managed to capture a few shots before the security guard motioned for me to stop. Soon after, an ambulance arrived and the medics entered the building via the carpark. Meanwhile, a group of cleaners had assembled to clear up the mess. Within 30 minutes, everything was back to normal.
070109 – Jing Ting
Unwanted catch: In a fishing harbour off Yilan, Taiwan, the unwanted fishes are separated from the rest of the catch. These fishes are then disposed into a huge trash.
Photographer’s notes: This scene drew my attention cos the fishes were all strewn on the floor and they were a myriad of colours and species. It was sad cos the prettiest of the marine creatures were also the most useless to fishmongers. It seems that their value will only be truly admired in aquariums or by divers.
