Exam scripts marking is done. Examiners report is done. Time for 2 months of semester holidays soon! But i'll be teaching some part-time courses during these 2 months, so its not going to be a long break but at least i'm paid extra $$$ for that!
I usually spent lots of time with Mom and princess Fiona during my break. And of course lots of time on taking photographs too! That's the time that really belongs to me. Oh damn...got a new module to develop for next semester...so that woud take up extra time during my break...Gee..
Been thinking alot about my personal projects. I'm primarily interested to document human relationships like lately Ivy Singh-Lim forging a special bond with her employee from Bollywood Veggies. Not only did she not blame her employee for faking immigration passes, she also adopted him as a son and pay for all the litigation fees... I wanna do a portrait of her and her adopted son. And I'm gonna call her tomorrow for permission. I pray she would allow me to do so, coz she doesn't know me.
The next project which I wanna do is a series of portraits of my colleagues in the office. Like a tribute to lecturers. Many have been lecturing for a long long time. My colleague Poh Tee always teased me - "When I started teaching, you are still wearing diapers"....She is fantastic. She doesn't give a damn to the promotion. Her only real love and concern are for her students. And to advance in ones career in the education institution, one ought to do all the extra CCA. But not Poh Tee. She is really interesting and I would like to take a nice portrait of her. She's been lecturing for the past 18 years. There are so many of them.
Well that's what I would like to do. Other projects would be portraits of inter-racial couples in Singapore coz there are so many of them recently! But that would means approaching strangers on the street and I would be doing such lousy job with approaching strangers. I always imagine people looking me like a freak when I take photographs publicly!
This is a world where lives and relationships are so fragile, where we become so oblivious with our neighbours, colleagues, man on the streets, where we continue to damage our Mother Earth despite knowing the magnitude of destruction human had caused to the Earth. We are the best and worst species on Earth. And I like to document the way I view this world as much as possible before I die. For most of us will take along something with us when we die - Our Dreams
1 comment:
You're so romantic and idealistic... it's very sweet.
I take my camera with me everywhere, it's in my bag and it comes with me to work, to the supermarket or when I go for a walk. If I happen to see something that I find worth photographying I simply produce my camera and clic. Some friends have laughed at this but I'm learning not to care. I say this because I think that you shouldn't be deterred by the fact that people might think you're a freak if you start taking pictures on the street. No artist is stopped by things like that. What do you care what others may think of you? Photography is your passion, it's what you want to do, you shouldn't be restricted or limited in your freedom by fear of what others may think or by any other thing that may stop you (provided it is not "too" illegal and not "too" inmoral). I hope this is not sounding blunt or preach-like, I only want to encourage you to go out on the street and take pictures of couples if you feel like doing it, regardless of whether they look at you like you are nuts. I think the results of such a project could be very interesting. Good luck!
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