Loud music was blaring from the speakers, and amid the cacophony, the auctioneer was trying to outdo the noise by yelling yet louder into his microphone, attempting to hike the price up for a bag of charcoal in an auction of auspicious items supposedly symbolizing wealth. The price was at…
The tracks were still vibrating from the train that left a moment ago, a faint metallic zinging, not unlike a robotic cricket. The morning sun was low in the sky, casting long shadows on the ground, its sticky heat already starting to build up, heralding another hot day ahead. It…
The clock read 10:52pm. The air warm and muggy, it hung like a damp blanket over everything. Beads of sweat formed on your forehead even if you were standing still, the occasional breeze offering scant relief. Late night diners hung around on the corner coffeeshops, largely keeping to themselves as…
Singapore is not exactly known as the most liberal or gay-friendly country. Quite the opposite in fact. It is officially illegal to be gay in Singapore, being criminalised under Section 377A of the Penal Code of Singapore as ‘Outrages on decency’, even between consensual (male) adults, with a penalty of…
Bayer arrays? Anti-aliasing filters? Megapixels? Sweep Panoramas? Some prefer to keep it old school with 6×6 medium format film. I came across this guy shooting the streets with his trusty Pentacon Six, a medium format Single Lens Reflex (SLR) developed in Germany in the 1950s, and manufactured till the early…
The high pitched whirring sent small slivers of metal flying, the bystanders took a half step back, but the man with the trained hands didn’t even flinch. He has done this a thousand times before, each time producing a perfect replica of the key. He carries on to file and…