Reflections from an overnight train ride from Hong Kong to Shanghai and a high-speed rail journey along China’s eastern territory
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Je voudrais que quelqu’un m’attende quelque part
18 September 2013, Rotterdam Centraal
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Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Rotterdam Centraal Station
I bought a few CDs after work today. This included two jazz albums: All Our Reasons featuring Billy Hart, together with Ethan Iverson, Mark Turner and Ben Street; Imaginary Sketches featuring Chad McCullough with Bram Weijters Quartet. While listening to them this evening, I was reminded of the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, which AB…
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Ludwigshafen, Germany
For my project during the Magnum Photos workshop, I had considered focusing on Ludwigshafen – a city that is less than 30 minutes by train from Heidelberg – before eventually deciding on the disused tobacco machines instead. I spent a few hours on the first afternoon of the workshop taking photos around the city’s infamous central…
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Symmetry: Antwerp Central Station
When I travel, I usually take only a few pictures of renowned monuments and buildings as there are already many great images that others have captured of these places before I. Unless I find something particularly different or interesting, I rather spend my time wandering around and taking in the ambiance. This was what happened…
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Prague: Art Nouveau
I spent a few hours today editing a press release and reading about Art Nouveau / Jugendstil / Seccession styles. Before I moved to Europe, I barely knew or even heard of these art movements. In Singapore, I grew up surrounded mostly by buildings of the Brutalist or Post-Modernist styles, with a few in colonial…
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Hong Kong: Moments to Remember
After yesterday’s post, counting down to my visit to Hong Kong, I was inspired to go through the photos of HK that I’ve taken between 1995 and 2011. I had wanted to put up 20 photos – to coincide with my being in HK in 20 days from today. But there are too many that…
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Angelina Hue 