A game of Baibalaa at sunset this evening...
Monday, October 29, 2007
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
The Baikulhandhu story... part I
Part of the problem lies within the 'Baikulhandhu madhu vaane...' approach we have towards each other. No need to blame MTPB.
Haveeru Article.
http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=details&id=59200&category=cTrOPir
We all have it. Maybe it was the way we were fed and brought up. The 'beg and get' approch that has been so rigorously pushed by our parents or bosses or Governments. Or by our religion.
Part of the problem also lies in a sickness called selfishness.
True, people like Michael Friedel has made Millions ($) by selling off the beauty of Maldives. And God knows how many other photographers (non-maldivians) are out there trying the same thing. What else are they supposed to do anyway?
1. Sit at the Trends garden and write petitions against each other?
2. Or.., organise extravagant bbqs to see how many heads turn up for the event group photo?3. Or, waste time... looking up the internet for camera release dates?
Typical Maldivian habits. Habits that need to be broken, if we are ever to compete with 'foreign' photographers.
When Minister Nasheed came up with a proposed plan to help young photographers to launch their careers and help market their work as a unified group... the first things members of this group did was, start verbal fights with each other...
Fights over such meaningless small things, (on public internet forums, of all the places?) to such an extent, that potential donors and even possible clients, ran away.
Can we be more stupid? Can we be more Maldivian?
Besides... how much right do we have, to complain that somebody else has to have a hand over things even a monkey has brains to know that he has to do it by himself?
1. Take a good photo.
2. Market it.
3. Earn money from it.
My question is .. if you don't do it, 1 or 2 or 3, who else will do it for you, your mother?
Well, certainly not MTPB.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Adventure in the Snake Valley
Photos from a location near Hnakede, Addu. About 15 minutes ride from my home.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Bannerama!
Snaps from a recent banner printing project carried out at my home...
Each banner is made up of about 100 A4 pages tiled together... Just to give you an indication of the size. Thanks Morshid, fore being my assistant.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Saturday, October 06, 2007
The lost bridges of Anantara...
Photo from May 2004.
I have always wanted to see these bridges from up close... but never had the opportunity. I was sadly dismayed earlier this year to see them dismantled. So it is goodbye to bridges then.
I have always wanted to see these bridges from up close... but never had the opportunity. I was sadly dismayed earlier this year to see them dismantled. So it is goodbye to bridges then.
Friday, October 05, 2007
Issues at hand: Alidhoo Island.
I will not cry...or feel pity over the direct results of elected, intelligent and responsible people, in whose hands lie, the decisions that will affect my children.
Alidhoo Island, above... in its pristine state, back in 2004.
There was a frantic rush among the business community in Maldives, to see who could come out with the most... genial idea for development, pump in money for rent, source investors, contract out the cheapest labor, market as if it was Viagra(!) and sell it from glossy brochures to some misinformed tourist halfway around the World.
Oh, and in the process, the Island ended up as a Sri Lankan owned property.
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Today: No wonder guests arriving here, do nothing all day... but complain.
Cause: Environmental destruction.
I will somehow try, and get used to it.
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Thursday, October 04, 2007
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Monday, October 01, 2007
Flying over 'crator' country. :p
Taken a few years back... during an aerial survey of newly leased resort islands. This is from far North Maldives.
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