No.66 Issue 5/2009
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Of water… and colours
A journey less travelled
After a decade of looking through the lens as a commercial and fashion photographer, we are able to enjoy the fruits of one photographer’s labour that reflects a look and a style that sets it apart.
by Aaron Wong
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Labour of love
One photographer’s journey
along a current less travelled
The works of Todd Essick has inspired Indonesian photographer, Windiarto Tjandra, to become a dive master and create his own collection of works. Imitation, they say, is the best form of a compliment. Today, Essick builds a new collection, this time in Palau at the Jellyfish Lake with his new muse.
by Todd Essick
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21st century batik
Twelfth century beginnings
Rediscover batik as it transforms and merge with the gaudy history of Indonesia. From the natives to the influx of the Chinese, British and Europeans, batik has seen some beautiful changes in its landscape of design and colours, infiltrating global fashion runways and stakes its claim in the 21st
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by Khong Swee Lin
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Romancing the stone
What has become of Asia’s
dazzling industry?
From the mines of Russia to India, Borneo to Australia, diamonds from Asia has had a history of magnificence and splendour so
great, they sit on the most treasured of pieces deemed priceless today. ASIAN Geographic traces the development of what has come of this sparkling industry.
by Finn Cohen (Russia) & Suchit Nanda (India)
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The mystery behind the make-up
Described as the surviving soul of a lost culture, the geisha has suffered over exposure and misconceptions over the years. Embodying discretion, grace, and a reputation for purity with had an aristocratic air, geisha-dom is a shrinking profession; a woman can make far more money in the boardroom than in the teahouses. On the other side of the world, thousands of dollars is spent on geisha cultural classes, where female clients dream of attaining a geisha’s sensuality and her ability to lure and control men.
by Emily Drew
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