tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3409391833023603842024-03-14T17:43:21.057+08:00Morgan & OwensMorgan & Owens = photographers James Owens and Jessie Morgan-Owens, currently based in Singapore.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-83401305810417294652013-01-07T07:19:00.000+08:002013-01-07T07:19:33.166+08:00 The Hat Picture<br />
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We were recently invited to comment on the story behind what we felt was our most memorable image (so far). They asked: "Why does this image matter to you? What do you remember about taking the picture? Did the picture get published? How often do you think about this picture?"<br />
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When we were first starting out, in 2002, a one-day shoot in Charleston, South Carolina for a page story in <i>Travel + Leisure </i>was A Big Deal. Our assignment was to photograph a handful of new businesses that were opening up on the edge of downtown on Upper King Street, and we brought our A-game. What appeared to be the most photographable subject on the list that day was Magar Hatworks, where Leigh Magar was making a go at traditional millinery in an old part of town. We spent about 2 hours photographing there. The hats were gorgeous, as you can see, and the shop was functional — focused on the artisan’s workshop in the back. One of us — we don’t really know who—no, <i>really</i>, we don’t know — took a relatively instinctual shot of the wall from the opposite wall. The railroad-width shop meant a shortened frame that give the image its distinctive crop. I’ve often wanted to go back and see if we took other versions that day, but I never seem to get around to it. I guess I don’t want to spoil the magic.<br />
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When we got home, these pictures from our day in Charleston formed the backbone of a portfolio of images we were building to get our photography business off the ground. When we were awarded PDN30 in 2008, this image was used to advertise a talk we gave at Parsons for emerging photographers. The sponsors printed the image A0 on foam mount to greet the audience as they filed into the hall. The poster then rode around in the back of the sponsor’s SUV for a month before finally arriving at our home in Brooklyn. We hung it on the bedroom wall, and re-hung it in our new bedroom when we moved to Asia, and will hang it here in Boston when our shipment arrives. This picture might be the first and last image we see most days.<br />
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There was another shot of Jessie trying on one of the hats, that ran in the magazine. “The hat picture” did not. Most people love it as a print, but maybe not so much as an editorial image. I agree with James when he says, “it is rare that a single image stretches out to fill the space of one’s whole career so early.” In those early days, producing more and more new images was our tantamount concern. Some of these early images, like our ‘hat picture’ became so representative of us-to-us, that it has become a sort of logo. It has been the opening shot of several of our portfolios. It is on our website to this day.<br />
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As an emblem, it speaks volumes to us of the power of ingenuity, of talent, drive, and hustle in the production of art (hats and photographs, both) and it came out of a time in our artistic lives when an image this good, an image that sang aloud when we first cut it from the contact sheet, was like gold in the bank. The image is a simple, graphically-driven shot in primary colors, but it is also idiosyncratic in its way. As James says, this was one of those images that wills itself upon you as a image maker. It wants to be the cover image for two or three book projects; it wants to be an ‘award image;’ it wants to print wall-sized. This picture has needs of its own.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Leigh Magar, Five years later in <i>Budget Travel </i></span></div>
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Five years later, we would return to Magar Hatworks, this time on an 8-day feature story assignment. Leigh Magar, too was thriving — her hats were featured at Barney’s New York now, her men’s line made popular by a celebrity trend. The Upper King Street area around her had grown up too, with the Lee Bros. marketing their cookbooks and boiled peanuts across the street, and designers and boutiques moving in everyday. This time, Leigh was much more comfortable in front of the camera. So we photographed her, making another of our favorite images [Figure 2, above: Leigh Magar five years later]. We also used the “hat picture” set up for a portrait of local designers. I remember wondering if we could “re-photograph” the hat picture and capture the same magic, but the shop layout had changed, and so had we.<br />
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The deep impression this image has left on us has something to do with what it says to us about what we do when we make photographs. Even though it isn't a portrait, we consider this work emblematic of our tribe: people who have scrapped together a dream of making things through a lifestyle of hard work, ingenuity, and creativity. The people we met in Charleston that day, and many others, are members of that tribe. The movement to upcycle, to learn heirloom artisanal crafts, to guerilla garden, to write poetry, we know so much about these things, and so little about taking a more regular path to riches and renown. We have photographed artists, chefs, silversmiths, fashion designers, weavers, architects, glassblowers, and more creative people than we can count on three continents now. We’ve eaten mangos from their backyards and tried on their hats. We even photographed another milliner, in Seoul [Figure 5: Mogool Millinery]. When there is a language barrier, we use the international language of Polaroid to make our vision clear. We hand out the files to these images to our subjects to use in promoting themselves. We believe that folks succeed in crowds, and we feel fortunate to be in a profession that gives us long afternoons photographing and chatting with so many successful and smart people. </blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-53956870824703462482013-01-03T22:26:00.001+08:002013-01-03T22:26:39.961+08:00Morgan & Owens InterviewAn article about Morgan & Owens, "On the Move," appeared at the Wonderful Machine blog over the holidays. Find it <a href="http://blog.wonderfulmachine.com/2012/12/on-the-move-morgan-owens" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-25821310871164127972012-08-30T01:17:00.000+08:002012-08-30T06:34:40.778+08:00Singapore's new-millenial gardens for Travel + LeisureWe nearly missed seeing CD Sandra Garcia's handiwork on the newsstands during our long relocation from Singapore to Boston. She has been great to work with across several titles, and she has crafted an extensive redesign for Travel + Leisure magazine this year. Check it out - we're pleased to be a part of it!<br />
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It's hard to imagine our Singapore home fading into memory! Better to revive our memories by diving into our trove of images from the "other side" -- a project we can't wait to start on between shoots this fall. More to come, along with new print editions, to be sure!Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01327655111784269298noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-42705791619489815692012-06-26T08:44:00.001+08:002012-06-26T12:15:52.576+08:00Nathaniel James: Look who came to town!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been an exciting spring since our last update. To say the least, we'd like to officially welcome our first born Nathaniel James to the Morgan & Owens enterprise. May he live long and endure many photoshoots with dear old Mom and Dad.<br />
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Favorite travel magazines Travel + Leisure and Conde Nast Traveller
UK kept us busy around Singapore over the last few months while Jessie transitioned into a
Creative Director/Producer role during her maternity leave. See the new Gardens By The Bay spread out this month with Conde Nast Traveller UK below, look for more in Travel + Leisure, and keep an eye out for what might be our largest feature page-count to date later in fall 2012 (details later!) <br />
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We also enjoyed new clients Credit Suisse and even appreciated getting our first full-sized bus-painted advertisement for a Singaporean University! <br />
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But while our busy shooting schedule had us focusing on Singapore in big ways, Jessie's academic work drew our gaze toward our next adventure! We
will be leaving Singapore at the end of July after three fantastic years to base out of Boston for a
year while she works on her early-American research projects and is a guest colleague
at Wellesley College. More on that in our next post!Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01327655111784269298noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-31958741373102546622012-01-13T14:20:00.004+08:002012-01-13T14:28:26.765+08:00Malaysia edition<div>: Straits Collection, Penang<div></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="width: 700px; height: 922px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVCm9sfRQBLaYsnJpzUdTnOoeBMMb7juz-E5_G39ADOyFltTjtPLHNgzhW6kK5U3fdKpbk_HgHCCe3R3gM3G4043ILZQVjpvbEZR_5AY-H8GRvj_V6dPq4AHl9sOw-c3lowRVtNfjqC3H0/s1600/malaysia_bt-2367.jpg" /></div><div></div></div><div><i><span><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span>Prints available at: <a href="http://morganowens.photoshelter.com/gallery/Prints-for-Sale/G00009hAAwHdbn5Y/">Morgan & Owens Prints</a></span></i></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01327655111784269298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-69866760181895353842011-12-19T11:44:00.001+08:002011-12-19T11:48:19.865+08:00Prints for Sale<br />
<br />Last minute Christmas shopping? We have selected a handful of our favorite 2011 Morgan & Owens prints to share with you, now on sale at our photoshelter gallery. <div>
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Shipped from US, in sizes from desk-top 4"x 5" to big-wall 24"x 35," in prints and stretched canvas. If you're located in Europe, Asia, or elsewhere, drop us a line, and we'll work out getting your print to you. Limited editions will be printed by us and shipped at the New Year, when we return from a little merry-making trip to Phuket. <br /></div>
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<br /><br />These are our favorite (mostly pescetarian) local dishes.<br /> <br />Deserving of its own category, LAKSA is a coconut noodle soup, flavored by a complex spice mix that changes from region to region, even between neighborhoods (but always includes laksa leaves). Sungei Road Laksa, near the "Thieves Market" where the older gentleman behind the counter "tariks" or pulls the coconut broth over the noodles. Get two bowls so you don't have to stand in line twice -- you will want more. My friend over at <a href="http://notabilia.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/cooking-with-shirley-of-kokken69/">Notabilia</a> just posted a vegetarian recipe you might wanna try....</div>
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<br />POPIAH rolls resemble a small burrito: a rice paper"skin" wrapped around cabbage, nuts, eggs, tiny shrimp, chili and seasoning. Qi Ji, a local chain whose most central location is at the bottom of the Technology mall Funan. Pick up a hard drive and a delicious snack! Fresh iced chrysanthemum tea and popiah, mmmmmm. <div style="text-align: left;">
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<ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zCJw_qNyRl0gf0Fy8ZEHLlWjdiUTBM4FTdgscB1veaiqaA9UHbEZXgKSj_PN29X5fb2mIH1vKBAi7HfmqFaAK4321PPbb01YwYV4OKc-tGH3RrZMOXeJPoMQba2VV4IdLPCJUeqcbWQ/s1600/DesignSquare_Owens-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zCJw_qNyRl0gf0Fy8ZEHLlWjdiUTBM4FTdgscB1veaiqaA9UHbEZXgKSj_PN29X5fb2mIH1vKBAi7HfmqFaAK4321PPbb01YwYV4OKc-tGH3RrZMOXeJPoMQba2VV4IdLPCJUeqcbWQ/s320/DesignSquare_Owens-1.jpg" width="251" /></a>Also in Tiong Bahru market food center, you'll find stalls three excellent dishes to try: Chwee Kueh, a hot preserved radish topping on glutinous rice cake with chili oil at Jian Bo #02-05, Lor Mee, a thick soup with fried fish on top at #02-23, and Pau (hot steamed buns) at Tiong Bahru Pau #02-18. You should probably have some sugarcane juice with lemon to wash it down. </ul>
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<ul>The Chilli Crab, favorite national dish to serve to tourists, is really extraordinary. You can get lots of versions of it, and they are all different recipes. Black Pepper Crab, Crab Bee Hoon (see above) -- all are wonderful, so eat in a big group to get more than one. Our favorite spot for this dish is at East Coast Park, where several of the best seafood restaurants are "co-located," in a pleasant breezy spot by the sea. </ul>
<ul>Finally, there's Chicken Rice. I've never tried it, but our subjects always seem to LOVE Tian Tian at Maxwell Hawker Center, and so do Robin and James. So there you go. </ul>
<ul>Next time, I'll report on food served with air-conditioning. </ul>
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height: 878px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizc5kwsQO3SPWs1QYVAwmOo-2Hz_xqViG4YK3EXv_eqDL5tUarM43g9l9iIBZF_Xx7xr2YF8NBBIiKiRi99meoU4mW0msf2N2S32_P0KNG0hIK-z1Q6H-HTXYNqHNAn2YQqFbP9JRkU4Ws/s1600/home_001.jpg" />Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01327655111784269298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-83943866449908985072011-09-22T10:13:00.017+08:002011-09-22T11:47:17.088+08:00Seoul Cool - September, Travel + Leisure<img style="width: 721px; height: 482px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjozTx_KXpPMIeEQv1AiW-kXLkR1DEd-qJBsqsT5GS2FgvkCocGmLxvr8RqLsl7kzn1LylJRvJOUbfw47V9ieFhzhOYJz6mLn77kE-iWqyrIyQw9RQF6VFelSk7Rja1uo1F0PUYdrN264kA/s1600/09SEOUL-1.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqA4VGvAve_-FqsvFYjFp19bHgy_z5tqvIHt0pScEyITzfloEtfYiwU5TfKXCjriVRFv1ZqIEO0MUSTq-4hnVqUZ9ErCEP5bE0rfw-gu8b3g8cFgJ0PTCzmjWAnC1WcFpISR20Hg4llQzY/s1600/seoul_tl-1583.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie74CapzV7rlaVFGo-TuylmB2_4eassgCDDynjbYi_wCTGJPMN-JhM5-o14_rii9etXnqQ_nAVBZl4R7tGmeiOIDaqU9ED4BcXaVO-lFNxLbPoQyIykIm9uux79inGWX-CFRq0ZxNn1k-J/s1600/seoul_tl-672.jpg" /><br /><br /><img style="width: 721px; 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhND8T6vMZdIZHB1boU4EbA782CyvTVFQfuhnxhwRJEv_WdgAd1JigeqkfNplAyBpx3f2cP7j_0SVZqZ15loJpPJUSjE-kAEMELua-LXBgBWMvpkHqFjzN5v0RB354QUD1xvQEZTICg5c7K/s400/seoul_tl-395.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655021762220390994" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Things we loved in Seoul: The street scene - very nyc, the coffee shops (millions of them), the indie designers, Mapo-Gu and Garosugil, walking around the hills of Samcheong Dong, vegetarian dinner at Baru, Miss Park, the size (one of the largest five cities in the world, surprisingly), the couple who started Mogool Millinery, Soju....and, of course, all the lovely people we met and worked with!</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >A lot more than a little bit of soul in Seoul.</span>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01327655111784269298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-1432252241881334932011-09-18T23:01:00.004+08:002011-09-18T23:10:57.866+08:00Malaysia edition: Temple Tree, Langkawi<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinAM6TG3fsaB2g6sf4SdM68zowejPPoUlfjRKWE2BJOx4OSZRT-ZEp-juid7qKJk7Xx4A7W1DBRDmduKz73FLusIVbpYDZACPegkZOQVVvMNMPrH1ST-_OzUy_Xt-S4-gxlj89qcExE-6V/s1600/travel_edit-7.jpg"/>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01327655111784269298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-18229647579358668722011-09-16T13:31:00.022+08:002011-09-16T15:11:27.815+08:00From the archives: June 2011, DestinAsian Magazine<img style="width: 721px; 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height: 482px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59HujtbVHK0nPSGMh5i8mEM4CbvI0XE2-bfPXlW3fshOdby4naMDU46mtQ2bG86O7krGowVUrPY4x5Yy2tnpQuB5rBYjIDCmqyutROu_q7PoHkXWcxjuU_ZNQrgcaGaSDfX62Zr1wuM0Z/s1600/web_destinasian_singfood010.jpg" /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.destinasian.com/issuedet.php?id=2262">Click here</a> to read the story from DesinAsian's Digital Editions.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01327655111784269298noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-70927444658481406792011-08-29T23:53:00.003+08:002011-08-30T00:09:31.482+08:00LeviathanEarlier this summer I made a quick visit to see my dear friends Raphaëlle and Xabi in Paris. Raphaëlle shared this grand exhibition, Monumenta, "Leviathan" by Anish Kapoor. The video does not do justice to the delightful experience of being plankton for a day.
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<br />A quick plug, Xabi has a new book out this month, <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/dp/2021054195">here</a> (en français). Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-15655400297317603212011-06-22T10:58:00.043+08:002011-06-22T15:16:36.293+08:00Malaysia's foodie tour - Budget Travel's May issue<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9aV9z1_AHb_z5q8dn5lz7SX2nZOHES0VmzdHM7n2lKavov3OkNoy0Y7fghoFLq0n91W_YWFQhkRnqosIc99SG3au-E5L-W0raAkOsleJhvODIzck3OiGmQfXnXlWcE977funwEoDBK11N/s1600/11May_Malaysia-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9aV9z1_AHb_z5q8dn5lz7SX2nZOHES0VmzdHM7n2lKavov3OkNoy0Y7fghoFLq0n91W_YWFQhkRnqosIc99SG3au-E5L-W0raAkOsleJhvODIzck3OiGmQfXnXlWcE977funwEoDBK11N/s400/11May_Malaysia-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620884723094543218" /></a>
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<br />This one blew right by us! We shot this feature for Budget Travel in the May issue. It's a wonderful journey up the Malay peninsula from Melaka (Malacca) to Kuala Lumpur up to Penang. <div>
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<br />Because Melaka is so small it feels very classic. Some of the best places in town are tucked into 100+ year-old shophouses, and the vibe is lively on weekends as people pour in from nearby Singapore for a taste. Here, the Peranakan tradition seems very strong, at least at the tourist level.
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<br />KUALA LUMPUR: The contrast between little historic Melaka and bustling modern Kuala Lumpur is stark. We were in the Jalan Alor area, where the street food is gritty and hot! The vibe seems like a blur between classic Malay culture and architecture mixed with a street vibe that I imagine might resemble New York in the 1970's. We introduced ourselves to barbecue stingray, which tasted like something between crab meat and moist grilled cod, and loving the tangy and spicy rub. </div><meta charset="utf-8"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KCVCSXGBMNXf7Fp11I2PH4wCJGKzalZX88dPI22DyOrnHJ1MnEIDxW4MUC1go4Mz7XQGF-OZ1ukmjW4BCwrH7eqT3Uly4jc081n-6SHEpNCJwcufBKh2QRoB_7UcU80EhWTLtdLwAlx6/s1600/kl.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KCVCSXGBMNXf7Fp11I2PH4wCJGKzalZX88dPI22DyOrnHJ1MnEIDxW4MUC1go4Mz7XQGF-OZ1ukmjW4BCwrH7eqT3Uly4jc081n-6SHEpNCJwcufBKh2QRoB_7UcU80EhWTLtdLwAlx6/s400/kl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620892962387937410" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1LyDUqqe7ir-OEYtdIcQljhkXh_Nkm1yUfnsXv1mqOJmFSUB_uVy__XhtCM0RO55A0qWmHXxdNXxpeM_BDJlR7rQCh8ItNtJ1dDNrOUeeFgIXcHNd_v-QmNMGXwGenGtgas-OnSlUak9/s1600/yut_kee.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1LyDUqqe7ir-OEYtdIcQljhkXh_Nkm1yUfnsXv1mqOJmFSUB_uVy__XhtCM0RO55A0qWmHXxdNXxpeM_BDJlR7rQCh8ItNtJ1dDNrOUeeFgIXcHNd_v-QmNMGXwGenGtgas-OnSlUak9/s400/yut_kee.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620911668692417330" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>The Sunday morning scene at Yut Kee,</i></span> where the one-day-a-week roast pork extravaganza creates a line all day long! (right)
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<br /></div><div>We hear rumors that this old and cherished establishment might be pushed out by city development in the area. We sincerely hope not!</div>
<br />Next stop, OLD-TOWN PENANG: We've walked the streets within this historic, unesco-heritage town several times now! It's old, it's hot, rough-and-tumble, and completely charming. In Georgetown, you can find old popiah sheet-makers (below, right) - think pizza tossers mixed with crepe street-venders.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmnDYSENH1A0FBHsStjYK2iZbhNEksnR0EhXyIbYZPWeGuRFn5iG_B5-R7WBNvFkQABmIxA2LHCXvKc-KqGRjfnqcEjlXRAWOs0S_pssMp5bbsOIDIXvD1f9a8jcAgjVR70I_d3dg5q-X/s1600/straights_collection.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmnDYSENH1A0FBHsStjYK2iZbhNEksnR0EhXyIbYZPWeGuRFn5iG_B5-R7WBNvFkQABmIxA2LHCXvKc-KqGRjfnqcEjlXRAWOs0S_pssMp5bbsOIDIXvD1f9a8jcAgjVR70I_d3dg5q-X/s320/straights_collection.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620916446099860930" /></a> Hotels like the <a href="http://www.straitscollection.com.my/">Straights Collection</a> that let you roam through vintage architecture and straits-style furnishings. It's no-doubt our favorite place to stay when in Malaysia (aside from its other location on the island of Langkawi!)Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01327655111784269298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-85075513924405999792011-03-30T21:21:00.009+08:002011-03-30T22:30:28.241+08:00Big River<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglck27aqzaf1csWyl52WAlSY_yVc-rHLqsBVKOmcAzel0fM-tBfJEHk6meNJVvTE_jsrpJRTM9FtWZm2hb2Me7ljb-nrzGWQjAvvhjLelECg_NexY5LvhuB-e9-cH87IU61vlTXSVYgFA/s1600/Picture+1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span">Before we introduce this new work to you, I'd like to take a moment to remember my Aunt Lorene Joslin, who passed away peacefully in Springfield, Missouri this past weekend. A minister to the deaf and a woman of great faith, who spoke with her hands and her heart, she will be missed by our families. I'd like to dedicate the photograph you see here, made last October in Laos, to her memory. It's one of my very favorites, and I hope she'll like it.</span></i><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span"></span>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMYLa2rsPzNY02YKI9aC4MJgowNR5mch0lvocxsMbkedDLkAuszi2qUCqWPx-nmwH353Tqtn1wyaJCQjFUa0ZzwJzZ_f4DPRxwhQQQLCXTh7A8kxVfSQKWC55mUnzLnw7qt8u1-lMZ0c/s400/Picture+3.png" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589864819988047330" /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8">One of our adventures last fall was a three day trip up the mighty Mekong from the Thai border to Luang Prabang last October with the classy boat outfitters <a href="http://luangsay.com/">Luang Say</a>. We shot the story for Budget Travel's spring "Dream Trips" issue.
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<br /></span><div>James is fond of telling people that two things are true of Laos, first, that we would never in a million years have thought we'd get the opportunity to go there twice, each October we've been in Asia--it's just so far away feeling. Second, the town of Luang Prabang is the rare place where you can close your eyes and know right where you are: the smell of the river and the spicy food, the sounds of chanting, bells, and bicycles, the soft mountain air on your face. We'd gladly spend a lifetime sitting in front of Le Banneton, munching on croissants and coffee, getting to know the young monks of Wat Saen, and smiling back at the golden Buddha across the road.
<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><meta charset="utf-8"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVwBXPEpVDfr3IP0TwayUQ6uAHYGolC9CuxBkcCn061D4A0SswnR4HgzcLFIA02QdUubwAf_9dfp3hZNgi2MdMLTD-6ARgHn1fUgSXaPH4ABPkiBp8LYSF6ZcV0Wc8TmmMmqtbl3zIzg/s400/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589866404107776962" style="cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 400px; " /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Our boat stopped over at a small fishing village near Pakbeng. The Khamu (or Khmu), one of the largest ethnic groups in Laos (a place of many ethnicities), live communally in small villages along the river, trading products, fish and rice in the market in Luang Prabang.</div><meta charset="utf-8"><div>
<br /></div><div>It's become an integral part of our photographic practice to give back to the people we photograph by making polaroids after the shooting's done. So without further ado: a video of our happy afternoon among the Khamu.</div>
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<br /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-61338189355383464632011-02-25T10:04:00.000+08:002011-02-25T10:04:30.870+08:00Bali Rock Video!<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4ox-LVYiNnQ?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen=""></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-35634107311463380412011-02-23T19:46:00.011+08:002011-02-23T21:46:25.767+08:00Blissed out Bali! On Newstands<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYiT2rdAJTibqKLYfzH8BABX8nUZkw43hD6A7PbSscGneBX4BhQx_agrxY2Ivx0U1GfXd3NCr3AjZaU_c1vY8jUokjIKHrVfoXtQKR-4KXWpZh4KZUdJisfou8vs9Ixc_Oxxkn6q0hXrA/s1600/morgan_owens_bali_01.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYiT2rdAJTibqKLYfzH8BABX8nUZkw43hD6A7PbSscGneBX4BhQx_agrxY2Ivx0U1GfXd3NCr3AjZaU_c1vY8jUokjIKHrVfoXtQKR-4KXWpZh4KZUdJisfou8vs9Ixc_Oxxkn6q0hXrA/s400/morgan_owens_bali_01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576853318282016386" /></a>
<br />In December we made a second trip to Mambal, near Ubud, to photograph a new treatment center for <i>Destinasian, </i>a luxury travel magazine based on this side of the world. <div> We lit the model Indah (left) with a strobe in a bathtub to her left, and photographed her from a neighboring treatment hut.
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<br /></div><div>The river-side retreat, called <a href="http://fivelements.org/">Fivelements</a>, provides the healing arts Bali has become known for, and adds an exceptional raw-vegan restaurant, villas with groovy lights, and family-style attention to a long list of spiritual and physical interventions, performed by these guys: Pak Dewa re-aligned my Chakras one afternoon, and Wayan cured a headache with a brief massage, and everyone there made us feel right at home. </div><div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-23459495989647636652011-01-24T23:08:00.003+08:002011-01-24T23:18:00.710+08:00Recipe Binder, now availableIf you had the pleasure of eating chez James on Henry Street, you'll know I have kept up an extensive collection of recipes to keep him curious and cooking! That scrapbook, a record of what we made there for you in those good years, fell apart. So in order to preserve the memories these recipes contain, I've scanned every page and had them rebound on Blurb.<div><div><br /><div style="text-align:left; width:450px"><object id="myWidget" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.blurb.com/assets/embed.swf?book_id=1940944" width="450" height="300"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://www.blurb.com/assets/embed.swf?book_id=1940944"><a target="_new" href="http://www.blurb.com/books/preview/1940944?ce=blurb_ew&utm_source=widget"><img src="http://bookshow.blurb.com/bookshow/cache/P2676933/md/wcover_2.png" /></a></object><div style="display:block;"><a href="http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1940944?ce=blurb_ew&utm_source=widget" target="_blank" style="margin:12px 3px;">RECIPE BINDER: The Brooklyn Years by Jessie Morgan-Owens</a> | <a href="http://www.blurb.com/landing_pages/bookshow?ce=blurb_ew&utm_source=widget" target="_blank" style="margin:12px 3px;">Make Your Own Book</a></div><div style="display:block;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;display: block; ">You might have seen advance copies at Katie's or Gram's or Mom's house at Christmas time. You can order your own if you like! There's several ways to make a Chocolate Chip Cookie inside, and James's vegetarian chilli, and some recipes you've shared with us. Don't hesitate to let us know your favorites! </div><div style="display:block;"><br /></div><div style="display:block;"><br /></div><div style="display:block;"><br /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-11993875922828290722011-01-05T17:34:00.009+08:002011-01-05T17:57:09.690+08:00Singapore feature: now on newsstands<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwrYnx5N_ekwpBZggld_zT-1m-DeqQ7gwyGnBzHkgVFCsgZpX69RDnm4DcblPQXcZYpZtLzB-exvhBCHjtEFLk1rp7lwu1YYaEG0tHUV6aFDXBr4cvUaoqocUkW5PqXJ20mUBuafMDJw/s1600/01SINGAPORE-1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwrYnx5N_ekwpBZggld_zT-1m-DeqQ7gwyGnBzHkgVFCsgZpX69RDnm4DcblPQXcZYpZtLzB-exvhBCHjtEFLk1rp7lwu1YYaEG0tHUV6aFDXBr4cvUaoqocUkW5PqXJ20mUBuafMDJw/s400/01SINGAPORE-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558634324342972482" /></a><br />We've got a feature in January's <i>Travel + Leisure </i>(US edition) on our town. Apologies to our local friends for the note of surprise the author adopts when finding Singapore fun, passionate, cool. <div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdlaH4yroMvW1xyBcAxpPnk28fdrrS7YhyW89fHBV_XIYH6fULhufe9wi9rIgj3Hd2WztsGB_VkkHJqc-6mR6C_GUMtTWbDkCmL88po6e-rgxTswUvfdabYo79xdCLtfT8tk607GEpAc/s1600/01SINGAPORE-3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdlaH4yroMvW1xyBcAxpPnk28fdrrS7YhyW89fHBV_XIYH6fULhufe9wi9rIgj3Hd2WztsGB_VkkHJqc-6mR6C_GUMtTWbDkCmL88po6e-rgxTswUvfdabYo79xdCLtfT8tk607GEpAc/s400/01SINGAPORE-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558634323814820306" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ovnWxJH2J86nj1OUxZ6VQwWK_xrh53sNdwMzKts3gl03iT2f9NgEja95AF5YhU6aV97JvmB6CaI4erPbqwEApjUdXTxC3YoYnStUzeQUVRxd7mvU9F6R0GAza5Fi1ZoSysjn1vLT3Ks/s1600/01SINGAPORE-6.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 324px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ovnWxJH2J86nj1OUxZ6VQwWK_xrh53sNdwMzKts3gl03iT2f9NgEja95AF5YhU6aV97JvmB6CaI4erPbqwEApjUdXTxC3YoYnStUzeQUVRxd7mvU9F6R0GAza5Fi1ZoSysjn1vLT3Ks/s400/01SINGAPORE-6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558634326640303410" /></a>For this story, since we are "on the ground" in the city, we contributed photographs of some of our favorite places to round out the coverage. Among these are the handsome young men of White Canvas Gallery (see the opening spread) and Sungei Road Laksa, a "die-die must try" bowl of deliciousness that costs $4 (below).</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLNPL0iVe8YyTaZ93OMoMyP_2cUnLbxdHIK2kfIQBFzQdB6C2kYzsV7rvXMVQUm2n_3-PQ8KlFLL07VekNm0W9fE4JX4AubpHfG9Z_59yZ1FRnDuQyo-BMHan2nqG4eyJRfdp_DhEq6E/s1600/01SINGAPORE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLNPL0iVe8YyTaZ93OMoMyP_2cUnLbxdHIK2kfIQBFzQdB6C2kYzsV7rvXMVQUm2n_3-PQ8KlFLL07VekNm0W9fE4JX4AubpHfG9Z_59yZ1FRnDuQyo-BMHan2nqG4eyJRfdp_DhEq6E/s400/01SINGAPORE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558637324178481842" /></a><br /></div><div>Our thanks to <i>T+L</i> for giving us such a fine excuse to spend some serious time shooting our own backyard.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVCw7f71lANEKL89VjnBJrl2FEebtTRhqt-nlTbxt5NAyA6Y4vLlRA-vl0M_8XnQSBDatBngVAyoIffTXpax-rMJJZ5hRr7r6P3Vse4gAhvBQlt4Jv9qNTfom12yozfCk_OQNQ2XSaOuM/s1600/01SINGAPOREmap.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVCw7f71lANEKL89VjnBJrl2FEebtTRhqt-nlTbxt5NAyA6Y4vLlRA-vl0M_8XnQSBDatBngVAyoIffTXpax-rMJJZ5hRr7r6P3Vse4gAhvBQlt4Jv9qNTfom12yozfCk_OQNQ2XSaOuM/s400/01SINGAPOREmap.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558637321301565970" /></a><br /></div><div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-23993646980409897692010-12-24T18:06:00.006+08:002010-12-24T18:14:49.215+08:00Happy Holidays!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_fQKoept995n4o2ShQX2YYrQZyWFM0IJ7qUEyA6I4dmM8ICHsoIc027d0491_-p4s8r89tZZ-vy98FYPrMhy5-mx6KfdWBWfdskWgj6gyasGaM1EBncwHfmvghYLAVhdQd89vQr3TF8/s1600/morganandowens6.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_fQKoept995n4o2ShQX2YYrQZyWFM0IJ7qUEyA6I4dmM8ICHsoIc027d0491_-p4s8r89tZZ-vy98FYPrMhy5-mx6KfdWBWfdskWgj6gyasGaM1EBncwHfmvghYLAVhdQd89vQr3TF8/s400/morganandowens6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554189831178851842" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Wishing you happy holidays</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >& a year full of blessings.</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Off to Bali!</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Love,</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Jessie and James</span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-82514086093378376202010-11-30T21:05:00.007+08:002010-11-30T21:39:50.562+08:00Conference Paper on John Thomson<div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Humanities Initiative at New York University invited me to present a paper on my photographic research and practice as part of their "<a href="http://ambienceconference.wordpress.com/">Ambience in the Humanities"</a> conference the weekend before Thanksgiving. The discussion, entitled "Cinematic Vistas," posed these questions:</span></span></span><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 21px; "></p><blockquote style="color: rgb(122, 122, 122); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(122, 122, 122); line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">At what point do images tell us we are out of place? What landscapes of imagination open up when we enter new imagistic territories? How do unknown and unexpected masses of ambient imagery affect the making of pictures? How, then, does ambience frame the vision of photographers and movie-makers before they themselves attempt to bring the world into frame? What happens when sudden shifts in culture, place, and external stimuli make these ways of seeing apparent? Where are our imaginations located?</span></span></span></span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For my presentation, I chose to tackle these questions in two parts: first, by introducing a 19th century travel photographer and essayist I am currently researching, and second, by considering about how our photographic practice has changed since we moved to Singapore 15 months ago. For both parts of my presentation, I chose to focus on the subjects of the photographs, as residents of these new "imagistic territories."</span></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">You can click through the presentation here:</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="prezi-player"><style type="text/css" media="screen">.prezi-player { width: 550px; } .prezi-player-links { text-align: center; }</style><object id="prezi_5yemjvye9s1n" name="prezi_5yemjvye9s1n" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="550" height="400"><param name="movie" value="http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><param name="flashvars" value="prezi_id=5yemjvye9s1n&lock_to_path=0&color=ffffff&autoplay=no&autohide_ctrls=0"><embed id="preziEmbed_5yemjvye9s1n" name="preziEmbed_5yemjvye9s1n" src="http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="550" height="400" bgcolor="#ffffff" flashvars="prezi_id=5yemjvye9s1n&lock_to_path=0&color=ffffff&autoplay=no&autohide_ctrls=0"></embed></object><div class="prezi-player-links"><p><a title="John Thomson, Morgan & Owens, and Photography in Asia: presentation for " ambience="" in="" the="" href="http://prezi.com/5yemjvye9s1n/john-thomson-2/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">John Thomson #2</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> on <a href="http://prezi.com/">Prezi</a></span></span></p></div></div><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">
<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Excerpts from the script of my talk, from Part 1:</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 21px; "> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <meta equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <title></title> <meta name="Generator" content="Cocoa HTML Writer"> <meta name="CocoaVersion" content="949.54"> <style type="text/css"> p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica} </style> </p><p class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></p><p></p><blockquote style="line-height: 21px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; "></p><p class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >S</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >cottish</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" > photographer John Thomson's career has been celebrated by a series of “firsts:” photo-historians claim that he published “the first book ever devoted exclusively to street photography,” he created the first photographic documentary, he was the "first photographer to have a whole society as his subject,” his four volume book on China is considered “a classic of sociological photography and reformist sympathy,” and an “innovative use of photomechanical technology.” On the other hand, Susan Sontag scorned Thomson's later work in London, calling him a class tourist, and "Street Life in London" as “perhaps the earliest model of the sustained look downward.” Likewise, in Nancy Armstrong’s <i>Fiction in the Age of Photography,</i> Thomson’s photographs serve to demonstrate how the picturesque aesthetic informed slum photography, which in turn, she argues, distances the subject from the possibility of reform and rendered him or her into an object of fascination for Thomson’s middle class public.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >
<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >These scholars are concerned with the problematic appropriation of the photographic subject for use and observation, a disquiet heightened by the very fact of Thomson’s status in this important strain of photographic use, the documentary.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >
<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >That said, it is time to restore agency to the subjects of the photographs, those that people the "ambient" landscapes captured in the document, co-create the photograph, and who are engaged in the creation of the image. Subjects resist being captured in a frame in a way that contemporary criticism does not always account for. Prevailing criticism brings to light sets of ideas that trace power and influence from photographer to audience, but do not adequately address the relationship between subject, photographer, and audience in the moment of photographing. This paper will revolve around these three nodes of exchange -- photographer, subject, and audience -- but I hope ultimately to leave you with the subject, the men and women who are in focus in this frame and every frame, though somehow, of whom we can have only glimpses. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; "></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> From the discussion on the King of Siam: </span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 21px; "> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <meta equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <title></title> <meta name="Generator" content="Cocoa HTML Writer"> <meta name="CocoaVersion" content="949.54"> <style type="text/css"> p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica} </style> </p><p class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >The photograph and the essay share the same author; nonetheless, interpretative details about the subject resist and append the information provided by the essay text. Photographs radiate meaning in variegated patterns, and our responsibility is to chart the vast differences in what we see, inside the photographic frame, and what we assume, or read about, occurring beyond the frame. The photographic detail exhorts against the division between the indexical moment of photographing and the material photograph. This contingent detail, the King's uniform, is a flaw or an opportunity that, to rephrase Benjamin, will never consent to be wholly absorbed in text.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And from part two, on Morgan & Owens in Asia:</span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p class="p1"> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <meta equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <title></title> <meta name="Generator" content="Cocoa HTML Writer"> <meta name="CocoaVersion" content="949.54"> <style type="text/css"> p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Helvetica} </style> </p><p class="p1"></p><blockquote><p class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >In the first photograph, we have just "parachuted" into this Khamu girl's life - our boat landing at the beach near her village in Northern Laos only moments before. To me this photograph is unsatisfactory, for its prevalent emotion is trespass. This image is brought to you by Dolce and Gabbana. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >
<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >In the video, the children pose for a group shot. The punctum in this sequence, for me, is the couple looking on -- tourists -- and our future audience. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >
<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><meta charset="utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >In our move to photograph Asia, we have found a new use for an old technology, Polaroid transcends language barriers, invites collaboration. When people see what they look like, what sort of image we intend, they adjust, they direct, and they get something in return. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >
<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >The photographs that bring us the most joy, I believe, were those made in collaboration with the subjects. They are records of an encounter, the willingness to engage strangers, an hour spent together. I made this photograph after we had gotten to know each other, and we had photographed several children in her village. She has changed her skirt from her school uniform to a favorite, and posed herself at home with a friend. She doesn't know why we are there, or what audience these photographs will have, but like the King of Siam, she knows how she wants to look.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">
<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thanks for watching! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jessie</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p class="p1" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; "></p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; "></span></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-71588357373065224812010-11-12T13:17:00.003+08:002010-11-12T13:22:43.892+08:00ONE Photography Convention in ION GalleryEarly in the summer, we were invited to produce "personal" images around the theme of ONE, along with 28 other photographers based here in Singapore. Our result was five images made on ONE street in Georgetown, Penang ONE hour in the morning. The images will follow, but first: a video of the show, for those of you who can't get here in person. <br /> <br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QvTzCzAwKfk?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QvTzCzAwKfk?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-21552101917036708452010-11-05T12:24:00.010+08:002010-11-05T14:06:15.669+08:00Shanghai mornings<div style="text-align: left; ">In Fuxing Park in Shanghai, early in the morning, the older folks get together to do Tai Chi and play badminton, and DANCE! What a way to start the day!</div><div style="text-align: left; "><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEe_O-HBoyNx3r-6xuLwxcp_1THSRNBBx1JTZQNgysgnzTqgb5bsuAc460Chzm7ugJkRjlYm79YWIs82eRqMKLBeTn88b46Rr_ApSFVZS6g7RRFeJyFTk-gHDt8UYq6sJsnohYDz7n8k/s1600/shanghai_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEe_O-HBoyNx3r-6xuLwxcp_1THSRNBBx1JTZQNgysgnzTqgb5bsuAc460Chzm7ugJkRjlYm79YWIs82eRqMKLBeTn88b46Rr_ApSFVZS6g7RRFeJyFTk-gHDt8UYq6sJsnohYDz7n8k/s400/shanghai_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535938724206636098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mRr0gd91PdZ3gYPG-2ohP8r2wngYjk8dzaJu1-Md957qwHxYP05OnHUMPq2CVUvBT7CAkwayPdYNgeNp7WsOYKaaB-Z-bff6EUoXy_YRzkDneyufIxMKvnzqJLYUxBlLbRb8zbzvDJE/s1600/shanghai_1+.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mRr0gd91PdZ3gYPG-2ohP8r2wngYjk8dzaJu1-Md957qwHxYP05OnHUMPq2CVUvBT7CAkwayPdYNgeNp7WsOYKaaB-Z-bff6EUoXy_YRzkDneyufIxMKvnzqJLYUxBlLbRb8zbzvDJE/s400/shanghai_1+.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535938720576395602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>We took the opportunity to make portraits of some seriously happy people, and burned through a packet of Polaroid in exchange. It's always fun to give something back, especially when you don't speak the language!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0xq_8C5xwVg?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0xq_8C5xwVg?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDE0xSCGypjEpvggLxt3MUQ7GBDdYGHUvdCWeBnaj02kMWRHWObSXdjM_ulj0uIvIK7xEWn0IYlFi467ypNvRMoz_vBYgeDtsgI-7GqOYcwvpfFuxHe01-hPvgnQl-TZU-AvQ44t1rM0/s400/shanghai_selects-353.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535921607788656466" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-44751527502518709382010-11-03T10:16:00.005+08:002010-11-05T12:24:42.093+08:00T+L launches ipad version featuring our Shanghai storyWe haven't seen the final product, but from this video it looks pretty cool. If you have an ipad, check it out and look for an extended version of our November Shanghai feature!<br /><br />PS. Our good friend Cedric Angeles did the photography and video for the New Orleans video. <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1660655699" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=654553657001&playerId=1660655699&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" width="486" height="412"></embed>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01327655111784269298noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340939183302360384.post-66403524716047585502010-10-26T11:47:00.007+08:002010-10-28T08:36:35.825+08:00Shanghai Rising: T+L Nov. '10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-NJUy-M8IGExsk898KavYoMCJzaZCezZ41kW_-htGN8smKVhhhb9TTO_5Lb2j9UTDy_qX132qbDYDBZT3H3mYoTSVH-tRgCp-vQOZRTQ5UAu7covTOooCZARAdh2wVU7dcxXBdnJ8ec2g/s1600/shanghai_selects-213.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-NJUy-M8IGExsk898KavYoMCJzaZCezZ41kW_-htGN8smKVhhhb9TTO_5Lb2j9UTDy_qX132qbDYDBZT3H3mYoTSVH-tRgCp-vQOZRTQ5UAu7covTOooCZARAdh2wVU7dcxXBdnJ8ec2g/s400/shanghai_selects-213.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532196751750366642" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Out now: Shanghai feature in the November Travel + Leisure. We'll post more on Shanghai soon, promise. It's such an interesting, artsy, nostalgic old town! Beautiful like Paris or New York.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(There's also a little bit about us in the contributors page.)<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJzhuqVGIliOCJdM1_7Aw7RGEYj_XS5ZMU-zpIGvAr4RNN1r4IOt9sfr1ytZxCnVd3mYbK5r0CY830EM8xx4MYhgOjVY7nu76Kai4BlxTbWUtrqZ_VUNeg3MmxMA3XXHsuO3Z5QB4cV3Y/s1600/shanghai_01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJzhuqVGIliOCJdM1_7Aw7RGEYj_XS5ZMU-zpIGvAr4RNN1r4IOt9sfr1ytZxCnVd3mYbK5r0CY830EM8xx4MYhgOjVY7nu76Kai4BlxTbWUtrqZ_VUNeg3MmxMA3XXHsuO3Z5QB4cV3Y/s400/shanghai_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532196752642051026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyyGq98gMGP4uf6IeZciRCUKtvBuTNVm6Wlvtf0NfjujlUwotBwpwQFsh1G1NW6WirjtzvT70kFJFa6VNDzWdvwBiYbe1k3gmBL_UOi-SVGA8isYCZEoZBWW2UsPGswpg7UkyTVXK_nht/s1600/shanghai_02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyyGq98gMGP4uf6IeZciRCUKtvBuTNVm6Wlvtf0NfjujlUwotBwpwQFsh1G1NW6WirjtzvT70kFJFa6VNDzWdvwBiYbe1k3gmBL_UOi-SVGA8isYCZEoZBWW2UsPGswpg7UkyTVXK_nht/s400/shanghai_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532196747098479954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPD2va7K-MQ6-TeZxvy3zCOJ6BLacP3HSNZJFhwu4zsofq6pYTsrKROmDlPaUt9A2na6LibGL9CfiMkvVwXBazYxHrEXuhSE9A08Aejc_6QactDmH-voesSFoGsSP1rpPOC6tlMWeeJnaQ/s1600/shanghai_03.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPD2va7K-MQ6-TeZxvy3zCOJ6BLacP3HSNZJFhwu4zsofq6pYTsrKROmDlPaUt9A2na6LibGL9CfiMkvVwXBazYxHrEXuhSE9A08Aejc_6QactDmH-voesSFoGsSP1rpPOC6tlMWeeJnaQ/s400/shanghai_03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532196740470360930" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVM7RpBDsC1QEzRhdDiqP4gzBcLBLxDkWitptW1UmXtDbYXo6dohqCXlTIFI0Jski1YZHiIZaZiLI66zcONdLWnS_YaXx2pn8M1IRvcI6gPqwsEJVxDu5x5nwL3gDBhUAYvJXFN8bqz3Iu/s1600/shanghai_04.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVM7RpBDsC1QEzRhdDiqP4gzBcLBLxDkWitptW1UmXtDbYXo6dohqCXlTIFI0Jski1YZHiIZaZiLI66zcONdLWnS_YaXx2pn8M1IRvcI6gPqwsEJVxDu5x5nwL3gDBhUAYvJXFN8bqz3Iu/s400/shanghai_04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532196739973893234" border="0" /></a>This last page is from an ipad app for Travel + Leisure that may not have launched yet - supposed come out in November. We haven't seen it yet.<br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01327655111784269298noreply@blogger.com0