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The George Town Street Project

Actually, project may be overstating it a bit. Here's what happened. I was in George Town, Penang photographing a soon to be opened boutique hotel for this award winning  group .  The hotel is located on Armenian Street near the "Thieves Market" which as you might expect draws an 'interesting' crowd.

So in one of those 'duh' moments, I get the bright idea to bring the gear out to the street to see who might be into a quickie portrait.  I set up and like some corner evangelist start asking perfect strangers if they would mind a few moments of abuse.

My first subjects were a couple of brave souls on holiday from Kuala Selangar.

The reaction was mixed. These guys asked if money was involved and when I said 'no' they said 'sure' (I assume they thought I was going to charge them..).

Some take naturally to the camera.

..and some brought their own..

  This guy is a pedicab driver that usually hangs out at the other end of Armenian street.

This would probably be my reaction too.

Emboldened, I head over to 'Little India' to see what I might encounter.

At this stage I'm not sure where I am going with this or if I even have the basis for a project. I thought I would throw if out there and see what people have to think. I will be back in Penang in the weeks to come and I will see where it goes from there.

Thanks for looking.

Crab Island

Our article and a slide show of images from Pulau Ketam (Crab Island) appear in today's Wall Street Journal Asia .

 
We've reported on Pulau Ketam elsewhere and have blogged about it  here and here .

There's something about the place. I'm not sure if it's that it is so different from KL..

..or that there is always something new to explore..

..but the place has grown on us..

Can't wait to get back.

There's something about GeorgeTown..

What's in a Name?

Everyone's favorite..fresh from the bog to you!

And this - must be a global chain. I'm sure I've eaten at one of the branches (burp..).

Now that's Kuality..

As some of you have pointed out my experiment in multimedia seems to have run amok. I'm working on a solution. In the meantime a personal favorite from the parade.