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Penang for the New York Times

It's always nice to do a story close to home so I was delighted when asked to photograph 36 Hours : Penang for the New York Times. (Go here for the slideshow).

Assignments always push me to do a little more, like knock on complete stranger's door at 8:00am to ask if I can take a photo (above) from their window.

..or to climb on to a fishing boat to see what I can see..

..but mostly it is about trying to see the place with the eyes of a visitor. ..

..scenes that I might sometimes take for granted..

But there really is so much cool stuff here that I'm still finding new things about the place. And the best part is that it seems to still be getting better.

For more Penang check out past work in the NYT here as well as a 'self assigned' series 'My Penang', 

or take a musical tour here.

 

My Penang

So this is my new home - Penang. I've been coming up here regularly since I first arrived in Malaysia some 5.5 years ago, but now it's where I'll hang my camera.

Don't get me wrong - no hard feelings KL. You were good to me but it was time to move on.

Since moving here I've had a chance to take several people around on photo walks and I'm always amazed what we'll find.

There's always something around every corner.




 

Heritage Hotels for Travel + Leisure SEA

Pick up a copy of this month's Travel + Leisure SEA where I shot up and coming heritage hotels in historic George Town.

We've posted a pdf over here. You can download your own copy from this site.

Click here for more of my commercial and editorial work in the hotel and restaurant industry.

The George Town Street Project - Pt. 3

For part 3 I changed tact. I had a few other things that needed to be photographed on my last visit to Penang so instead of setting up in a single location I roamed George Town, as I often do, stopping to photograph interesting folks along the way.

Since I was working my focus was on others working as well, like this newspaper collector or these two watching renovations taking place across the street.

And these hardworking citizens...

 

 

 

George Town Street Project - Part II

First leg of the US trip and it's hard to believe I was in Penang 10 days ago. It rained most of the time I was in Penang so my street portrait sessions were limited. Here are a few from the first day.

 

 

 

There's something about GeorgeTown..