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.
