The three of you that are long time readers of this somewhat irregular blog, will know that what my camera looks like, is important to me. Almost exactly 2 years ago, I wrote an uncharacteristic post about all the Fujis I’ve loved before, and then followed it up with more angst a few months later.…More
Little things
Singapore I don’t attend enough to seeing the small beauties around me everyday. Having moved around so much in the last 4 years, foreign beauties are a cinch to parse. They’re novel and unfamiliar. The little delights of home? Impossible. They don’t call it domestic blindness for nothing. Yesterday I met an old schoolmate at…More
Out in the old | Dakota Crescent
Singapore I have a cousin who just moved out of Dakota Crescent, the old ’50s housing estate which is about to be razed to make way for further redevelopment. Originally built to accommodate a growing population without adequate housing, it also housed many whose homes went up in flames in the kampung (village) fires in…More
Landscapes Of Memory magazine
Singapore I made a magazine with my photos. It arrived a few days ago and I’m taken aback by what a beautiful thing a Premium Magazine is. Look through it in entirety: Landscapes of Memory By charlene winfred Last time I made any kind of a book was three years ago. For as long as…More
Notes to self in the dark
Singapore I hit four and a half years as a nomad, three days ago. I like to mark these milestones, because days pass in a blur and it is frequently hard to remember which day it is without consulting a calendar, otherwise known as the info bar on my smartphone. Observing this occasion back in…More
What’s the story morning glory?
I went to listen to a talk by photojournalist Walter Astrada some nights ago, held at the local center for photography and film. The talk started off with a small selection of his past twenty years documenting conflict around the globe, then moved on to his current project: travelling the world on a motorcycle. What…More
Hello again
Singapore The Guardian had a call out some months ago, for readers’ art work on the theme of transport. Some days ago I discovered I’d made the cut, and that my picture graces the heading of the gallery, which was curated by Madeline Cornell of the Robert Mann Gallery. Check it out. It’s kind of…More
The new old
Singapore It feels, right now, like there is so much nostalgic photographic work being done in Singapore. There probably always has been, because places cannot change this rapidly without loss, but I’ve never paid it mind until recently. I used to want to leave, forever, one day. I started looking for the Singapore I lost…More
Flights of fancy
Singapore. So much rides on history, doesn’t it? In Singapore one goes to the airport for fun. It’s really a big mall where you can also get on a plane. I don’t say this in jest either – Changi Airport is proudly Singapore’s biggest mall. I hung out here lots in school going years –…More
Void deck, Tampines
Singapore. The void deck, the empty ground floor level of the public housing that 85% of Singapore lives in, is unique part of life here. A space like this is where I learned to ride a bicycle, to skate, to give play to my imagination. It’s where weddings and funerals happen. It’s a space to…More
Troppo
Singapore. I find myself thinking back to a time where I lived in a dilapidated old house, back in Perth. Its wide, red cement verandah glowing in the sunset like the city in the distance. The ceiling in the bedroom bulged, and on stormy nights I’d lie in bed and watch the ornate cornices flash,…More
Witching hour
Singapore. I’m back in Singapore, sooner than I thought I would be. This whole year has been much of a see-saw in terms of movement and organization. Having no set schedule or routine is one of the delights of living as we do, but weekly curve balls for the last four months are… phew… somewhat…More
Home going
I didn’t expect to be going home right as summer kicked in, here in the frozen north 😁 but these things happen. I’ve spent a lovely few months in some beautiful places, with beautiful people. Very grateful for that, despite the challenges along the way. It’s good to be going home for a while though.…More
What’s next?
Day 100 of 100, Nordjylland, Danmark This is it, the last post of this Hundred Day Diary. I’m not sure what comes after this yet. I’ve discovered that I quite enjoy small blogging projects. I’ve been keeping one blog or another since 1998. You’d think that at some point, I would have at least tried…More
Lessons from keeping a daily diary
Day 99 of 100, Nordjylland, Danmark This is it, the second last post of this Hundred Day Diary project. Most of these posts have been drivel, but regardless, it’s been challenging to keep a public daily diary. 1. Writing something cogent everyday is hard. I write reams of gibberish all the time, but sifting through…More
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