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Photojournalism | Malaysia’s King Opens First Meeting Of Second Session Of 13th Parliament
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia’s King, The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, opened the first meeting of the second session of the 13th Parliament. In a break with tradition, the according of the Royal Honours was held at the Banquet Hall at Parliament House instead of the guard-of-honour at Parliament Square due to the haze. At 11 am, the bell was rung and the King was escorted into the Dewan Rakyat to deliver the royal address, 10 March, 2014. This time around, me from Department of Information Malaysia, BERNAMA and Parliament photographer manage to secure our position here to captured the meeting from this angle, centre position. Actually at…
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Travel Photography | How To Photograph Strangers
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Portrait of an Old Man at Bhaktapur | Nepal | 50 mm “I am a nutty traveler. I never hide myself during I am photographing or traveling. I interact with the community whom I go to visit. I give them time to understand me and I take time to understand them. In any place you will find children and dogs first to welcome you. They will follow you and you have to win their hearts. If they accept you then the community will accept you. Documentary/travel/street whatever photography I am doing I always know I have to respect people and their thought. If someone refused…
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Photojournalism | State Visit of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III, The President of The Philippines To Malaysia
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. President Benigno S. Aquino III, accompanied by His Majesty The Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Di-Pertuan Agong and Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, leaves the podium after inspects an honour guard during the state welcoming ceremony at the Parliament Square in Parliament House, Februari 28, 2014. © 2014 Wazari Wazir | State Visit of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III, The President of The Philippines to Malaysia Some of the photographs taken during a state welcoming ceremony for the Philippines President Benigno S. Aquino III, outside the Parliament house in Kuala Lumpur on February 28, 2014. Aquino was accompanied by…
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Travel Photography | The Hitis of Patan | Stone Water Spout
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Hitis of Patan | Stone Water Spout | Patan | Kathmandu | Nepal People wait in lines in the early afternoon are a daily ritual in the centre of the palace complex in Patan, Lalitpur. Water spouts are a natural alternative as water tankers find it difficult to navigate the narrow, crowded streets in Kathmandu’s historic district. If properly rehabilitated, the NGO Forum estimates water spouts could meet 10 per cent of the valley’s drinking water needs. Kathmandu valley depended on traditional water structures like stone spouts (hitis/dhunge dharas), ponds (pokhoris) and wells for their water supply until the middle of the nineteenth century when…
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MSMW Malaysia Social Media Week 2014 | Best Photography Blog
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Group Photograph taken By My Wife During World Bloggers Social Media Awards 2014 at Kuala Lumpur © 2014 Wazari Wazir My Son HaiQal With The MSMW 2014 Trophy Frankly speaking I really don’t know how to write this post. To begin I got an email from the Social Media Week that my blog was nominated for Best Photography Blog, they didn’t tell me, who nominated it. Up Until now, I don’t know who nominated my blog, then the organiser Malaysia Social Media Chambers asked me to promote my blog and this event to get people voting for my blog. Actually I felt like a winner already even…