• Art,  Travel

    Solitude | Once Upon a Time in China Town | Kuala Lumpur

    © 2015 Wazari Wazir | Solitude in China Town “I need to be alone. I need to ponder my shame and my despair in seclusion; I need the sunshine and the paving stones of the streets without companions, without conversation, face to face with myself, with only the music of my heart for company.” – Hery Miller – “The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone, that is the secret of invention: be alone, that is when ideas are born.” – Nikola Tesla – “It is easy in the world…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Travel

    Kuala Lumpur Oh Kuala Lumpur | Dataran Merdeka | Sultan Abdul Samad Building

    © 2013 Wazari Wazir | Kuala Lumpur | Sultan Abdul Samad Building The Sultan Abdul Samad Building (Malay: Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad; Jawi: باڠونن سلطان عبدالصمد) is located in front of the Dataran Merdeka (Independence Square) and the Royal Selangor Club, by Jalan Raja in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The structure takes its name from Sultan Abdul Samad, the reigning sultan of Selangor at the time when construction began. The building houses the offices of the Ministry of Information, Communications and Culture of Malaysia (Malay: Kementerian Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan Malaysia). It formerly housed the superior courts of the country: the Federal Court of Malaysia, the Court of Appeals and the…

  • Adventure,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    A Sense of Place | Finding Your Eye At Home And Abroad

    © 2012 Craft and Vision | Younes Bounhar | A Sense of Place | Finding Your Eye At Home and Abroad “Most travel photographers make pictures to convey the appearance of a place. I try to make them to convey a “Sense of Place.”  What exactly is a “Sense of Place?” To me, a “sense of place” means not just what a place actually “looks like,” but rather, how it feels, what it represents or once represented, and what it might mean to us. Making images that capture a “Sense of Place” usually involves expressing symbolic ideas central to the meaning of the place, instead of just descriptively recording its…

  • Adventure,  Travel

    Fotografi Kembara | Istanbul Aku Datang | Spice Bazaar | Istanbul Turkey

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Spice Bazaar | Istanbul | Turkey Antara tarikan utama di Istanbul Selain daripada Masjid Biru dan Muzium Aya Sofya ialah Grand Bazaar dan Spice Bazaar ataupun Pasar Rempah yang terletak di Eminönü, Spice Bazaar ini terletak tidak jauh dari Yeni Camii ataupun lebih dikenali dengan The New Mosque, jangan pula kita keliru dengan nama “New Mosque” ini, walaupun namanya ialah “Masjid Baru, namun usia masjid ini melebihi empat ratus tahun. Spice Bazaar ialah bazaar kedua terbesar selepas Grand Bazaar, ianya dibina sekitar tahun 1660. Terletak di Eminönü, sekiranya anda menginap di hotel sekitar Sultanahmet, maka untuk ke Eminönü anda boleh memilih untuk berjalan kaki (lebih kurang 30 minit dari…

  • Art,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    Travel Photography | The Magnificent AyaSofya, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul Turkey

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | AyaSofya | Hagia Sophia | Istanbul | Turkey Hagia Sophia (/ˈhɑːɪə soʊˈfiːə/; from the Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία [aˈʝia soˈfia], “Holy Wisdom”; Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia; Turkish: Ayasofya) is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. From the date of its dedication in 360 until 1453, it served as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral and seat of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, except between 1204 and 1261, when it was converted to a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Empire. The building was a mosque from 29 May 1453 until 1931, when it was secularized. It was opened…