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Travel and Photography | Kuala Lumpur City Gallery | Master Craftsmen
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Kuala Lumpur City Gallery | Arch Master Craftsmen at Work | #VMY2014 The Kuala Lumpur City Gallery, located in a historical building from 1899 at Merdeka Square, is a free information centre of the history, present and future of Kuala Lumpur including the ARCH work and gift shop The Kuala Lumpur City Gallery is operated by ARCH Collection Sdn. Bhd. ARCH is a Malaysian brand that makes collectables and gifts made of wood veneer (using laser technology), they also publish the Kuala Lumpur Walks & Tours map. Their work shop is located at the ground floor of the City Gallery. ARCH created the City Gallery…
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Wall of Hope For Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 at KLIA Observation Deck | Anjung Tinjau
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | In the Background is The KLIA2 | It is built to cater for the explosive growth in low cost travel. It is designed to cater 45 million passengers a year, replacing the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) © 2014 Wazari Wazir | All Photographs Taken at Kuala Lumpur International Airport Observation Deck | Pray For MH370 “A lesson for all of us is that for every loss, there is victory, for every sadness, there is joy, and when you think you’ve lost everything, there is hope.” – Geraldine Solon – Since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing over the…
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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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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…