Urban and Urban Fragments Photographs of Penang, Malaysia

Penang, Malaysia Photography – Urban Scenes and Urban Fragments.

I think that living in one place for a long time, and I have been in Penang for almost 17-years, a person can start seeing the same things over and over and this makes stuff not very interesting.

So what do you do when your ‘vision’ becomes stifled?

As a photographer, I have to really challenge myself to look at things in Penang, in new ways, with “new eyes”, so to speak – as if I’m seeing this island for the first time.  It isn’t easy to do.  I felt the same way in my hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska (USA).  After awhile, nothing seems very interesting to photograph because you see it over and over.

I wonder if people who live in Italy feel this way.  Having never been to Rome, or Venice I can’t imagine ever being bored photographing there.  I hazard a guess though, if you live there, and if you do not look at things in new ways, what you see will start looking, well, like you have seen it a thousand, or ten thousand times.

When I engage in a photography subject, like Urban Fragments, I look for smaller details, and I hope to compose and frame photographs (in the viewfinder), which I find interesting, and appear completely new.  Looking at the smaller details in Penang creates a fun experience for me when I’m out shooting.  I’ve always been somewhat of a macro-focused shooter, thus I look at the small details.  I do enjoy photographing the entire building, but I prefer to see parts and pieces of architecture and photograph those smaller perspectives.

Well, I hope you enjoy seeing my photographs of  Penang, the way I see things here.

3-Balconies, Ah Quee St, v4, PENANG

Yellow, White, Blue, Broom, v2, ANSON ROAD, PENANG

Yellow Door, Red Bucket, v1, JALAN KRIAN, PENANG

Yellow Line Reflections, Bishop Street, v2, PENANG

Window Hook, TALIPON ROAD, PENANG

WINDOW and Yellow-Blue Paint, v2, PENANG

Window and One Open Door, Church Street, PENANG

Window and Red Tub, Irving Road, PENANG

White Arrow & Trishaw, v1, OFF CHULIA STREET, PENANG

Wat Chayamangkalaram, WINDOW IN WINDOW

Wat Chayamangkalaram, BICYCLE

More photographs coming soon…I need to use Windows Live Writer so I can add photos (many photos) all at once.  Having to hit the “show” (from the Gallery Folder) link and then, ‘Insert into Blog’ takes WAY TOO LONG when you want to add a lot of images to a blog entry.  Anyway, be back soon with more photos of Penang.

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