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Bekawan Village and surroundings by Bob Matkodak

It was Thursday morning August 22, 2019, I woke up at 6:15 a.m. and glanced at my cellphone, which I always keep near where I sleep.
I had missed two calls. Since I was speaking with my best friend until 3:30 a.m., I really slept well, and didn’t hear anything.

I called my best friend immediately, and asked what was wrong. He told me that a big fire had occurred in the market, starting at about 1:30 a.m. that lasted three hours, until the fire department brought it under control, with help from the community.

By 6:30 a.m., I was on my motorcycle, bound for the ruins of the market – a short drive of 1.5 km. The scene was shocking. I immediately took photos from various angles. The city looked like it that had just been bombed, like the atmosphere of war. There I learned that the stalls and shop houses that burned totaled 485, but fortunately there were no casualties.

Lincoln Steampunk Festival by Keef Charles

My favourite quote of the weekend was from a lady, dressed in her Steampunk garb, talking to a friend, similarly dressed. Seems she’d nipped away from the day’s proceedings to see to her dog. It amused me when I overheard her remark: “I think I’ve discovered how hard it is to walk a dog in a corset”. Hehe. A salutary lesson.
The Steampunk participation starts slowly, so slowly you don’t realise you’re being drawn in to this world.
First the hat and goggles. Then a waistcoat, perhaps.
As I slip down the slope toward embracing Steampunk, I’ll have to make choices. Best not take my dog to an event – or – make sure my costume doesn’t include a corset. Life is never simple. By the way, I don’t have a dog at this stage.

You can walk, right! Well then, you can dolpa by Harrie Miller

But it was difficult as I say, I had only a half handful of Nepalese words in my vocabulary he not many more in English. Regardless, we became friends even if only by proxy through mutual knowing, some of the others, in this strange, friendly and jovial game of cards. The next morning on my way out of his village we happened upon each other. Instinctively we exchanged words, a Namaste, he added a word to the end of his greeting which translates to ‘old man or father’ and smiled, we shook hands, embraced and parted. I still feel humbled, even now, when I think of that!

A good thing is a work that makes the viewers feel “Wow!” by Takashi Tachi

What I care about the most when taking a picture is the light and the shape of objects. If there is a characteristic light, I will try to make a work using that light well. For example, light shining between buildings or reflection from the road surface. I always care about the people who come and go at the stations and in the streets. And how people line up and move. I think that a photograph is almost imagined before being actually taken.

Design by Batsceba Hardy & Massimo Giacci

Bob Matkodak Keef Charles Takashi Tachi

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