So what do you think? I’ve gotten UUONN to do an entire branding overhaul for NOW-I-SEE. UUONN is a talented designer/ art director and a friend whose work has captured my imagination. With friendship, comes along benefits. He’s offered to do an entire identity overhaul, cards, letter-heads and website redesign for my site. (I think i heard [...]
Entries from September 2008
September 27, 2008
What you can’t see matters
I got a call late one night and a shoot was hastily arranged for the next evening. I checked my schedule. Turns out I can do it and sealed the deal over the phone. I hadn’t even met the client before. After hanging up, I nonchalantly announced to a few friends that I wasn’t going [...]
September 22, 2008
Ho Chi Minh – Land of the Rising Star
Ho Chi Minh city is all about order in chaos. Crossing the street can be dangerous, but only with your eyes open. The trick is to look ahead and stroll forward consistently. The oncoming traffic will then swirl around to avoid you. This works 9 out of 10 times. Go figure. Like I said, order [...]
September 16, 2008
Flickring [sic] out
“From street corner news photographers to the deans of the eminent agencies Magnum and VIi. They’ve been struggling with downsizing, the rise of the amateur, the ubiquity of camera phones, sound-bite-ization, failing magazines (fewer commissions), and a lack of money in general for the big photo essays that have long been the love of the [...]
September 1, 2008
The Gates of Hell – they open
It is believed that during every 7th month of the lunar calender, the gates of hell open and spirits are free to roam the earth. Believers of Taoism offer burnt offerings, incense and paper notes to spiritual beings, demons and deities that populate the underworld. Thousands of dollars are spent on effigies, hell notes and paper [...]
