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AVAILABLE NOW, NEW RELEASE MUSEO by Steven V-L Lee Softcover 102 pages : 8 x 10 inches : Price : £19.95 + P&P MUSEO is a personal collection of fine art black & white photographs made with a 50mm lens on 35mm film, depicting abstract architectural studies, antiquities and related subjects photographed from 2001 to 2005 in Europe
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Photographs by STEVEN V-L LEE Text by HALIZA HASHIM-DOYLE Beauty
in Diversity What strikes you is the sheer diversity of faces and ethnicities. When folks talk of race in Malaysia, there's so often this neat pigeonholing - Malay, Chinese, Indian dan lain-lain (others).
Yet this broad categorisation doesn't even begin to describe the blend of racial origins you find here: Portuguese, Burmese, Penan, Kelabit, Bajau, mixed Ceylonese and Achenese, mixed Indian and Thai Chinese, Indian Filipino, mixed Chinese Indian Austrian & Slovenian ....improvisation on a theme .... and the list goes on and on. The girl on the cover Rachel Anne Ward (of English and Iban parentage) is an absolute stunner, and wouldn't be surprised if she were whisked off by someone to become a professional model. Most of those photographed are ordinary citizens and there's everything from market traders, fishermen and farmers to city-slicker corporate types, and cool fashionistas with interesting hairstyles. Some of my favourite portraits are of the older folk, with their life-stories etched into the lines on their faces. Anyway, do take a look at the sample gallery online to get a taste of the book, and Steven's diary gives a fascinating insight into the work that went into the project. You don't get portraits as stunning as these without putting a lot of love into your work.'' ~ Sharon Bakar, Bibliobibuli, 3 November 2007 |
A new coffee table book celebrating the unique and diverse ethnicity of Malaysia today
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ISBN 978-983-99149-5-5 Hardback 148mm x 210mm 512 Pages Price : RM149 "Few things amaze visitors to Malaysia, besides its incredible economic development, than the diversity of its people. Even then, if one only visits one city or two, or a beach or mountain resort, the full spectrum of the multiethnic salad we call Malaysia cannot be fully appreciated. It is only when we see photographs of all of them, side by side as in this book that we know what Malaysian diversity truly means." Foreword by Marina Mahathir PRESS CONTACT IN MALAYSIA : Sympress Sdn Bhd
Also available by special order and online Limited Copies
Outside Looking In : Kuala Lumpur : £ 20.00 + pp Photographs by Steven V-L Lee Released in 2000,‘Outside Looking In : Kuala Lumpur’, consists a black & white photo-documentary book of A4 size, with a collection of photographs of central Kuala Lumpur, capturing the daily lives and activities of the residents there, as well as documenting the rapid growth and development of the city landscape from a human perspective. (ISBN 983-99149-4-4). Order Enquiries
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