South East Asia transportation

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Worldwide | Wednesday, October 6, 2010 | 4 photos

Our dream was to visit Asia, so, my husband and I decided to start in South East Asia. We arrived in Bali last May, and rented a house in Sanur, a small Fishing Village. Everything was very exciting and different for me. Perhaps most impacting was how people used motorcycles and bicycles, differently from the West. Every scene was a pictures and a painting to my eyes. I wanted to document everything and once again my love for this art was flourished. I had just recaptured my dormant hobby from the days of Arts University in Brazil. The problem was these hiders went too fast for me and my camera. I could not take a good photo, but I would not quit.
Also, I loved how happy they were just by having a way to transport their family and doing their work, granted in many instances in a very busy roads system.
My idea upon returning home was to find a photography classes so as to "Portrait the World" and while renewing my insurance with World Nomads I found the contest with the offer of a Scholarship. A dream fit for me.

1) "Super Mom", Phuket, Thailand.
It was very difficult to me take this picture with 5 people.
i spend 1 month for that. I managed after many attempts photos.
The day I took this picture, I was very luck, they stopped beside me
in the stop light, the mother with a happy smile consented me this magic moment. I got it!

2) "Street vendor", Bali. Indonesia
This pictures of an itinerant broom salesman, illustrates a typical way of work and survive in Asia.

3) Traditional Vietnamese woman worker with typical hat made of
waterproof rice straw. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.

4)Workers returning home. Bali, Indonesia.