This morning I watched the sun rise over the Taj Mahal. I sat on its smooth marble steps and marveled in it’s cool interior. They say it’s the greatest building ever built for love. Probably true. But if I were a Maharaja (in those times), I would have put a swimming pool in the center, […]
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Timeless
May 4th, 2008 by Jay Wright · No Comments · Asia, India
Pssst. Hey, are you awake? Yeah. Turn on your camera. I want to know what time it is. She reaches for her camera and turns it on. We have no watches, no clocks. Every room in the hotel displays a completely unrelated time from the other rooms. Even the computers in the cafe are only […]
Its Absurd, But its Real
May 4th, 2008 by Jay Wright · No Comments · Asia, India
Photographically speaking, this place is explosive. The colors are brilliant, the chaos is charged, the absurdity is invigorating. But what I see, sense, and feel is not yet captured by the lens, not to my liking. We shoot all morning, walking the streets, surrounded by assertive people full of hope to a commission for unwanted […]
No Guidebook Necessary
May 2nd, 2008 by Jay Wright · No Comments · Asia, Thailand
Bangkok and its curry welcomed me back for the third time. Like an old friend, we dined on fresh fish, caught an excellent soccer game, drank some beer, and wandered together on a timeless morning. It was a quick, eighteen hour affair, an easy transition back into Asian culture, a soft step to prepare for […]
Bangkok arrival
May 1st, 2008 by Darlene Nastansky · No Comments · Asia, Thailand
Ten hours flying west with the ever rising sun, my body fooled into thinking there was no need for sleep. Layover in Tokyo, my first footing onto the Asian continent. Lingering through the airport, kiosks filled with tentacled squid cellophaned for quick take out, boxes of green tea mochi, cafe sushi and crazy electronic bubble […]