The Rohingya who run away to Bangladesh
Bangladeshi photojournalist Saiful Huq Omi has been documenting the Rohingya in his home country for sometime now and the stories he tell have touched certain people the wrong way. These […]
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The New York Times photojournalist David Guttenfelder streams live on Periscope from North Korea
I’ve signed on to Periscope because I can see it’s potential for storytelling. But, I’ve yet to find myself in a suitable situation to utilise it properly (aside from viewing […]
A short film about Skateistan and Afghan skateboarder, Merza Muhammadi
Skateistan is an NGO started by Australian skateboarder, Oliver Percovich, in Kabul, Afghanistan back in 2007. The objective of the organisation is to engage youth is a positive manner. I […]
Come visit the Fat Bidin booth at Art For Grabs (6th & 7th June, Jaya One)!
So I’m all prepared for this weekend’s Art For Grabs! I’ve got all the books (The Adventures of a KL-ite in Afghanistan) in stock. And ten limited edition photo prints […]
Not one, but two, limited photo prints of the last Jew in Afghanistan!
Today is a lucky day for all you Fat Bidin fans out there! Every Wednesdays, I offer up one limited photo print for sale. But today, and only today, I […]
A photo print of an ultra-poor Hazarat family in Bamiyan, Afghanistan
In war-torn countries, it is almost too common to see the ultra-poor unable to bring themselves ahead in life. And this was what I saw in Afghanistan. In the mountains of […]
A hard copy of James Nachtwey’s Nepal dispatches for TIME is more satisfying than on the iPad
I’m a sucker for anything James Nachtwey and when TIME magazine released their issue of his photographs of the devastating earthquake in Nepal, I just had to buy the actual […]
Malaysian photojournalists need to tell local stories instead of only wanting to travel overseas, says Eric Peris
Eric Peris is one of Malaysia’s first photojournalists. Born in 1939, he started his career in photojournalism by joining Fanfare magazine published by Time Publishing in 1957. He has had […]
A limited photo print of the Malaysian military helping local Afghan villagers
The Malaysian military team who were in Afghanistan (MALCON ISAF 2) were on a humanitarian mission rather than a combat one. They helped to build water filtering systems, consult and […]
A photo print of the Malaysian military assisting injured victims of a Taliban attack
One of the most dramatic moments during my time with the Malaysian Armed Forces in Afghanistan was when the Taliban attacked an ANP (Afghan National Police) checkpoint. They were rained […]
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