Tag : Photojournalism

Incredible India. Three Days in Delhi

Steam Train. National Rail Museum, Delhi, India

Three days in Delhi were fun! The weather? – 100°F (+38°C), 100% humidity… not so much! However, almost all items on my To-Do-Go List were crossed out. I have memo-photographed Rajpath, Imposing India Gate, Parliament House, Chandni Chowk and Main Markets, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial and National Gandhi Museum, National Zoological Park, National Rail Museum, and other sights, taken a bicycle …

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Incredible India. Sunrise at Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal – one of the Seven Wonders of the World – check! :) According to a hotel manager, it was raining in Agra for the last five days (monsoon season). The first dry morning was the only morning I stayed in Agra… So I thanked God for the opportunity to photograph Sunrise at Taj Mahal and got there for …

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Incredible India. Pink City – Jaipur

The Goat, Monkey and Pigeons. Jaipur. Rajasthan, India

It took about eight hours to relocate to my next destination – Jaipur, located in semi-desert lands of Rajasthan (east of Jodhpur). A road trip across rural India was fun, monsoon- not so much :) Jaipur consists of two totally different towns: New and Old. A new one is a modern city with business centers and billboard advertising; roads of …

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Incredible !ndia. Sambhali Trust

Dancing Women and Girls. Sambhali Trust, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

In Jodhpur I had the opportunity to provide my services (volunteering work) to a non-profit organization Sambhali Trust. The people I have met there and things they do for others have changed my life forever. Govind and Mukta, the founders of Sambhali Trust, Renu, Corinne, Marta, Shahrzad, Marina, and other volunteers, thank you for your kindness, unselfish actions, and true …

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Incredible !ndia. Blue City – Jodhpur

Holly Cows on the roads of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Jodhpur. I have felt in love with Jodhpur, its blue cityscape, its people, its food… its everything! The memories from this part of my Indian trip are popping up with clear sunny sky, colorful women’s outfits, smiling faces of people I have met, and holly cows resting in the middle of traffic :) Jodhpur was the highlight of my trip. …

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Incredible !ndia. Thar Desert

The beginning. I have started my Indian Nona Hora project in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. I stayed two days / one night in Thar Desert with a wonderful Rajasthani family. I cannot thank enough Gemar and Mewa for the memories I captured during my stay in their hut. The rides in Gemar’s 1957 Jeep in desert sands, meetings with Bishnoi people, Camel …

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The Heineken Experience

The second photo post of the second part of my EuroTrip 2011 happened on a rainy, windy, and cold day in Amsterdam, Netherlands. For a few hours I was hiding from the rain in The Heineken Experience, an historic Dutch brewery. Why do people say that men prefer beer more than women do? gmeanm3r

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One Rainy Day in Amsterdam

To be honest, I had big photography plans for the Venice of the North. However, with all my luck, the day of visit came out as the coldest day of the Summer 2011, offering very strong winds, heavy rain, and 9 degrees Celsius (48 F) temperature in July! It was a “lot of fun” to hold an umbrella in one …

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Cambodia. Angkor Wat, Ta Prohm, Ta Keo

Ta Prohm - Royal temple taken by jungle. Angkor, Cambodia

Ta Prohm is the modern name of a temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries and originally called Rajavihara. Located approximately one kilometer east of Angkor Thom and on the southern edge of the East Baray, it was founded by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII as …

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Cambodia. Tonle Sap – Great Lake

Three girls in a boat in Floating village on Tonle Sap Lake

Once again, welcome to the new Memographer.com, where I share my Captured Memories! Today I will re-post some photos from my trip to Cambodia, previously published in my old blog. The Tonlé Sap Lake (“Tonlé” meaning “Large Fresh Water River,” but more commonly translated as Great Lake) is a combined lake and river system of major importance to Cambodia. The …

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‘Tales Of Asia. The Faces of Angkor’ Book

A book cover contains the images taken in Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Welcome to Memographer.com – a web-blog dedicated to my photo / memo projects. I start blogging here with the news- my third photo book of Nona Hora project has been published. It contains about 400 photographs from my recent trip to Cambodia, South Asia. The book is titled “Tales of Asia: The Faces of Angkor”. Below is a front cover …

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