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PhotoAsia would be interested to hear from photographers who have stock images covering the following topics:

The current market trend is targeting the modern Muslim consumers. Agencies are now working towards Islamic branding for their clients. In view of this PhotoAsia is looking for images related to Muslim lifestyle big time. These images do not necessarily have to be taken in Malaysia. They can be from any Muslim countries worldwide particularly from Indonesia, Turkey, Middle East, Pakistan even in Europe and the United Kingdom.

1. Shopping – interior shots of Muslim men and women shopping in luxurious shopping malls, supermarket (inspecting packaging/product, at checkout counter, paying with credit card)
2. Business meetings/discussion in office or conference room, presentation, at the computer, using modern technology gadgets, etc.
3. Dining in restaurants, relaxing with friends in cafe
4. Muslim praying – group or single person
5. Leisure – vacation/holiday destinations, kids playing the park, relaxing in the sun, family picnic, etc.
6. Watching TV with family, working at home with PC & mobile phone
7. Muslim housewives doing laundry, in a modern kitchen, feeding baby, family meal time.

Images with identifiable people needs signed model releases. The client is going to use the images for commercial purposes.

If interested, please contact Christopher Tvärne at chris@photoasia.com.my.

Three children lying on father's back, smiling. Photo Credits: ASIASTOCK

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Chinese Opera, Hong Kong. Photo Credits: Oriental Touch

Come August 31 Malaysia will be celebrating 52 years of independence. While I ponder on this I can’t help thinking of the things I missed and the happy childhood memories that will never be revisited by the children of this generation. I read with nostalgic despair in today’s papers a news item that gleefully announced that the traditonal Chinese opera is going high tech – they are using fogging and snow machines in their back drops! Very soon we will only be able to watch such stage shows in huge LCD screens in air-conditioned theatres in cool comfort or in dinner shows where you have to pay an exorbitant sum for such performances.

Fifty years ago you can watch such performances for free but you would have to bring your own seat, usually a wooden stool, to sit in front of the stage or stand and watch whenever the show was in town to perform in celebration of a religious festival. Such stage shows may still be in practice in some small towns and if you know of such a place and you are a photographer, professional or otherwise, I would seriously suggest that you capture this moment in time not because the images will sell but for posterity, for your children’s children.

None of us can stop the rapid rise of technology but before we totally lose sight of all traces of the good old days, make an effort to look out for such scenes and capture them on film. Fifty years ago when there were no television or computer games, we cycled to the beach, to a river to catch fighting fish, made simple kites to fly on a windy day, climbed trees, played hopscotch and played all kind of games, mostly of our own invention and imagination. Remember these scenes?

While I applaud the the progress of our country on one hand I cringed at the way society wants every thing quick, fast and immediate. To me the greatest loss is to lose the appreciation of the beauty of a language, the joy of communicating with words. I truly despair at how prevailing the use of text messaging in our lives today not only by handphones but in emails and chat as well. It really pains me to receive an email that reads “C u b4 3 pm 2day when you could easily have written “see you before 3 pm this afternoon”!

Happy Merdeka, everyone!

Two boys cycling in the rain, Malaysia. Photo Credits: S K Chong

Children flying kites, Sabah, Malaysia. Photo Credits: Pang Piow Kan

Children sitting on the coconut tree, Malaysia. Photo Credits: Arthur Teng

Children playing ball in the river, Malaysia. Photo Credits: Pang Piow Kan

Picture Library Sdn Bhd, Malaysia’s oldest stock photo library, announced today that after 17 years it is changing its name to PhotoAsia Picture Library, effective immediately. Read the full press release here.