http://avantguardian.xanga.com/Latest Xanga weblog from avantguardianen-us60http://s.xanga.com/images/xangalogobutton.gifhttp://avantguardian.xanga.com/http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123464783/item/http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123464783/item/Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:59:05 GMT<IMG src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/avantguardian/couturecopy.jpg">http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123464783/item/#firstcommenthttp://avantguardian.xanga.com/123462296/item/http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123462296/item/Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:50:27 GMTWITHOUT WALLS, GERMANY 2002 <br /><br />“Through my journey, i had visited a place almost transparent, as if i could<br />see through the walls. I felt like an alien in this silence that surrounds me.<br />This was far away from the concrete noises of children running, a 10th month<br />old crying for his milk and a demanding husband just came back home from<br />work with a strong presence of alcohol underneath his breath. Through these<br />walls is below -10 degrees. Hardly you would see anyone peeping through<br />their windows with creative thoughts in their minds. Could it be the<br />temperature? Well i don’t know but an hour had passed and it felt like forever.<br />It was cold for me and i felt weak, taking my own sweet time to do almost<br />everything. Is this how i’m gonna be when i reach in my late 60s? But<br />somehow, i’m not worried but calm in this silence. To be in a place between<br />the boundaries that felt almost transparent.”<br /><br />“Without Walls” series was taken in the outskirts of Bavaria, a small town in<br />Burgkirchen am Wald, Germany. My black and white photographs feature the<br />serenity and calm environment of an average living Bavarian family. During my<br />visits, i was amazed of the vast differences between the calm environment of<br />my “host family” in Germany and the fast pacing, money making society in<br />Singapore had led me to a culture shock. Like an alien in this strange new<br />world, i had taken this environment into a whole new perspective. Taking my<br />manual camera and just a standard lens in my hands, i had apparently gained<br />some casual compositions in a highly personal, observational style of these<br />photographs.http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123462296/item/#firstcommenthttp://avantguardian.xanga.com/123461608/item/http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123461608/item/Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:48:10 GMT<IMG src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/avantguardian/w23.jpg">http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123461608/item/#firstcommenthttp://avantguardian.xanga.com/123461422/item/http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123461422/item/Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:47:36 GMT<IMG src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/avantguardian/w21.jpg">http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123461422/item/#firstcommenthttp://avantguardian.xanga.com/123461241/item/http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123461241/item/Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:46:57 GMT<IMG src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/avantguardian/w22.jpg">http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123461241/item/#firstcommenthttp://avantguardian.xanga.com/123461120/item/http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123461120/item/Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:46:29 GMT<IMG src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/avantguardian/w24.jpg">http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123461120/item/#firstcommenthttp://avantguardian.xanga.com/123460972/item/http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123460972/item/Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:46:01 GMT<IMG src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/avantguardian/w25.jpg">http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123460972/item/#firstcommenthttp://avantguardian.xanga.com/123460811/item/http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123460811/item/Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:45:32 GMT<IMG src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/avantguardian/w26.jpg">http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123460811/item/#firstcommenthttp://avantguardian.xanga.com/123460619/item/http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123460619/item/Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:44:53 GMT<IMG src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/avantguardian/w27.jpg">http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123460619/item/#firstcommenthttp://avantguardian.xanga.com/123460418/item/http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123460418/item/Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:44:09 GMT<IMG src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/avantguardian/w28.jpg">http://avantguardian.xanga.com/123460418/item/#firstcomment