Category: Photography
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203 | In Transit :: Tokyo, Japan, 2012
Just missed the train in Tokyo. Thought the faces in the window presented a nice cross section of the diversity of people going about their daily lives.
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202 | In Transit :: Yangon, Myanmar, 2014
Riding the circular train in Yangon. Love the brightness of the photo, and the liveliness of the train ride, where you truly embrace what it’s like to be a local.
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199 | Palaces and Stuff :: Paris, France, 2009
I always associated Marie Antoinette with extravagance, given the whole “let them eat cake” thing. So when I saw this tiny little cottage in the garden of Versailles, I was quite surprised that it belonged to the infamous queen.
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198 | Palaces and Stuff :: Moscow, Russia, 2013
Sometimes I find it strange that I’ve been inside the Kremlin before I ever got to visit the White House. Now that I think of it, I’ve never even been inside the Texas State Capital building. And given the current situation, I really highly regret not visiting the White House during the previous presidency. Sigh.
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197 | Palaces and Stuff :: Tibet, 2014
The Potala Palace used to be the political center of Tibet, and the abode of the Dalai Lama, before the current Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959. It sits majestically atop the Red Hill in the center of Lhasa Valley, and is named after the home of Bodhisattva Chenresi (or Guanyin). Of all the palaces…
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195 | Palaces and Stuff :: Vienna, Austria, 2016
The Belvedere palace was built in the 18th century as a summer residence for some prince. As an UNESCO World Heritage Site, it boasts one of the best art collections in Austria. We arrived too late (and honestly too tired of museums) to look at the actual art. Walking through the gardens though, we were…
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194 | Light :: San Francisco, USA, 2011
This photo comes close to capturing the despair I feel when going through the cell blocks of Alcatraz, where everything seems drab, and the dim light offers little consolation to the gloom of it all.
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193 | Lights :: Shanghai, China, 2013
At my favorite rooftop bar in Shanghai, a lit bottle against a lit skyline. This city never understood how to be understated.
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192 | Light :: Kusama Yayoi, 2014
A brief moment inside Kusama Yayoi’s Infinity Room in Shanghai. The magical world she creates mesmerizes and inspires, and I can see why they limit the time you can spend inside this room, because it takes you into a place of your imagination where you can just keep going and going. Also I can only…