Author Archives: TV Smith

Twilight Zone

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A lone mollusc fisherman trawls the shore north of Cape Leman, Johor. This isolated and pristine beach is sandwiched by the South China Sea and the hostile rainforest.

I was photographing the annual Rainforest Challenge Expedition on a 4wd. Having missed the convoy earlier, I needed to drive another 12 kilometres on the deserted coast to get to the base camp nicknamed Twilight Zone.

Tyre tracks that can serve as additional breadcrumbs to the GPS were washed away or submerged quickly. The vehicle was caught between the rising ocean and the impenetrable mangrove forest. It was a race against tide and nightfall.

As it turned out, the journey was fairly easy compared to the many hardcore participants who came in via the hazardous swamps ahead. More on the next pic…

Cape Leman

Pit Stop, Sepang

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Flashback: The pit crew in action during the now defunct A1 Grand Prix (A1GP). The competitors represented their nation instead of themselves or teams. As such, the A1 series was also known as the “World Cup of Motorsport”. There were talks of a revival of the concept under a different banner but so far it hasn’t materialized.

A1 Team Malaysia was the title sponsor of my PhotoBlog during that time. I often  photographed them from the pit lane and garage when they were racing in the home circuit.

Pit Stop, Sepang

Pit Stop, Jakarta

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Street photography need not be about people alone. If you are uncomfortable photographing uncomfortable humans, there is a wonderful world of inanimate things. Be it urban decay, graffiti or urbex (urban exploration), visually-interesting objects are to be found at every turn.

One of my favourite subjects are the various wares sold on the streets in the capitals of South-East Asia. While exploring Jakarta (Indonesia) on foot, I came across a street with several shanty tyre shops. Some were in rickety huts, many under trees. I like how this open-air vendor arranged his tyres and rims like a racing pit stop.

Pit Stop, Jakarta