Did I hear you say our taxis are too small and stuffy? Maybe you like to try one of Cambodia’s innovative public transport options. Only problem is when a passenger decides to haggle, he will hold up 15 other passengers (not counting the 3 babies on-board). I opted for more upmarket transport. I squatted on the narrow roof rack of a mini bus with 10 others. A bit more cooler and great for street photography. That was how I captured this scene from bustling Phnom Penh.
The brain is confused when it cannot determine the visual logic or objective reality of a scene, at a glance. Cognitive recognition comes about via familiar optical perception of the horizontal plane. Here we have a guy in a vertical dive and his friend is looking up at him leisurely. What is going on? To unlock the illusion, just rotate your phone. No small feat by world freestyle motocross champion Eigo Sato and friends in Malaysia. Moment frozen with the Olympus OM-D.
One of the joys of street photography is the opportunity to talk to strangers. By engaging them, you get unusual pictures sometimes. I met this vegetable seller in a tiny town in Brunei. Soon we were talking about our mutual interest of bikes and he brought out his collection of Aquila bikes. Made by China’ss Hyosung, they are what snobs regard as a poor man's Harley (clone). I chose not to crop off the daughter for the square format as she ‘balances’ the pic.
