Stepping into rustic Kuala Kubu Baru is like stepping back in time. Built in 1965, the town’s St Paul’s Catholic Church retains the blockish design of its era. As I stand before it today, the overcast sky and architecture combined for a homage to the past. The now faded and unique Eastman Color look of motion pictures from The Sixties.
Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f8, 1/250 sec.
Felt like a time traveller when I step into this ancient temple in Malacca. Built in 1637, the Cheng Hoon Teng Temple is the oldest functioning Chinese temple in the country.
I like how disarray on the candle stand disrupt an otherwise very ordered and sombre atmosphere.
Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f4, 1/640 sec.
New Paris Saloon and Klinik Kasut Osman in Ipoh Garden, Ipoh, Perak (circa 2008).
Traditional shops everywhere are being phased out by changing trends and diminishing demand. The neighbourhood barber, the family-run grocer, the ‘hole-in-the-wall’ newspaper vendor, the medical hall, the roadside cobbler; to name a few.
Many such entities have already vanished silently, without a visual record. While we can’t stop change, we can do one thing. We can document the remaining ones for future generations.
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
