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.
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.
