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Tango

April 29, 2009 Mahbubur Rahman
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Impromptu tango session at South Street Seaport.

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In New York Tags bridge, brooklyn, couple, dance, love, romance, seaport, south, tango, nyconly
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Brooklyn Bridge

April 27, 2009 Mahbubur Rahman
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Brooklyn Bridge as seen from South Street Seaport, New York.

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In New York Tags blue, bridge, brooklyn, New York, seaport, sky, south, water, nyconly
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About

Mahbubur Rahman, a #part-time traveller and a full-time #wanderer, wandering about the globe as much as possible, logging the experiences here.

Projects

The Tattoo Project
In this project, I have tried to take portraits of people with their tattoos, proudly showing the part the tattoos play in their lives.

Bangladesh
My country gets a lot of bad rep, and the only news you hear about it are about floods, cyclones, tragedies, political turmoil, etc. Its not what I remember growing up. I wanted to show a country that has so much more to offer than the sum of its statistics.

 

Recent Posts

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Castle Neuschwanstein and Hohenzollern
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A Visit to Rothenburg ob der Tauber
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Exploring Frankfurt: Part 2
Exploring Frankfurt: Part 2
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A Visit to Acqui Terme, Italy
A Visit to Acqui Terme, Italy
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A Drive through Switzerland
A Drive through Switzerland

A drive through Switzerland is everything that I thought it would be. Mountains, lakes and the requisite chocolate stops makes this one of the more memorable road trips in Europe.

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Exploring Frankfurt: Part 1
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All the Colors in One Place
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Bob Marley Land
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Cliché

Aside from the pristine beaches, there is another side of Jamaica landscape that I noticed when I ventured out from the sheltered resort area. When you venture inland, there is a plethora of other scenery that is very different than the tourism posters of Jamaica. I happened to walk off the hotel property, and stumbled upon the edge of golf course which was not really part of it, but still was very well taken care of. Either way, anybody would be more than ecstatic to have it as their backyard.

On a different note, I wanted to mention something about photographic cliches. Photographic cliches are images that are created with motifs that are very common, such as sunrise/sunset beaches, mountaineous landscapes, rocks in water, autumn leaves, white fences - and lone trees. I've probably rattled off about 70% of the recent pictures you've seen on the web (and possibly on my blog). The truth is that in the current digital age, and the easy access to camera equipment/technology, its pretty hard to be original, especially for amateurs like myself. All this is a little depressing unless you're a creative genius, and so the philosophy has to change. So if you're not going to create the next original masterpiece, then I guess the thing to take note off is whether you're having fun, and whether you believe in what you created (or are creating) - IMHO, its all worthwhile as long as that requirement is met. Also, I strongly believe that once you are having fun and believe in what you're doing, you will end up creating that masterpiece at some point. Yes, the lone tree motif has been done many times before, but I'm fairly confident its not that rampant in landscapes of Jamaica (I hope). This is my thought process in the ever changing, saturated world of photography of today. What is your approach?

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