Singapore

Singapore is a busy city/country. I have not found many street photo opportunities during my visits, but do have a few showing a certain local character.
The first photo is "uneventful" till one notices the face of the soldier on the back of the bus, and the statement about national pride.
The second picture is just a coincidental alignment in body language, looks, and the lingerie poster that was all over the city that year.The first two were taken with a Olympus OM-1 and Vivitar Series One 35-85mm lens.
The third one was fun to take because I thought that I was seeing double. So I held my Nikon F and its 105mm lens to look at the lady, as using binoculars. Indeed, there were two ladies soo mirror-image like that I had to take a shot.
The last picture shows the multi-cultural identity of Sngapore, and the interesting role Armenians played in the history of this Asian country. Indeed, in the 1880s there were round 100 Armenian families in Singapore and the Armenian Apostolic church of St. Gregory the Illuminator, in Armrnian street, still remains a national heritage landmark.

Among most famous Armenians of Singapore is Agnes Joaquim. Born in Singapore, she never married, but dedicated her life to the Armenian community and her horticulture work in her garden in Tanjong Pagar. In 1899 she introduced a flower from her garden called Vanda Miss Joaquim, and won first prize. She died a few months later, and in 1981, the Vanda Miss Joaquim was designated Singapore's national flower. Photo taken with a Kodak Retina IIIc and a Xenon 2.0 lens.

©Vahé Kazandjian, 2013