Well, to keep it nice and short (and yes, this is a post about what's happening in my life recently)
- I turned 25 two weeks ago; first life crisis doesn't seem to happen - lived through it with my friends, most of whom are already beyond that line :) As one of them very wisely put - 25 is an age, when you know that you are still young and life has lots of great things in store in your future, but you also already have some past, and some things will never happen again.
- I'm staying in Australia for at least another year. Yes, I've planned initially to stay for year-year and a half, but falling in love changes plans so much :)
- Karan and I celebrated our half a year together, and all is great and wonderful. it's destiny i think
- I got a promotion at work, and while staying with the same position name (marketing executive), I'm taking on more responsibilities in managing brands and having end to end responsibility etc etc. satisfied :)
- going to Brussles-Amsterdam-home in 3 weeks' time, for a couple of weeks. To see the family and for the AI reunion and to see my friends. hate bureaucracy with visas and the expensiveness of tickets, but am getting excited about the trip! would be two years since i saw all my european friends, and my parents have 30th wedding anniversary. I'm so looking forward!
will be back on air soon...
- I turned 25 two weeks ago; first life crisis doesn't seem to happen - lived through it with my friends, most of whom are already beyond that line :) As one of them very wisely put - 25 is an age, when you know that you are still young and life has lots of great things in store in your future, but you also already have some past, and some things will never happen again.
- I'm staying in Australia for at least another year. Yes, I've planned initially to stay for year-year and a half, but falling in love changes plans so much :)
- Karan and I celebrated our half a year together, and all is great and wonderful. it's destiny i think
- I got a promotion at work, and while staying with the same position name (marketing executive), I'm taking on more responsibilities in managing brands and having end to end responsibility etc etc. satisfied :)
- going to Brussles-Amsterdam-home in 3 weeks' time, for a couple of weeks. To see the family and for the AI reunion and to see my friends. hate bureaucracy with visas and the expensiveness of tickets, but am getting excited about the trip! would be two years since i saw all my european friends, and my parents have 30th wedding anniversary. I'm so looking forward!
will be back on air soon...
Impressions of the World Press Photo Exhibition
1 Comments Published by Svetlana Zhukova on Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 1:23 PM.
The exhibition is here in Sydney - which is always a great opportunity to get some inspiration and thinking.
www.worldpressphoto.org
As I like the photography, I was admiring once again how one visual can induce lots of emotions and remind about the state of the world we are living in. Several thoughts struck me:
- how lucky I am to be born and live in a safe country, where I wasn't forced to become a refugee because of the war (images of Darfur and Afghan people), I have education (pictures of girls in regional Turkey luckily getting into a school), I had a safe childhood (abused children in Spain), and many more...
- it was surreal being a visitor in a gallery in Sydney looking at pictures taken in Ukraine and Russia... I saw scenes photographed (teenagers in a little town, pensioners walking together), i saw that in real life and it was my life. I grew upin a little town and as much charm it had, like close to nature, walking everywhere, there is also a sense of desperation every time i come home, how far that life is from the kind of life i live now. And today I stand and look at that at the exhibition in Australia... (and feel quite happy to, it seems)
- turned around the corner and saw a giant portrait of Putin - it won the first prise for portraits, take for Times when Putin was on the cover as the person of the year. Quite a good portrait actually. Coincidence Russia got a new president last week, but with Putin continuing as prime minister. Bring on the change...
- another thought - I would never be able to be a war/news photographer. Imagine seeing a wounded man on the streets of Nairobi, and going around trying to capture better angle while he's bleeding... But i am grateful to photographers nevertheless for showing images to the world - how they say, one picture is worth a thousand words...
Go and visit the World Press Photo Exhibition if it's around your city
www.worldpressphoto.org/
www.worldpressphoto.org
As I like the photography, I was admiring once again how one visual can induce lots of emotions and remind about the state of the world we are living in. Several thoughts struck me:
- how lucky I am to be born and live in a safe country, where I wasn't forced to become a refugee because of the war (images of Darfur and Afghan people), I have education (pictures of girls in regional Turkey luckily getting into a school), I had a safe childhood (abused children in Spain), and many more...
- it was surreal being a visitor in a gallery in Sydney looking at pictures taken in Ukraine and Russia... I saw scenes photographed (teenagers in a little town, pensioners walking together), i saw that in real life and it was my life. I grew upin a little town and as much charm it had, like close to nature, walking everywhere, there is also a sense of desperation every time i come home, how far that life is from the kind of life i live now. And today I stand and look at that at the exhibition in Australia... (and feel quite happy to, it seems)
- turned around the corner and saw a giant portrait of Putin - it won the first prise for portraits, take for Times when Putin was on the cover as the person of the year. Quite a good portrait actually. Coincidence Russia got a new president last week, but with Putin continuing as prime minister. Bring on the change...
- another thought - I would never be able to be a war/news photographer. Imagine seeing a wounded man on the streets of Nairobi, and going around trying to capture better angle while he's bleeding... But i am grateful to photographers nevertheless for showing images to the world - how they say, one picture is worth a thousand words...
Go and visit the World Press Photo Exhibition if it's around your city
www.worldpressphoto.org/
Labels: lucky, sydney, world press photo exhibition
Just a couple of snapshots from recent weekends in the city:
and last weekend, Sunday afternoon Newtown - great chilled out atmosphere
Glebe on Saturday morning - at Saphos
George street - Town Hall
In the City
Afternoon coffee at Mecca [cafe]
Newtown at night
and last weekend, Sunday afternoon Newtown - great chilled out atmosphere
Glebe on Saturday morning - at Saphos
George street - Town Hall
In the City
Afternoon coffee at Mecca [cafe]
Don't you just love Sydney :)
