Torque & The Streets of Kuala Lumpur 2008 V.1

[torque]

Salams,

Hari Ahad ada member buat kelas kat KLCC Park. Saya tak join tapi turun sebab nak kasi tahu Head Security on duty tentang approval utk shoot di park tu & nak jumpa kawan2 yg join kelas tu. Ingatkan lewat laa tiba sebab train komuter ada hal plak tapi alhamdulillah sampai tepat seperti yg dijanjikan.

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Saya lepak kejap ajer sebab saya ada "study group" dgn Rahman Roslan...jadinya, thread ini sebenarnya saya nak share secara ringkas apa yg saya belajar la pada hari ni, bukan nak menunjuk2 pandai, tidak...dah lama tak turun street ni kali pertama dalam tahun ni rasanya...(ehh...ye ke...)

Antara apa yg kami buat...kami melepak di - Leboh Pudu. Terasa mcm tak berada di Malaysia siut...kerana begitu ramai sekali immigran Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal & Indon di kawasan ini.

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~ Billboard pun dalam tulisan asing....crowd jgn cerita lah....ni baru kat luar...bila kami masuk ke dalam salah satu kedai makan kaum Shan, memang langsung terasa seperti berada di negara asing....

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~ The suspicious but accommodating owner of the Mall Shan in KL,Malaysia observing me composing my shot while some Shan immigrants passes by.


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~ A Shan youngster (left) on phone while a collection of Myanmar artiste's CDs mounted on the walls behind him are set for sale. Fellow phototojournalist RAHMAN ROSLAN sat next to the Myanmar dude.

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~ A group of Myanmar youths enjoying some light dishes & beer. Some of them have legal permits to work and goes bacck to Myanmar once in a while.

NOTE: Saya & Rahman tak kenal diorang ni, masa masuk Mall Shan tu memang penuh & Rahman telah mengingatkan saya bahawa kami perlu blend in sepantas mungkin untuk mengelakkan prasangka & kejadian yg tidak diingini. Mula-mula tu agak slow la conversation kami tapi lama kelamaan mereka semakin selesa & casual.


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~ A monk hunting for donation from Myanmar restaurant to another around Leboh Pudu. A colorful bandis given to each contributor - as informed by one of the Shan youngster it is a symbol of blessing.

...... :arrow:

[torque]

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Sebenarnya Leboh Pudu adalah destinasi terakhir kami...lepas tu kami "mamam" & berbincang tentang apa yg telah kami lakukan seharian.

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~ "Apamenda kau shoot ni Torque? Kau nak aku hentak meja keee kau nak aku starlight dahi kau?"

..dan sebenarnya juga "highlight" study kami adalah satu subject yg amat unik...

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~ Meet Uncle Ramu.....a street dweller, deranged but still sane in many ways....

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~ We spent most of the day talking & taking photograph of Uncle Ramu....we took turns sometimes, just so that we are able to get the variety of emotions & expressions for our documentation

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~ Uncle Ramu is "friendly" and he can go on talking for hours but he will not be annoyed if we stop him short & ask him some questions.

NOTE: nanti bila saya ada time & kesihatan ada sikit ok saya akan tulis tentang Uncle Ramu ni & cara kami approach & "interview" dia dan juga beberapa pekerja Indon, Vietnam & Bangladesh yg bekerja di sekitar kawasan Uncle Ramu "menetap".....

InsyaAllah.

[aji]

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thanks for sharing
tengok myamnmar minum beer ni torque
teringat bangla bangla togok beer lam flight mas KL-Dhaka dulu
buat pertama kali pramugari mas tu cakap beer out of stock
gila bangla ni
cepat lupa daratan

[torque]

salams...
tu lah dia Abang Aji...manusia ada yg mudah lupa daratan....walaupun mungkin merempat tapi masih lagi yg kufur nikmat!
moga2 kita tak tergolong dalam kumpulan sebegitu....

[zulz]

fuhh...nice capture...takut nak pegi tempat camni...takut perkara x baik terjadi...
tahniah bro torque...

[ikelah]

nice documentary

[zainzubir]

torque hanty masih tunggu invitation dr torque for the street photographing. Rasanya ramai yg ingin sertai jika torque organise outing seumpama. :wink: letak nama hanty teratas jika ada ura2 berouting dgn FMDCians.

[artpixel]

aku nampak uncle ramu tu sama nasib cam rahman roslan tuh...rahman tu ada gak yg short wire......
hehehe...man...sori...aku kutuk ko...wakakakak
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[buttet]

wakakakaka....nicely done uncle torque (kekeke buleh ka panggei uncle nie :p )

[kudean]

fuhh...nice capture...takut nak pegi tempat camni...takut perkara x baik terjadi...
tahniah bro torque...

ko nie badan jer besar .. ape ko takut sgt tu ? .. takut kena cabul ker ? wakakakaka

[zulz]

ko nie badan jer besar .. ape ko takut sgt tu ? .. takut kena cabul ker ? wakakakaka

bahaya diorg ni...banyak perkara x dijangka bleh berlaku... :D

[torque]

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~ Literally living on the sidewalks of the streets around Leboh Ampang, Uncle Ramu is an interesting subject that we managed to catch last Sunday. The community around him knows his existence and to a certain extent, his history. It was told that he used to be a construction manager and when we asked him, he acknowledged.
A supervisor running a construction site nearby is rather close to Uncle Ramu and the workers of the site mentioned that the supervisor actually used to work with Uncle Ramu.
Uncle Ramu speaks Bahasa Melayu fluently and he has a very good command of English language too. If you stay and observe his behavior you may find at times he'll converse with "his subordinates", explaining to them what they need to do and the consequences if they cannot complete the tasks.

....(nanti wa sambung lagi kalau larat...)

[torque]

Salams,

Terimakasih kawan kerana sudi tgk gambar2 saya yg baru nak mencuba2 ni....
InsyaAllah Kak Zain nanti ada ok sikit kita buat la outing, buat masa sekarang ni kesihatan saya kurang best sebenarnya.
Uncle Buttet pun bolah buat outing street apa, amacam Uncle? Wekekeke!


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~ Uncle Ramu claims he is from Telok Anson, Perak. He has a wife and a son, still studying in Sg Way.
He has not met them for years as he claimed when he went for operation, none of his family members came & visited him but he added "Tak apa, diorang sibuk, tak apa..." . He said the operation costs him a lot of money luckily the company sponsored for it. He does not want to be a burden to the family since the son is still schooling so he decided to be as is. How true is the story, Wallahua'lam.

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~ Uncle Ramu with one of the workers at a nearby construction site - Fathurrahman from Indonesia, who has been working for 3 years in Malaysia and never once went back to his kampung near Borobudur. He lives near Pudu Raya and when asked whether it is save if we would want to sleep around the area of Uncle Ramu (for real, alang2 nak buat documentary!!) he advised us not to. There are cases where the poor street dwellers are forced to surrender whatever they have. Sadly the culprits are locals, Malaysians "mat fit". Two days before we did this shoot, Fathurrahman witnessed a Malay couple - drug addicts loitering & spending the night around the same area.

OT sikit...maaf ya...
InsyaAllah ada 19 April ni saya & geng Chap Ayam Photographers akan buat exhibition, talk & projection day di Galeri Seni, Fakulti Art n Design, Tingkat 5, Bangunan Utama, UiTM. Exhibition kecil pertama (jemputan UiTM) dah berlangsung pada 9 April, ada report di Chap Ayam punyer site (http://chapayam.blogspot.com/)

[buttet]

woooo buat exhibition buleh buleh jumpo nnt..aku balik kerja aku terus ke sana....ganas deme chap ayam semoa..aku esok kena buat gak la exhibition fotografer fun fair ini.. :P

[azroygila2remaja]

da mcm dokumentari dah ni......syahdu dgr cita uncle

[torque]

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~ Uncle Ramu would accept anything that passers by give him and he is lucky to have a rather friendly and kind people working & living around his "territory"

[zzoux]

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aik, bukan ker mamat ni tengah round the world skang? ker pelandok 2 serupa? nama dia Remon kan? :lol:

oooo torque, mmg best arrr gambo hang, sakit mata tgk. fantabulous sumenyer. tapi bab inteview tu yg tabley tahan tu. bes bes.

ooooo skang kuar sama geng2 PJ jerrrr. yelaaaa sapalaaa kiter ni kannn. bila bole saya berguru ni torque ???? kalo bayo pengeras pon sy tak kesah. rindu samer abg torque :mrgreen:

[msharq]

torque hanty masih tunggu invitation dr torque for the street photographing. Rasanya ramai yg ingin sertai jika torque organise outing seumpama. :wink: letak nama hanty teratas jika ada ura2 berouting dgn FMDCians.

agree....ngan pendapat anty.... meh buat outim... lagi...

[torque]

Hadehh...perli halus, berdesing telinga siut!
Apaker hal aa ko nak berguru ngan aku plak Zzoux? Ko ler guru idola aku....
MSharq, Hanty & kawan2, insyaAllah, bila keadaan kesihatan saya ada improvement nanti saya akan cuba arrange outing bersama2 ok? InsyaAllah.....

OT lagi sekali, maaf...
Exhibition Chap Ayam Photographers pada 19 April terpaks ditunda ke suatu tarih yg akan di tetapkan, berikutan terdapat masalah pada Galeri Seni di UiTM itu sendiri;

-ketiadaan juruteknik bertugas untuk menyelenggara sistem bunyi, penghawa dingin dan lampu kerana diperlukan oleh pihak UiTM untuk peperiksaan akhir bagi pelajar
-keadaan Galeri yang kurang kemas, kerana digunakan oleh Pensyarah/pelajar bagi tujuan pembelajaran
-kelewatan untuk mendapatkan kelulusan Dekan Fakulti

Pihak UiTM memohon berjuta kemaafan atas masaalah ini, dan berjanji akan memberikan kerjasama penuh untuk acara yang akan berlansung nanti. UiTM juga berharap akan menjadikan pameran ini besar-besaran untuk para pelajarnya melihat dan berkongsi tips dari "Rebanist" sekalian.

[torque]

Salams...

Sorry Zzoux, itu hari ada "assignment"..tak dpt join ko! Maaf ya Taiko!

Sambung sikit jer siri kali ni...

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~ Walking his territory.
Uncle Ramu adalah "penjaga" setia bangunan ini, siang dan malam.

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~ Neighbour.
Pasangan penagih yg hidup di kawasan persekitaran, sesekali berada di bangunan Uncle Ramu.

[torque]

My last shots for this serie.....
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I realized my shots cannot tell strong story...I need to improve more, really not satisfied with what I have been shooting....so, Allah please help me!

[BARRI]

tgk baju arrr canonian tuuuuu

=P

[hatemaster]

aik kejap baju penang..pastu canon lak

[torque]

Hehehehe!
Org jalanan pun tahu nak tukar costume juga......hari dan minggu lain pi shoot maaa!!!

[OnTheSpot]

tula pasal...baju canon tuh..mesti nanti ramai carik baju tuh.. hehe

[red]

this is a really great thread, telling stories from the street- uncle ramu as the lead role with other supporting casts. this kind of topic is what makes a forum great. thanks to torque and team for bringing this to us.

[OnTheSpot]

nanti nk ikut ek kalau ko kuwow lagi

[soulzeshifter]

uncle Ramu nye t-shirt canon tu...walawiee...mmg subjek yg sgt sesuai...

Ooo..ni yg dipanggil street photography...nnt gue try

[timmy]

wow. interesting giler. very humane. berani tul torque mendekati uncle ramu. suspek!!!

[timmy]

erk, lupa lak. nak tanya pasal shan mall tuh...katne (exactly)? jual apa? mmg destinasi org Myanmar je ke? ckp bahasa apa masa kat situ?

[torque]

erk, lupa lak. nak tanya pasal shan mall tuh...katne (exactly)? jual apa? mmg destinasi org Myanmar je ke? ckp bahasa apa masa kat situ?

Salams,

Mall Shan tu terletak di Leboh Pudu, terselit antara deretan kedai2 yg dah tak macam kedai Malaysia dah!!
Memang terasa seperti berada di negara asing kalau jalan di kaki lima tersebut. Jual apa? Minuman2 yg biasa diorang minum & makanan mereka. Yang mengunjungi tempat minum tersebut adalah ethnik Shan, Myanmar. Mereka bertutur dalam bahasa mereka tapi saya & Rahman Roslan (Photojournalist of MajorityWorld) berkomunikasi dlm Bahasa Ingeeris dgn beberapa orang, termasuk "taiko" kedai tersebut.

Saya tak galakkan sangat kamu pergi atas sebab-sebab keselamatan - kami pergi pun sebab nak cari maklumat & Rahman Roslan memang dah masak dgn cara nak "blend-in" bila kena assignment ke tempat2 seperti ini....cuak memang la cuak tapi itulah sebahagain asam-garam photojournalist/ documentary writer agaknya....

[Ayie]

menarik klu dapat buat entry macam ni..
tp saya rasa seeloknya klu ada yg nak buat this type of photography, kena pi at least 2-3 org kot?