Taoist Festival of Singapore

[Peter]

Dear Friends,

I have uploaded a new gallery on Taoist Festival of Singapore at www.pbase.com/kepha/tangki It features Taoist mediums going into trance and perform rituals that are seldom documented. Do take a look and I appreciate your comments and advice.

Regards,
Peter

 

[GeneW]

Peter, fantastic work! This is an amazing documentary.

Gene

 

[Designer]

Thanks for sharing! Peter, I think you have been impressed during taking those photos.

Keven

 

[Peter]

Thank you so much for viewing the gallery Gene and Keven! I am not only impressed! I am awed and shocked! My hands was really shaking badly after the shoot! I have seen enough blood in the hospital but I have never seen self-mutilation before! The deep wound on the tongue of the medium actually closed and stopped bleeding after the trance!

 

[wlewisiii]

Wonderful work, as always, Peter. Thank you for sharing the link here.

William

 

[Doug]

Peter, you must have been as exhausted as the ones in the trance! Thanks for your hard work and sharing these pics!

 

[Peter]

Thanks William and Doug! I was really exhausted! My friend who was with me commented if I could continue till the end of the ritual, I said if I collapse in exhaustion I will go into trance and ask Cartier-Bresson to take over! 😛

 

[Flyfisher Tom]

Peter, very impressive work indeed. Great to see the fervor of the moment in these shots, thanks for sharing.

Tom

 

[Peter]

Thanks so much for viewing Tom!

 

[denishr]

Peter, I must admit that your photos and projects almost invariably put my meagre snapshots to shame 🙁

I even got the Ultron 35/1.7, hoping to be able to achieve similar look to my shots, but to no avail 😉
I know it's the combination of lens + film + developing, but still...

Anyway, you're a great documentary/street photographer, and your projects always prove it!

Very nice work, Peter!

Regards,

Denis

 

[Peter]

Thank you so much Denis for viewing my gallery and your most generous complement! Your work is just as good it is just cultural envy I guess. I also envy the European landscape and streets of Europe and USA is so full of excellent photo opportunity! I am lucky to be able to access subjects that are not commonly documented and if you have access to them I am sure you could take even better photos than me! The Ultron is a great lens, perhaps it is your film scanner?

 

[FrankS]

Excellent photos of an amazing event!

 

[Peter]

Thank you so much Frank! 🙂

 

[Peter]

By the way guys, I have placed a password to the gallery by the request of the shrine management and the password is seance. 🙂