• Art,  Black and White,  Editing,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Istanbul, Once Upon a Time

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Istanbul Turkey “If the earth was a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.”  – Napoleon Bonaparte – “If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.” – Alphonse de Lamartine – “If they say “you have your last chance to look at the world”, I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul.” – Alphonse de Lamartine – “All other cities are doomed, but I imagine that as long as people exist, Constantinople will exist.” – Petrus Gyllius – “Istanbul, a universal beauty where poet and archeologist, diplomat and merchant, princess and sailor, northerner and westerner screams with same…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Culture,  Moment,  Photojournalism,  Portraiture,  Reportage Photography,  Travel

    Istanbul | Istiklal Caddesi

    This is among my favorite picture of Istiklal Caddesi in Istanbul, there are a lot of peoples here, you really can get lost in time here, watching people doing their business along the street or simply watching people just enjoy walking here. Definitely this is a must visit place for any traveler or tourist who come and visit Istanbul apart from most common tourist attraction like Blue Mosque and Aya Sofya at Sultanahmet. People here really doesn’t bother so much of you taking picture of them, maybe most people here are so accustomed with photographers taking their picture, after all, this is among the most popular tourist attraction in Taksim…

  • Book,  Malaysia,  Photojournalism,  Reportage Photography,  Travel

    Istanbul Turkey | Photographer Workstation On The Move

    © 2009 Wazari Wazir | Istanbul Turkey © 2009 Wazari Wazir Istanbul | Turkey This is my temporary workstation while I was in Istanbul Turkey for my assignment covering our Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin during COMCEC Economic Conference in Istanbul Turkey. This is my room in Hilton Istanbul Turkey room number 92 located not very far away from busy area of Taksim. I was sleeping alone here even though there was two beds in the room. On this assignment I bring my own 15 inch MacBook Pro, my company doesn’t provide me with a laptop so I’ve to bring my own. For back up I bring along Laciew…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Assignment,  Culture,  East,  Expression,  Face,  Malaysia,  People,  Reportage Photography,  Street,  Tourism,  Travel

    Istanbul | Turkey

    When mention about Istanbul, image of Aya Soyfa, Blue Mosque will come into mind and also all those fairy tales and love stories about Constantinople will come alive. Istanbul is a great place to be and among world favorite travel destination. You can see Europe and Asia in one place, living in harmony here. Actually it is not so easy for me to reach here. There were so many procedure to follow and in fact I get the approval the very last minute before the day I depart for istanbul from Kuala Lumpur. To cut the story short, it was a long flight from Kuala Lumpur to Istanbul on 7th…