PicsOf.Asia

Old Vietnam Pictures from the Colonial Area (around 1900)

Joe Le Merou — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:15:05 +0000

We continue with our set of old 1900′s Photos from Vietnam. This time it’s a bit of a mix up. Street seller, Vietnam, Tonkin, around 1900 Women a baby practising chinese traditionnal medecine, Tonkin, 1900 Praying Royal Elephants in front of the Palace, Hue, Vietnam, 1900 Hoang Cao Khai, Vice King of Tonkin, 1900 [...]

Opium smokers in Vietnam

Joe Le Merou — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:11:49 +0000

I just stumbled upon a great collection of old pictures from Vietnam. Most are from the Colonial Area (circa 1900) when the country was still the French Indochina (and the Tonkin, since most of those pictures were taken in Hanoi). Some of them are colored by hand (in a very beautiful way i must say. [...]

Old pictures from Thailand (the 1930′s and the 1940′s)

Joe Le Merou — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:00:49 +0000

The followings are some pictures and photography taken in Thailand (or Siam for a few of them) during the 1930′s and 1940′s : Thai Boxing Fight, Bangkok 1948 Chinatown Street, Bangkok, 1948 Mananat Wholesale Market, Bangkok 1938 Lampang Street, 1936 Nan, group of people, 1933 Thai Family, 1930

The photographers at National Geographic

Joe Le Merou — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:05:08 +0000

Just a quick update this week. I think for every photographer, the guys at National Geographic are legends. You may – or may – not like this kind of pictures but you cannot deny that they know how to make beautiful and spectacular photos. What you may not know is those guys take a [...]

Thai Student Crossing the Street in Bangkok

Joe Le Merou — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:00:37 +0000

Well it was raining really hard that day in Bangkok. Was that obvious ? We found a haven in a small cafe. After eating the rain was still going so we killed time by watching the streets and the people going by. This beautiful girl then crossed the street with her colored umbrella and her nice [...]

In theTemple of the Golden Mount (Wat Saket)

Joe Le Merou — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:51:40 +0000

And now for something a little different… The Wat Saket (or the Golden Mount) in Bangkok is a really interesting Wat. It is located on the top of a small hill in the center of the Big Mango and it gives you a very nice view of the surroundings. Have a look here if [...]

Old Pictures from Laos

Joe Le Merou — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:32:25 +0000

Old Pictures from Laos Very old picture of the Pha That Luang in Vientiane A better one of the same building The Patuxai under the flood (Vientiane) Laotian boys and girls playing music Street Photography in Savannakhet

Shooting Star

Joe Le Merou — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:02:32 +0000

This one is a bit special. I usually don’t do much post processing on my photos. Maybe a bit of cropping, change the light, that’s pretty much it. And while I liked the topic of this picture (kids playing in the water with the plane leaving smoke traces in the sky) I wasn’t feeling [...]

Smoke

Joe Le Merou — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:11:12 +0000

You sometimes get an interesting photography out of pretty much nothing. Take this one for instance. It was taken on the side of Gunung Cawi, the Indiana Jones-esque monument near Ubud, in Bali. I was trying to capture those two young kids making a fire when for some reason the smoke began to become intense. [...]

Lonely Woman On The Ferry

Joe Le Merou — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:01:11 +0000

Whenever i go to Bali, i usually do this from Java Island. You can take the ferry at Banyuwangi (wich is connected by train to Surabaya. Meaning you can go all the way from Jakarta to Bali by train wich is what i usually do ). Taking the ferry is a fun thing to [...]