i waited a while for the perfect character to lean against the left side of the wall. it needed to be someone just like this woman with so much jewellery, nice outfit, handbag, well made-up etc, standing instead of sitting. the scrunched up "tourist guide" in her hand was a total bonus.
Kal, i am known for my obsession with tilted photos. i am not even half as scientifically minded as you, but tilted photos are just wrong. i am pretty sure that the wall must have been leaning because the horizontals in the background are indeed horizontal. speak to the grand palace architect about it and ask him to straighten it for my next visit! ;)
Phil, your last sentence was my entire reasoning for this picture. i found the grand palace a very strange place to be. more so than the other temples i visited because the grand palace is so commercial and a true sight seeing destination, yet there still are monks who do reside and worship here trying to block out the swarms of noisy and overbearing tourists.
The same theme as the preceding image, yet a different cast of characters and an entirely different structure. Here is not space that divides the two worlds, but walls. Walls of gender, class, and calling. Instead of showing us the physical glories of the Grand Palace, you prefer to reveal the profound sociological gulf that separates the visiting tourist from those who make this place their spiritual home.
You divide them very well here Ruth and the expressions are perfect. Was the dividing wall really leaning or does it need straightening? I have an obsession about right angles (I am an engineer you know ; )
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