"YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS ARE AS DAZZLING AS YOUR SUBJECTS"

Friday, November 22, 2013

AUSTRALIA SPIES ON INDONESIAN LEADERS; IT GETS PERSONAL FOR PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO

LISTEN UP, AUSTRALIA! 



Indonesian President 
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono 

BUT NOT TO MY WIFE'S PHONE 


First Lady Ani Yudhoyono 
(Kristiani Herawati) 

OR MINE, OR MY GOVERNMENT'S 

Indonesian-Australian cooperation suspended 

Some of the reporting here and here and here 

ANALYSIS here 

Monday, November 18, 2013

THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ARE DEVASTATED BY TYPHOON HAIYUAN; PRESIDENT AQUINO IS TEMPTED "TO DESPAIR"

THE TOLL KEEPS RISING 


PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT 
BENIGNO S. AQUINO III 
bows his head as leaders and their spouses gather for a group photograph at the APEC Summit on Bali, Indonesia, October 2013  

Today it is reported that nearly four thousand people were killed when Typhoon Haiyan hit the central Philippines, and that the estimate of people "displaced by the catastrophe" was now up to  four million. 

Sunday, November 3, 2013

ART IN RELIGION (BALI, INDONESIA)

UNFINISHED 
RELIGIOUS OBJECTS 
BY THE ROADSIDE 


WORK IN PROGRESS 
BALI, INDONESIA 

Saturday, November 2, 2013

SHOPPING FOR A CELL PHONE ON BALI

CELL PHONE SHOPPING 


FAMILY CHECKS OUT 
ROADSIDE STALL 
BALI, INDONESIA 

Friday, November 1, 2013

BECAUSE WE CAN? OBAMA AND THE NSA

SPYING FOR 
OBAMA? 


STATUE OF THE BOY 
"BARRY" BARACK OBAMA 
JAKARTA, INDONESIA 

On his left hand a butterfly; above his head, a surveillance camera.   

To be continued