Ex Nihilo: An Album

The streets of London are often relatively empty during Christmas, so I came to make my friend and brother, Haziq, stroll along the city paths nearly aimlessly. Void of any obvious connotations of landmarks, the myriad of London's small but distinct characteristics are still put in place in each photos, to be noticed by the keen-eyed. It's my intention of delving into some form of intervention into the scenes, by putting Haziq, already static in mood I presumed, onto the very dynamic streets of London, with its rich contexts pulsing greatly even in the midst of the winter holiday.

The silence of the streets revolved into a higher amplitude of pedestrian parade, when people thronged to the Embankment to usher into 2011. Joined by other acquaintances, our walk into the new year is also translated here, with the deliberately omitted fireworks reinterpreted in the forms of smiles and lights.

The bright hues in reality were regenerated into a heavy presence of black & white, while strongly indicating solemnity, puts a hint in the increasing (physical) absence of the heat in the actual settings. All over the photos, a mood of reflection is to be suggested, derived from the life downturns of 2010. In the remaining life assets I could possess towards the end of last year, it is in my clear intention to suggest hope and renewal albeit myself being trapped in a loss, hence the title being 'Ex Nihilo', from the Latin phrase meaning 'out of nothing'.

The full album is in Facebook.