In most countries consumers can buy pre-paid cards after presenting some form of identification, so-called KYC (Know Your Customer) requirements. In Saudi Arabia that identification …
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As many of my friends appreciate I’m camera shy. Partly it’s a desire for privacy, and partly it is because more photos makes my work …
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Kinda sweet when the Shibuya skatepark bans the dinky skateboards that are for sale by all-and-sundry shops in Harajuku these days. What elements of (now …
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How we identify ourselves and what we get for identifying ourselves. Flip it: everyone and everything is by default identified: what is taken away by …
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It’s that time of the year again – where I take a month off from travel to apply for a new passport (or in this …
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Wonderfully pure example of an photo booth, from Kyoto. Ki-Re-i = beautiful.
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A headless couple advertising wedding photography services – Photoshop skills are fairly sophisticated here – with the background, heads and extras such as basking lions …
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