52 photos of me – instalment 2

I’ve kept up with the project I accidently started in January to take a photo of myself every week.

For this set I applied the soft faded effect from the Pioneer Woman to all of them because the top left one needed attention due to poor indoor light and then I decided to to the same to all.

I love that the strong colour in my shirt in the top right photo survived being faded.  It and the photo bottom left were taken a week apart but could be 2 sides of the same photo.

The bottom right photo was my one for this week because I’m much more aware of thinking about washing my hands here in Bangladesh – because of the ever present dust; because of the lack of soap and clean towels in some places; and because the cleanliness of what I put in my mouth is a more present thought  (no problems yet – and that’s probably already too much information!!!).

The background to the photos is a texture from Pixel Dust Photo Art – called yesteryear.  I’m liking using textures instead of papers at the moment.

Using the spiral staircase

Thankfully I only have to walk up 3 levels of the grand spiral staircase to reach my temporary office – the lift goes to the 6th level and then we walk. 

Looking down into the well of the staircase makes me giddy but produces some fabulous photos.  I used one of these for my Friday Photoart this week.

I used the Pixel Dust Photo Art Blue Moon texture as the background and Statement Frames as the top layer – with the hue changed to show green.  I added an artistic filter to each photo of the spiral.

glimpses of Bangladesh – sustainable materials

One of the things I’ve really noticed is the use of natural materials.  All of the building sites have bamboo scaffolding and it is used by the painters in our office building as a ladder (photo top right).  The men happily posed for me for this photo.

 

When I buy fruit they are placed in a paper bag that has been made by gluing or stapling together sheets of printed paper (photo bottom right).  The sheets may be from a report or a letter or a bill – I’m not sure what the privacy implications are and if people are careful about shredding things that they do not want someone else to receive as  bag.  Or maybe not many people are curious enough to look at what is on the paper in their bag?  I find this approach of re-using rather than re-cycling interesting.

The other two photos show the view from our office block – bales of paper and shredded paper are being sorted.  I haven’t been able to find out if they make the bags here.  The Bangladeshi in our office seem bemused at my interest in this paper sorting venture we can see from the window.

Plastic bags are not allowed.  Some shops provide muslin bags which last for several trips or bags made from plastic netting.  Jute bags are also widespread as jute is grown in Bangladeshi –indeed it is one of the major exports and the local economy is benefitting from the current interest in jute shopping bags across developed countries.  Jute is also used to wrap large packages, instead of cardboard.

Its these little everyday details of life that fascinate me when I visit other countries – which makes sense of the things I document in my own life too.

February 1-7

Joining in Julie’s Month in numbers again – I will print this as a photo and put into my Project Life for this week

The font is Rockwell and the border from Ali Edwards