An extraordinary set of images captured by a Photographer in Singapore I know only as TungTong. What I have here is only a few of the incredibly rich images. You can check out the whole set here. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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At various times in our lives we all have to shed the baggage of the past and move forward to a positive destiny much lighter than we were before. So was the case with the Garden’s future Interviewer, EMPress. My favorite awkwardly, graceful amazon steps a bit more lightly now but no less beautiful and still full of humble pride. These images are part 1 of a 2 part retrospective of former tresses. Captures from a walk in a park. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this...

a black & white pictorial set with colour bookends… Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

colour… Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

That window, even screened, allows lady beetles. Luck sprinkles the ceiling. Magazines and perm rollers litter your flat like so many sweets beaten from a donkey. But right now, little matters except butter. Butter, you hope, will armor you: against the city’s parasitic grit, against your bus mate’s accosting grin. The coarsest of sentiments slipping past manilla teeth. Morning breathes her last. Your metronome quickens as the wind hijacks Adhan, presses traces of worship against your hips, and trails you to the door. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share...

Jamila appears here courtesy of Tyronne Payton of Studio 1. Tyronne Payton of Studio 1/TyKi Photography in the New Orleans area has been shooting professionally since 1984 and he opened his own studio in 1990. He does calendars and is currently interviewing models for a calendar project that is shot on location in Jamaica. If there are models who are interested, feel free to contact him at LTYRONNE@AOL.COM You can see his work and his links at tyronnepayton.tripod.com. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it...

Khade in a west end butta aftershoot Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

I can’t empower anyone, but myself. As a traditional artist, I did a show at the Apache Cafe & Lounge with another photographer a couple of years ago. I titled my series of pastel works “Real Beauty Has Curves” and it was a companion set with the photographers images. On the night of the opening show, curvaceous models, representing the aesthetic of the show posed for the artists and photographers that attended and during the course of the evening we hosted an Artist’s Talk about the works and it was quite provocative. During the course of the discussion, the photographer...

Vanisha…RAW and natural Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post