Long before this part of the world was fighting for self-rule, at the time when the colonial master's civilization was awed upon, in the 1930s when the world was in its worst recession and our rubber was dirt cheap and we were fighting beri-beri, see what they had in the city of New York, US of A! The following pictures were taken by an American photographer, Charles Ebberts, depicting skyscraper workers during their lunch break somewhere in 1935. Even though I am neither an expert in photography nor a shutterbug myself, I still appreciate good pictures. Whether it is the view of the concrete jungle of New York or the serene pearly white hue of the Himalayas, somehow, there is nothing like the romanticism of black and white photographs! While Malaya then was also standing pretty, in its own way, looking like this... Pictures are depicting - High Street,KL; Sunset in Malaya: Ipoh Turf Club; Tanjung Malim Railway Station; Johore Bahru and Causeway; First Malay...
It is all Mimesis