Travel-Voyages
The Middle Eastern markets…Methodical mazes
Multicultural meeting and market places, the souqs and bazaars in the Islamic metropolises make up the heart of those cities. In their unending meanders,the vendors pass down their know-how since centuries ago. In a day when everything must be quick and modern, what’s left of these chaotic realms with their nonetheless well-established codes?
Photographs by Pascal Meunier/LightMediation Text by Eve Gandossi
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The Happy Magic Water Cube
One of the world’s most incredible water park in the heart of Beijing
The « Water Cube » – Beijing olympic swimming pool – was specially created for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Its blue plastic bubble-like outside look is now emblematic in the whole country and for every Chinese just like other very symbolic monuments. But since the end of the chinese Olympics, the Beijing municipal government has tried its best to find a way and make this complex commercially viable and recently placed their hope in a rather astonishing water park. The « Happy Magic Water Cube » or « Beijing Magic Water Park » is now set up in the southern part of the Cube and is welcoming an emerging urban elite which can afford around 18 Euros (150 RMB) to get in, which remains for most chinese a lot of money.
Photographs and text by Raphael Fournier/LightMediation
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Ubud: The refuge of the gods
Considered the cultural center of Bali, the village of Ubud has become, in a few decades, a prized tourist destination. Despite this success, the artistic microcosm has nonetheless managed to keep its identity and charm.
Photos and text by Marc Dozier/LightMediation
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NYC by Jerome Charyn. Photographs by Frédéric Reglain
The writer has made New York the object of his research and his love. A true New Yorker, non conformist, a bit wild and wasted, with a penchant for the peripheral, the fringe, from which springs the new, the creative.
Photos by Frédéric Reglain/LightMediation Text by Danielle Tramard
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The ghosts of Ordos
China’s prosperity allows the country to build giant new cities in the middle of nowhere. As Ordos, which grows like a mushroom in the steppe of Inner Mongolia province. Journey in a young city who sees itself as a new Dubai, but is still waiting for its inhabitants.
Photographs by Olivier Touron/LigthMediation Text by Cédric Gouverneur
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Australia – The Explorers’ Way
The mythical Stuart Highway crosses Australia from north to south for more than 3000 kilometers. Built over the steps of the 19th century explorers, this lengthy asphalt ribbon symbolically retraces the epic story of the conquest of the country-continent.
Photos and text by Marc Dozier/LightMediation
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One thousand and one night in Cairo
Fallen in oblivion when the European city was built at the end of the XIXth century, historic Cairo is thriving again. An army of workers, architects, engeneers and restorators is involved in the salvation of Tulunid, Fatimid, Ayyubid, Mameluk and Ottoman Cairo.
Photos by Michel Setboun/LightMediation Text by Philippe Flandrin
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The Ruhr, proud again
Essen, Duisburg, Bochum. Welcome to the Ruhr, where museums are taking up their quarters in the heavy carbon and steel works.The land has grown green again and a crowd of the curious has replaced the black-faced miners.
Photos by Frédéric Reglain/LightMediation Text by Danielle Tramard
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Madrid: Viva la vida!
Whether it is in the sky, where amazing things go on, or on the street in daily communication, the Madrileno, intense, lofty, asserts an irrepressible energy. Do like them, roam the museums during the day, nibble tapas at anyhour and devote your nights to flamenco and the movida (the Madrilenian groove). Without hesitating, put yourself on stage, in the image of the buildings that rise high,and listen to the recalcitrant architects.
Photos by Frédéric Réglain/LightMediation Text by Danielle Tramard
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Bali – An ever-flowing Faith
For centuries, the Balinese have strongly held on to their Hindu faith despite being a part of Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world. With a dedication to their traditional culture, desa adat, as well as being buoyed by an inherent sense of joy, the people of Bali have found the means to embrace their past while turning towards a promising future.
Photos by Remi Benali/LightMediation Text by Heather Robinson
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