Mimo Khair Creative

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  • The Art of Containment~

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    Sometimes the world feels so vast, it’s people too many and the weight of it to heavy to bear. At those moments, and if you were a person that enjoys their own company with the endless mazes ripe with possibilities of self discovery, then the obvious result would be a self engineered containment. It can…

  • Chasing spirits~

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    These recent images from my Instagram page have been titled “chasing spirits”, and for the first time I find myself seeing a distinct line running through these street portraits that were taken by me in different Asian countries but solicit the same emotional reaction from me. There is something that draws me in to the…

  • Dry desert flowers~

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    How fair is it that someone’s whole life experience and story can be diminished to one word: ‘refugee’ ?

  • Portraiture award from PX3~

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    PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WINNER OF PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris MIMO KHAIR OF GERMANY WAS AWARDED THIRD PRIZE IN THE PX3 2018 COMPETITION. PARIS, FRANCE PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS (PX3) ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF PX3 2018 COMPETITION. Mimo Khair of Germany was Awarded: Third Prize in category Portraiture for the entry entitled,…

  • Of men and birds~

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    This man sat quietly smoking on the edge on the bustling Champs-Élysées as people walked all around and birds flew by. He was still there on my way back an hour later. Day 95 of 365~ Paris

  • Tears of a stranger~

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    Someone, somewhere is shedding tears at this very moment. And someone, somewhere is sending them a good thought. Wishing you all well on a rainy night in Germany. Day of 85 of 365~

  • Misplaced~

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    In Hongkou, part of the old city of Shanghai, was a set of grey narrow alleys that were a maze of tiny streets containing 2 or 3 story homes stacked side by side in a most claustrophobic manner. Hundreds of tangled electric wires dangled between walls that were decorated with phone numbers advertising services for…

  • On Possession~

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    Possessions: What do we really, truly possess? We think of possessions as things we plan and hope on keeping permanently, and the more we have the more we want to collect. But in the end, does it really matter? Maybe we can call them temporary belongings, because that is all they are. When we leave…

  • On the love of photography ~

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    Magic lives in every moment, all around us and it just waits to be captured. It’s as simple as that and when we are about to capture a moment we want to treasure, we just know it. We feel the magic as our finger presses the shutter and we just can’t wait to see the…

  • The spirit of winter~

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    It may be harsh, it is often brutal, it’s undeniably chilling but oh it can be so beautiful in its intricate unique and delicate form. Day 37 of 365 Image is a composite of cold frost and warm human~