Summer, Swedish west coast.
Text & Photo © JE Nilsson, CM Cordeiro 2014
Swedish west coast | azure
Warm azure.
Text & Photo © JE Nilsson, CM Cordeiro 2014
It’s been clear blue skies and intense sunshine for some days now along the west coast of Sweden.
“Ah no! It’s not supposed to be like this now. It’s too early! You know, it’s like this now, then later in the summer, you know it’s going to be miserable. It should be bad weather all the way to Midsummer, then after that, you have good weather. Now that’s a good summer!” ~ A neighbour.
Reflections on black, white and gold
Christmas advertising for Metro, ca. 1981.
Text & Photo © JE Nilsson, CM Cordeiro 2013
When I was young my mother worked in the advertising industry. Between the ages of five till about twelve and then again at around sixteen I got to model in several Singapore print adverts that included Metro, McDonald’s and Nintendo.
In one photoshoot, several girls were lined up neatly in a row, the purpose of which was to get us to take a hop forward and land on one foot, looking excited and into the camera. Out of twenty odd takes I looked up only once, much to the exasperation of the photographer, “Why can’t you look forward? There’s nothing on the ground! Look forward! Look forward!”
Even at the age of six, I found myself curious as to why it was that I just could not look up when I jumped. I simply had to see (and thus know) where I was going! I concluded that it was due to the rules of hop-scotch, a game that I played almost everyday when growing up at the Convent that I could only look down whilst hopping. You always watched where you hopped because stepping on a line would get your turn forfeited in the game, plus, that you had to re-draw the rubbed off area of the squares in the sand once you had stepped on the lines and recess time was only that brief.
For one photo shoot a large number of fluffy small yellow chickens was brought in.
Featured in the picture above is just about a third of the feathered little things. My mother brought home two little darlings from this shoot, one each for my brother and I to care for.
Singapore Botanic and Orchard Gardens, 2013
Text & Photo © JE Nilsson, CM Cordeiro 2013
As a little Garden of Eden of sorts is the Singapore Botanic Gardens, that’s beautiful for an afternoon stroll. As an integrated part of the Botanic Gardens is the National Orchid Garden that houses innumerable exotic varieties of the country’s national flower.
Sitting happy in the Orchid Gardens’ collection, the largest display of tropical orchids in the world, are more than 3,000 species and hybrids with about 600 on display. Every year, more vibrant and enduring hybrids are added on.
Within the compounds of the Botanic Gardens is Burkill Hall. Built in 1866, it is a fine example of an early colonial bungalow with its trellis constructs to its ground floors, tall windows adorned with matted drawn blinds.
Burkill Hall used to be the Director’s House, and its current name commemorates the only father and son pair, Isaac and Humphrey Burkill, to hold the post of Director of Singapore Botanic Gardens.
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Rain, Singapore River
Tropical rain.
Text & Photo © JE Nilsson, CM Cordeiro 2013
Hujan. Revealing the old skyline of Pulau Ujong, by the Singapore River.
Raffles Hotel, Singapore 2013
Touching base with our favourite watering hole.
Singapore Sling, Long Bar, Raffles Hotel, Singapore.
Text & Photo © JE Nilsson, CM Cordeiro 2013
At Lisa and Karl’s wedding, Vasakyrkan
Photos from a wedding in autumn, at Vasakyrkan Gothenburg.
Text & Photo © JE Nilsson, CM Cordeiro 2013
Ragdoll blue
Sila
Text & Photo © JE Nilsson, CM Cordeiro 2013
Her name is Sila. Her startling blue eyes and colour point coat is distinct of her Ragdoll breed. Extremely homey, she seems most comfortable curling up half in the sun and half in the shade, dosing soon after. The matching vibrant blue wool blanket that brings out the likewise vibrant blue in her eyes, is hers.
Saluhallen Saturday
Extra Virgin | Virgin Extra.
Organic Olive Oil.
Text & Photo © CM Cordeiro 2013