I have been following Leslie’s blog over at Les & More for awhile now. I first discovered this creative street photography blog when I participated in the Black and White Photo Challenge (one and half times) last year. The beautiful black and white photos Leslie posted on his blog weren’t part of the challenge though…
Turns out, he had a whole magnificently made hardcover book filled with these photos!
I’ve been liking and commenting on his blog posts like a little fan-girl ever since so, I was more than honored when I received an e-mail from him offering to send me a copy of this work of art!!
Leslie lives in Singapore so that’s where the photos start. (Yes, it was super cool getting mail from the Singapore post office!!). There are 5 sections of the book; all with different faces and streets representing different parts of Asia.
The back of the book features a quote from Leslie, explaining how and why he came up with his idea for it all:
“A great part of the people I photographed on the streets are vendors. They are synonymous with the streets because their livelihood are carved there. I’m intrigued by them. The spaces and stalls they run form good backgrounds for environmental portraits.”
I, too, am intrigued by these vendors now that Leslie has brought so much well-deserved light onto them. I very much enjoyed flipping through the pages, traveling through these different areas of Asia, and reading the little captions to get a feel for what was going on.
I promise he didn’t ask me to write this blog post, he genuinely sent me this beautiful gift as a “thank you for the support” kind of thing! He even hand-wrote me a note in the front and signed it. 🙂 I appreciate and love it so much I had to share it with you guys!!
Follow his blog, here, to get a taste of what’s on the pages of the book.
Visit his website, here, to purchase Vendorama: Portaits of Street Vendors by Leslie Neo now!
What a beautiful gift. Such an interesting look at Asia… Thanks for sharing it!
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I’m so grateful he sent it to me. ❤ Glad you enjoyed it, too, Rhonda!
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Ah that’s so kind of him & the book looks beautiful x
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I know! I was like “whaaaat?!” Love the book. ❤ ❤
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The photos look so beautiful ❤️
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They really are! 🙂
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What a beautiful gift and that’s wonderful of him ….thanks for sharing Hunida
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It really was so wonderful of him. 🙂 Thanks for checking it out, Debbie!!
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That is so cool! I followed!
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Yay! Hope you enjoy his work as much as I do. 🙂
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What a lovely thing to receive, brilliant photography!
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Isn’t it just?! He’s so talented!
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This is so touching!!! Thank you for sharing, girl. I’ll have to check out the blog!
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Hope you enjoy his work as much as I do!! ❤
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Wow! What a beautiful gift to receive! I’ll be excited too if I ever receive something like this. ❤
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I loved it 😀
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Wow!! This is so, so, so cool Hunida!! The blogging community really is such a special one. ❤
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I was soo excited to receive it!! & yes, I agree! I love the blogging community. ❤
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How sweet of him, what amazing photography too from what I can see
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I know! I was shocked when he wanted to send it to me. His photography is awesome & I love the locations he visits. 😀
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Yeah you’ll have a good idea of where he might have taken those photos if you ever happen to visit over there 🙂
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Beautiful gift!
Please check my blog and share love ❤
https://mesmots1987.wordpress.com/2018/11/30/singapore-gardens-by-the-bay-travelogue
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