How much can a year change with time? I've been feeling that times flies very fast these days. The few changes that I happen to notice happen in my city for the past 3 years after I watch back my photo library past few years back. This one particular sets of photo catch my attention because of the two places that I happen to document that time already change. This particular photo from library are the time I purchase my new lens, the sony G 18-105mm f4 which I immediately went to used on street photography.
These first photo here is the famous public spot in Kota Kinabalu City to watch the sunsets and the night view of the city. This is a place where people went to hangout in the late afternoon also in the evening as there's also a restaurant that operate until 10.00pm at night.
Here's my recent visit to this place during my location recce for a video shoot I make August last year. The restaurant here been demolished but the observatory place is still the same. I just hope that this place will not be demolished completely but a sign of upgrade for the public convenience. Seeing back this photo makes me want to plan a visit to this place soon to see what development has been happening there.
The night live in Gaya Street is quite lively before the pandemic. Here's a few photo that I've taken at the time.
This one particular place where people used to chill down while watching the live band. The last time I went to visit this place, I'm quite surprise that this whole place is demolished.
This is the current view of this place, totally different. Maybe the city council have a different plan for this place as it's been close during the pandemic. Gaya Street is very famous with its night market and also the sunday market. Maybe with this place demolished will make room for more the night and sunday market in the future.
Photo has a very powerful reminder for the future as we tend to forget certain event. This comes to my realization that photo really will become valuable in the future to preserve the memories of the past. Have a great week everyone.
