Ginger Symposium Singapore
4th
International Symposium on the family Zingiberaceae, Singapore
3-6 July 2006 Singapore Botanic Gardens. John's story on ginger was
published in Asia Geographic
Ginger is one of the wondrous inhabitants of the
rain forest. Not only the ginger flowers are so vibrant, colourful
and intricate, the roots are edible and have vital ingredients for
authentic food all across Asia.
Yet you don't see gingers being presented and
portrayed in their most photogenic ways. They are either dried up
specimens, dead or worst still all chopped up. |
If they are alive, their flowers are
always overpowered by the electronic flash light from the camera so
that the entire ambient become totally nocturnal or pitched dark.
 Asian
Geographic Issue 44, 5/2007
Ginger's Bite . The Forgotten Jewels of the Southeast Asian
Rainforest by John Arifin
How can we depict ginger in a more gingerly and amicable way so that
we can bring the beauty of the species into the realm of the
majestic rainforest in its original glorious habitat or in the
grandeur of the tropical garden or simply put, just like the way
gingers spice up out food? |
The vibrant colours, the
intricate flowers of the gingers and their natural habitats will be
presented by John Arifin, who is a nature photographer and ginger
enthusiast. He traveled and photographed gingers in South East Asia.
Through his camera lens, he will show how gorgeous ginger could be.
John Arifin presenting at the 4th Ginger
Symposium Singapore at the Singapore Botanical Gardens holding an A0 size print
of Costus Spaciosus. |
