I'm a Singapore event photographer; specializing in corporate events, weddings and birthday parties.

2011-04-04

Laundry Hanging Outside HDB Apartment Flats


HDB flats come with pipes buried in the rear wall, for inserting poles full of laundry. Solar power! Unfortunately, people have died hanging out the laundry, falling out the window:
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/indonesia/spore-finds-indonesian-maid-died-putting-out-laundry/432948

Residents are asked to not dry floor mops in the same location, because the dirty water will drip down onto other people's laundry, and also passers by. It's a good idea to not walk underneath areas like this. Sometimes clothes get blown off by the wind, and people will pick them up and place them in the lift (elevator), for the owner to see and retrieve.

Note the number of outdoor aircon units. The older flats weren't dimensioned to provide enough electrical power to so many units, but the new ones are. The apartments are not air-conditioned by default. It's up to individual owners to get their own unit. Also note the sun shade built into the top of the windows. 
  • Nikon D7000, 35mm f1.8.
  • At 35mm, f8, 1/250 seconds, ISO 100.
  • Program mode, center weighted metering, auto white balance.
  • Picasa: Auto contrast, crop.