Reportage – Zarina Holmes

Lo-fi in Tokyo

I bought a compact toy camera from a local photography shop just before my winter trip to Tokyo. I couldn’t control it much, nor use it for professional purposes. But it was liberating because it prevented me from overthinking.
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Revisiting Winter Wonderland

I edited unpublished Winter Wonderland photos with the help AI-assisted software. But I keep the out-of-focus shots for the warm memory.
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Portrait of a healer

In his Psychology Today bio, Dr Picker “integrates Jungian and psychoanalytic traditions, focusing on unconscious dynamics, childhood experiences, dreams, and collective influences, societal and historical.” This deeply resonated with me, and I aimed to reflect his wisdom and patience in the photographs.
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A floral tea party in London

An affordable tea party, decorated with upcycled containers and homegrown garden flowers.
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Ipoh Alternative Book Fest 2025

Ipoh has produced many important talents of Malaysia. A new indie book fest curated by a collective of poets, restores the arts community hope for Perak again.
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Kuih raya: Traditional Malaysian festive delights

One of the best parts of the Hari Raya Puasa, or Eid-ul-Fitr, celebration in Malaysia is the traditional food, especially the Kuih Raya.
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Women’s day

Every day is an opportunity to champion women’s rights and achievements.
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Perak-on-the-sea

Perak-on-the-sea is an affectionate term I give to the quaint maritime district, Seri Manjung. The Lumut Creative Festival (Pesta Karya Lumut) was a golden opportunity to finally cast my lens on the robust artistic scene in my own hometown. The last music event I photographed about my hometown was the Notting Hill Festival in London,…
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Transit in Tokyo

My transit in Tokyo in January 2023, on the way back to London, was the starting point of my Asian era. I didn’t know it back then. The country had just reopened to the world after a bitter Covid-19 pandemic episode, one of the last Asia Pacific countries to do so.
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Notting Hill Carnival portraits

The Notting Hill Carnival began in 1966 as a protest organised by the local community against the racial tensions that happened in the 50s and 60s. Soon after, the event evolved into a street festival with a great mixture of West Indies, African, Latin and British food, exciting sound system parties, street dancing and the…
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