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THE NIGHT IS YOUNG

A coffee table bookby

Jacquelyn Vanessa

THE NIGHT IS YOUNG

A coffee table bookby

Jacquelyn Vanessa

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“There’s so much more to a book than just the reading.”

- Maurice Sendak

Copyright (c) 2015 by Jacquelyn VanessaIllustrations copywright (c) 2015 by Jacquelyn Vanessa

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced - mechanically, electronically, or by any other means, includingphotocopying - without written permission of the publisher.Published simultaneously in Malaysia.

Design by Jacquelyn Vanessa

Cover by Jacquelyn Vanessa

Printed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

First printing May 2015

ForMum & Dad

The Night is Young 2

Introduction

Introduction, as I construed them to be, should start at the beginning. The start of a story, the start of a jour-ney, an explanatory section of a book, speech, report and whatnot. This

book contain photographs, that cor-responds with the life that are mostly witnessed in the wee hours in Malay-sia. It is only up to your imagination to sink into the moment captured.

Nightly

Tunes

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A bunch of talented buskers perform-ing indie genre songs to entertain the passerbys with good ear-soothing mu-sic. A great way to eliminate the noisy engines coming from vehicles on the road with something that is much more

worthy to be attracted to.

“I think music in itself ishealing. It’s an explosiveexpression of humanity.It’s something we are all

touched by. No matter whatculture we are from,

everyone loves music. ”

- BILLY JOEL


Hard-working construction work-ers struggling to live a life to sustain their family. They work mostly during the night when the traffic dies down, & most people are tucked in bed. But nontheless, the workers still manage to plaster a smile on their face despite

having such job.

An Uphill

Battle



“Even whenwe havephysical

hardships,we can

be very happy.”- DALAI LAMA

The Art of Artists would find a spot along the streets of Kuala Lumpur to display their artwork that is up for sale, and also to resume drawing portraits of peo-ple. These gifted artists

Colourseffortlessly complete a number of artworks, some with the purpose to make ends meet, and some for their own contentment.


“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their

inward significance.”-ARISTOTLE



DRINK &

Bars and pubs would be crowd-ed with customers towards mid-night until dawn. Most of them drink and dine with the purpose of relieving their stress, socializ-ing, or just wanting to be intoxi-

cated for the joy of it.

DINE

“Your life changes. Everything has to be done perfectly, and I didn’t follow that. I lived my life as if i wasn’t in the public eye. I thought, “I’m young. I have the right to ex-

perience new things, and if I wantto go to a bar and get

drunk, that’s my perogative.”- SHANNEN DOHERTY

AcknowledgEments

The author would like to acknowledge:

Rhiannon Oh, whose presence was a gift to me and to many. I am eternally grateful for the short lessons you gave in order for me to understand how Adobe InDesign works. I undoubtedly appreciate your generosity and friendship.

Hiren Siva, for protecting me in the streets of Chang-kat. Eternally grateful to have you by my side while I was taking photographs those past few nights. Also, thank you for being tall. You saved me. You know why.

Choo, for saving me from countless disasters while designing this book and for being awesome.

Vivien Teo and Devin Wong, for driving me to Chang-kat. Thank you for not needing my money for toll pur-poses. Because of you both, the world suck a little less.

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JACQUELYN VANESSA is an architecture student from Taylor’s University Lakeside Cam-pus, who hails from the land below the wind - Sa-bah, Malaysia. You can join the others who fol-lows Jacquelyn on Instagram (jacquelynvanessa) and also those who subcribes to her Youtube(youtube.com/JacquelynVanessa).

Jacquelyn is currently living her university life with friends in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Photo by Hiren Siva, 2015

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It takes imagination to bring out theLiveliness of the moment of each photo.

Take a breath and open your eyes.dROWN IN THESE PICTURES THAT SPEAK

A THOUSAND WORDS. Take a moment and live the lives of the

people you see featuring the spacesThey are in.

This is not an ordinary coffee table book.

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