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A LOVE LETTER TO GEORGE TOWN

ustralian photographer Nicholas Watt arrived in George Town, Penang, for the first time in 2010. Commissioned by an Australian magazine to photograph a story on a new wave of hoteliers, Watt was instantly drawn to the elaborate architecture of the UNESCO-listed area. ‘From

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