Mahaendra Gofar Photography

23/09/2018

The National Aquatics Center, better known as “Water Cube”, is one of the best known venues of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The Water Cube was specially designed and built by a consortium of Australian, British and Chinese firms (although PTW, the Australian architecture firm, is Chinese-owned).
The building’s form is inspired by the natural formation of soap bubbles. Ethyl tetrofluoroethylene (ETFE) was chosen for the façade, similar to that of Munich's Allianz Arena.
After the 2008 Beijing Olympics, half of the interior of the Water Cube was transformed into a water park. It is currently Asia's largest indoor waterpark and is considered a top tourist attraction in Beijing. The other half of the Water Cube retains its original purpose as a competitive facility and hosts international swimming and diving competitions throughout the year.

08/07/2018

From a recent exhibition at the museum mobile in Ingolstadt, Germany. Shot with the Leica T and the Voigtländer 21mm f/4 P.

In the mid-1960s, Volkswagen AG acquired Auto Union GmbH and prevented the company from developing any new models. This stipulation to only look after the existing models was ignored by Ludwig Kraus, then Technical Director at Auto Union GmbH. In 1965, Kraus wanted to expand the range of vehicles which the resuscitated Audi brand offered. He saw adding a model in the executive segment as the only way to keep an independent Auto Union GmbH afloat in a time when the Ingolstadt plant was being used for production of the VW Beetle. Without informing Volkswagen, Kraus developed and subsequently presented the concept before it was eventually given the go-ahead from the team in Wolfsburg. Very quickly, the capacity of the Ingolstadt plant was pushed to its limits and thus Auto Union shifted the entire production of the Audi 100 to the Neckarsulm works in 1970. From the first series alone, the company sold 800,000 units.

10/12/2017

Contrary to the result of my 9 most popular posts on Instagram this year, I do have more eclectic content to offer...

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06/11/2017

The Fiat Abarth 131 was a very successful group 4 rally car, winning the manufacturers' World Rally Championship three times: in 1977, 1978, and in 1980. With this car Walter Röhrl won the 1980 drivers' World Rally Championship. Between 1976 and 1981 the Fiat 131 won 20 WRC events.

13/08/2017

Testing the 7Artisans 50mm f/1.1 manual lens wide open for food photography. Shot with the Leica T.

06/01/2017

Shot with the

01/01/2017

Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Temples of Worship : Centro Storico Fiat, Auto Expert Magazine (Indonesia), December 2016. Shot with the and the

Magazine articles written and photographed by me.

06/11/2016

Magazine articles written and photographed by me.

06/11/2016

Viktoria Yarovaya. Shot with the Leica S2.

09/10/2016

From a session in Jakarta. Shot with the Leica S2.

24/08/2016

Outtakes from the recent editorial on the Alfa Romeo museum in Arese, Italy. Shot with the

16/08/2016

Temple of the Viper & Cross : Editorial on the Museo Storico Alfa Romeo, Auto Expert Magazine (Indonesia), August 2016. Shot with the

Magazine articles written and photographed by me.