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Aninag

TOP, from (“Artificial Contraceptives“) © Buck Pago Aninag is to see. To be visible. It is also an online documentary photography magazine by 3 Filipino photographers – Estan Cabigas, Gigie Cruz and Buck Pago. The first issue is jam-packed with work from the founders and a guest. Buck Pago investigates the issue of overpopulation (and [...]
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Tetsuomi Sukeda

Tetsuomi Sukeda, born 1985, works and lives in Tokyo. We see an overriding sentimentalism throughout his pictures. TOP TO BOTTOM, © Tetsuomi Sukeda, 2005 Portfolio here, images here and here. What a better way of saying, “Hi, I’m back. I think.” I miss the blog and all you strangers out there.
Posted in Japan | 6 Comments

Zeinab Salarvand

TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Interior, Exterior“) © Zeinab Salarvand, 2007 Dide Magazine is back with issue 2 and this time round Iranian photographer, Zeinab Salarvand, is featured with a series that leaves me rather unsettled. There is a saying that the very root of photography is surveying, observing life on behalf God’s eyes; a look [...]
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Xiao

TOP TO BOTTOM © Xiao Not much information on the photographer, Xiao, but he tells me that he was originally from Tian Jin, China. Spent a year in Japan halfway through his studies to “experience life” and he’s in the States now completing a economics degree. Sometimes, the less you say, the more evocative the [...]
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Vue Privée

Singapore’s newest addition to the art/photography gallery scene, Vue Privée, opens its doors this coming Thursday, May 13. Founded by photographer, Oliver Henry, the gallery hopes to redefine and democratize the world of fine art photography through exhibitions, educational platforms and art consultancy services. The inaugural exhibition – Technicolor Japan, places Japanese photography from the [...]
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ONE

One moment, one second, one push of the button…and one amazing prize – a medium format digital back! © Joyce Choo ONE is a pioneer convention uniting established professionals and aspiring photographers towards a singular goal : The perfection of the craft in medium and large sensor photography. ONE aims to be a powerful platform [...]
Posted in Asia, Competition, Outreach, Singapore | 1 Comment

Kanako Sasaki

Japanese photographer, Kanako Sasaki, sees the world in a childlike manner…yet she also views it as a world of contrast – innocence/violence, loneliness/playfulness. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Drifted“) © Kanako Sasaki, 2008 Inspired by astronomy, Drifted is a series that questions our whereabouts, our existence and the relationship between the moon and the Earth. If [...]
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Bharat Sikka

Diametrically opposed to my previous post, Bharat Sikka’s Indian Men is a series that well…focuses on Indian men. While the palette is decisively darker (shades of Edward Hopper), the sitters’ colorful personalities shine through. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Indian Men“) © Bharat Sikka, 2002 These environmental portraits are filled with interesting characters – all males [...]
Posted in India, Portraits | 2 Comments

Koo Sung Soo

I’m surprised that I’ve not come across this Korean photographer but Koo Sung Soo’s Magical Reality really caught my eye. The series consists of images filled with brightly colored manmade “monuments” – fake Statues of Liberty, a karaoke room (aptly named False Orchestra), odd trees and spaces that seem to be from pages of a [...]
Posted in Korea | 3 Comments

Pareto’s Law

Finally, some time for musing. The past month had been extremely hectic especially at the day job – hence the lack of posts. Nevertheless, I’m committed to injecting life back to the blog. Just a passing thought today but it’s as if we spend 80% of our time on 20% of the things that we [...]
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