TOP, from (“Billboards“) © Lim Thian Leong, 2010 Angsana: Southeast Asian Photographers Taking Flight is an exhibition that brings together the works of notable contemporary photographers from Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Taking the name of a tree species that is common in Southeast Asia, the exhibition is a showcase of highly sophisticated [...]
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Floating Rainbow“) © Xiong Wenyun, 1999-2009 Starting the year off with some images by Chinese photographer, Xiong Wenyun. Better known for her Moving Rainbow series, she added dashes of color into typical Tibetan landscapes and trucks – creating a metaphorical rainbow that links the individual and the social environment. Works here, [...]
TOP, from (“I Am Here“) © Ch’ng Yaohong, 2009-2010 December got really busy for me and I ran out of time to update. I finished an exam, took up a new hobby, caught up with old friends and fell sick twice. I managed to edit out a short series of images which I have uploaded [...]
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Circumgyration“) © Chen Chin-pao, 2004 Chen Chin-Pao taught in an elementary school for a decade (while completing a BFA from SVA, New York) and his series on Circumgyration caught my eye. On first glance, you would think that these were documentary shots of daily school life in a Taiwanese school. Upon [...]
TOP TO BOTTOM, © Ikuko Hirose Based in Tokyo, Ikuko Hirose, is a freelance photographer who shoots primarily portraits. I like the clean style that translates between her portraits and landscapes. Visit her website to see more.
Children of Mekong is a touching photography exhibition highlighting the water and sanitation issues in rural Asia through the lens of award-winning female photographer Jean Qingwen Loo. From the floating communities in Cambodia to Vietnam?s rice fields and China?s mountain villages, the exhibition hopes to create conversation about life in the less developed parts of [...]
TOP, from (“Behind the Scenes with Fan Bing Bing“) © Rian Dundon, 2010 Held in Changsha, Hunan Province, China, the International Orange Photo Festival took place from Oct 22 to 29. This event aims to grow into an influential creative cultural projects, and also to promote the city of Changsha. The exhibitions included international names [...]
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“soliloquy“)© Terence Teo, 2010 Documentary photographer and long-term drinks buddy, Terence Teo, is finally having his first solo exhibition at Objectifs from Oct 29 to Nov 18. soliloquy is his conversation with nature, the result of a journey through Japan in 2010. After years of documenting disasters throughout Asia, Terence sought [...]
Helping the kind folks at SIPF plug their event – the Singapore Night Hunt. It is the first ever nighttime photo marathon competition to be held in Singapore. It will be on Nov 6, Saturday from 8pm to 6am. Some attractive prizes sponsored by Canon are up for grabs. I saw many people posing around [...]
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Table for One“) © Samantha Tio, 2009-2010 Samantha Tio, one of Singapore’s emerging photographers has completed her year long project – Table for One. Now it would be shown as an exhibition with an accompanying website for this month’s SIPF festival (more details in another post on that). When I set [...]
