TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Enticement.Solitary“) © Tanmoy Nayak, 2011 I particularly liked this set of diptychs by young and talented photographer, Tanmoy Nayak, from Calcutta. More on his flickr stream.
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Veejay Villafranca
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Creatures of Habit, A Race Divided, Marked“) © Veejay Villafranca Filipino photojournalist Veejay Villafranca tackles serious social issues with a keen eye for dramatic compositions. Check out his portfolio here.
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Michio Yamauchi
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Kee Lung“) © Michio Yamauchi, 2007 Call it wanderlust but the mere sight of Michio Yamauchi’s street documentary incited a deep yearning to explore the world. When looking at his images, the viewer senses the photographer’s presence, exposed in stark black-and-white or muted monotone. For more: visit Michio Yamuchi’s portfolio or [...]
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Chin-pao Chen
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 [...]
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Jean Loo – Children of Mekong
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 [...]
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Terence Teo – soliloquy
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 [...]
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Samantha Tio – Table For One
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 [...]
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Garret M Clarke
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Taiwan Workers“) © Garret M Clarke Focusing on manual laborers in Southern Taiwan, American-born photographer Garret Clarke has produced a body of work that looks at fishermen, ice factory workers, meat workers and farmers. From the salt of the earth cometh our daily sustenance. A rare look behind the rough and [...]
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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Dennis Rito
Dennis Rito was kind enough to show me around Manila when I was there last year. His new series, UNLIMITXT, strikes a deep chord with me. Like the many netizens out there, my existence is intricately linked to my virtual self, usually kept on life support when I’m on the move through my mobile phone. [...]
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