It’s past 5 am and I spent the entire night trying to light some products for a client. I find myself unable to finish product shoots like this as quickly as I would like to; especially when I’m nitpicking over…

Yan Chang Jiang

Yan Chang Jiang’s Paper Men series is worth taking a look. Paper Men series © Yan Chang Jiang I stumbled upon Yan’s works from the Chinese Photography website [it's all in Chinese], where a lengthy write up was given on…

I dig PDN’s 30. It’s great to see some familiar names being granted the honor, among them, Munem Wasif and Shen Wei. Congratulations to all who made the list.

Zhang Peng

Zhang Peng photographs dolls with frozen expressions, against lush ambiguous backgrounds. With a background in painting, his images are striking to behold. Guifei, 2007 © Zhang Peng Red No. 3, 2007 © Zhang Peng Angel No. 1, 2006 © Zhang…

in 4 days’ time. Will be taking a short break from everything. See ya!

Chobi Mela, one of the biggest photography festival in Asia, is back again this year. Photographers of all genres are invited to interpret the main theme of ‘Freedom’ and submissions open from 1st March to 31st May. Shahidul Alam, festival…

30th February

Chow Chee Yong would be presenting his 6th solo exhibition at Kay Ngee Tan Architects Gallery from 19th Feb to 15 Mar. Drawing influences from the surrealists, most notably Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte and Op Artist MC Escher, Chow questions…

Cut

Valentine Willie Fine Art Gallery will be holding Cut: New Photography From South East Asia from 13th Feb to 1st Mar. This groundbreaking exhibition of emerging photography from the Southeast Asian region focuses on young artists and the range of…

PEEK!

PEEK! 28th Feb till 9th March 14 photographers’ 114 works are selected for Month of Photography, Japan 2008. Here is the chance to catch the works before they are shipped to Tokyo on 12 March 08. 14 Photographers: Chris YAP…

Fellow countryman, Alan Soon, is a consummate street photographer who leads a double life as a television producer. He has a collection of images, which will definitely wake the travel bug in you. Top to bottom, Myanmar series, © Alan…

Hello all, apologize for the lack of activity around here for the past few days. My Internet connection at home was disrupted for some unknown reason and the service personnel could only make it down today! To top things up,…

I hope this isn’t real, I was just starting to get into polaroids. News like this makes me feel really sad. I think I will go stock up on some boxes next week before they disappear from the shops.

Liang Yue

Like many contemporary Chinese photographers, Liang Yue’s work revolves around the rapid changes in contemporary Chinese society. Her Morse Code series is worth a look as it examines the social issue conceptually. The photographs in Morse Code were taken after…

Oh yes, I need say this before I leave. I was flipping through this local magazine yesterday and was pleasantly surprised to see my pictures published in an article. I shot the story for the magazine under another organization and…

It’s the Lunar New Year Eve today and everyone was busy scrambling around in preparation for the new year. The reunion dinner tonight is one of those rare times that families actually get a chance to have a proper meal…