Maika Elan
Maika Elan’s photographs are infused with a sensitivity beyond her years. After taking a BA in sociology at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2006, Maika started to use the camera to document her daily and private life. Her…
imag(in)e sea #003
Nguyen The Son will be speaking one night only at imag(in)e sea #003 tonight. The talk will be held at Select Books, 730pm. TOP, “Fresh Vitality © Nguyen The Son, 2013 For the last ten years, Nguyen The Son has…
Liana Yang – The Innocence Project
When Liana Yang first told me about her upcoming exhibition, I felt uncomfortable. I did not know how to react, a body of work related to pornography in Singapore? Seriously? It seemed preposterous at that point of time but I’m…
Vignettes: Between Light and Dark
Vignettes is a group show featuring artists from China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore, now on at 2902 Gallery. It features diverse works that span across genres, where established photographers are placed next to emerging young artists. Norihisa Hosaka’s Burning…
Saori Nakamura
A famous photographer once told me that the repetition of visual hooks can become a statement – only when technique does not overshadow content. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“I was in the quiet place all too soon.“) © Saori Nakamura…
Rina Nakano
In her previous work, Rina Nakano asked strangers if she could listen to their heartbeats while she listened to theirs. In oscillate, sound waves are translated into disorder on a photographic medium. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“oscillate“) © Rina Nakano…
Masashi Ohata
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Any“) © Masashi Ohata Daily observations of life, light as a feather. Masashi Ohata trains his eye on familiar everyday scenes, imbuing them with a dream-like quality. Do you dream in technicolor? More on his portfolio.
Shen Chao-Liang
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Stages“) © Shen Chao-Liang, 2006-2009 “The stage is a concrete physical place which asks to be filled, and to be given its own concrete language to speak.” – Antonin Artaud, The Theater And Its Double Taiwanese…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Takashi Homma
TOP TO MIDDLE, from (“Tokyo Suburbia“) © Takashi Homma, 1998 BOTTOM, from (“New Waves“) © Takashi Homma, 2003 Takashi Homma captures the dark ominous side of Tokyo in the late nineties in his series ‘Tokyo Suburbia’. Japan was at the…
Dayoung Kang
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“swallow“) © Dayoung Kang, 2009 Dayoung Kang’s swallow series depicts the anonymity and lack of identity in modern society. Faceless characters inhabit the images; unable to communicate with others in the society. The hidden wounds we…
Noriko Ishihara
Noriko Ishihara’s works explores the inner human condition. Within our cages lie a multitude of concerns and fears – things that frighten us. The series questions the individual’s inner being and represents them in a whole new light. TOP TO…
Of Forest, Sea and Mountain’
Of Forest, Sea and Mountain’ is a collection of images depicting the deconstruction of conventional landscape by three talented photographers Dju-lian Chng, Jovian Lim and Ang Song Nian , which will be exhibited at 2902 Gallery from Nov 25 to…
Chengdu Contemporary Photography
© Liu Ke © Chen Chunlin Eight Chinese photographers are having an exhibition from Nov 19 to Dec 31 at the interesting-looking Redstar 35 building in Chengdu. The participating photographers are: Adou, Chen Chunlin, Feng Li, Li Jun, Luo Dan,…
Hiroshi Sugimoto: Lightning Fields
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Lightning Fields“) © Hiroshi Sugimoto, 2009 It’s a small wonder why Sugimoto-san is considered one of the greatest living photographers. He constantly pushes the limits of what photography can achieve and creates works that just leave…
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