This is a call for submissions for photographers from Taiwan and Hong Kong with a body of work in documentary photography. Deadline: 28th July, 2015.
Paris is calling. Asian Photography at PhotoQuai 2015
Contemporary photography from Asia alongside rest of the world showcasing at the 5th Edition of PhotoQuai Biennale in September 2015.
REAR VIEW MIRROR
Shyue Woon, the photographer and invisible protagonist, assumes the role of a conflicted private eye in a dark homage to crime noir and pulp fiction.
PhotoSutra: Repetition as Progress
There’s something essential in doing the same set of actions over and over again. It’s a kind of ruminating.
Time and Context is Everything
The Philippine Daily Inquirer went to press before dawn on 29th April with a cover article on Indonesia’s execution of the ‘Bali Nine’.
Notes on Editing: A million ways to edit. One gut feel.
Editing is a numbers game. The more images and range you have, the more options you have to weave a sequence.
Jannatul Mawa: Invisible Boundaries and Class Dynamics
Mawa created ‘Close Distance’, typological portraits of middle-class housewives and their domestic helpers, especially for her community and others in privileged positions in Dhaka’s educated middle-class.
Portraits from Singapore with Love
On a little street called Kerbau Road in Little India, stands Sajeev Digital Photo Studio, a quaint little photo studio run by 49 year old photographer K. Sajeev Lal with his wife Sheeja Shaj.
Photography and the Art of Seeing
What is photography and what are its limits? The outer world is manifold. It contains everything, even art; but art overwhelmed by a flood of extraneous elements.
Choosing Chobi Mela
It truly is a wonder that Chobi Mela, one of Asia’s most well-regarded photo festivals, is founded and held biannually in Bangladesh.
Photobook: Song To Durga, Minstrel Kuik, Malaysia
One photobook I’m most interested to have a look and feel of is ‘Song To Durga’ by elusive Malaysian photographer/artist Minstrel Kuik.
Curatorial Note: We Are Farmers Exhibition, by Ore Huiying
Huiying’s ‘We Are Farmers’ is indeed a peep into the little known lives of one of Singapore’s few remaining farming families. One may also see it as a small epic of founding generations and legacies, as embodied by Huiying’s Grandma, the reluctant protagonist.
Flux Realities: A Showcase of Chinese Contemporary Photography
Truth is a brilliant invention, much like Photography. And Flux Realities: A Showcase of Chinese Contemporary Photography attempts a dialogue.
Getting Personal with Sohrab Hura – An interview with Magnum’s new nominee
Young photographer Sohrab Hura from Delhi was recently made a nominee member by Magnum Photos. But who is this Facebook-less Sohrab guy?
Pitching Photo Stories: Notes from the Twentyfifteen.sg +50 Pitch Session
Some notes and advice on pitching photo stories and projects from the second Twentyfifteen.sg +50 Pitch Session.