When we talk about people in photography, oftentimes we talk about those in the frontlines, the photographers and artists, and forget the facilitators behind the scenes.
Singapore Photography: Desires and anxieties of a small city state
We took the opportunity to introduce Singapore photography to the audience in a presentation titled Singapore Photography: Desires and Anxieties of a Small City State.
Tam Hoi-ying, Being Disappeared: Photography & Performance
Hong Kong’s socially conscious photography isn’t considered “as charming” as Chinese photography in the market. Yet, that is also the reason why it is so uniquely crucial to the Chinese-speaking community.
EPHEMERA Highlight: Spotless, by Philip Ho
Artist highlights from our #EPHEMERA Exhibition on 12th November 2016 at The Substation featuring photography, paintings, drawings, blueprints and performance.
VII + Conflict Photography with Gary Knight and Ron Haviv
A candid and inspiring public lecture on Conflict Photography and the beginnings of VII Agency by co-founders and photojournalists, Gary Knight and Ron Haviv was held at Objectifs on 8 October, 2016.
Mother Teresa: Canonization and Photography
Magnum Photos commissioned Sohrab Hura and Raghu Rai to photograph the canonisation of Mother Theresa and her legacy in India.
Daido Moriyama: Prints and Books from 1960s – 1980s
Reacting to the postwar Japan of social unrest, protest and rapid growth, Daido Moriyama: Prints and Books from 1960s – 1980s surveys through Daido Moriyama’s works, and how they reflect the Zeitgeist Movement of Japan between 1960s – 1980s.
Photography in Southeast Asia: A Survey, by Zhuang Wubin
In Southeast Asia, our understanding of photography is largely framed through the binary of photography versus art, which morphs into the other dichotomous paradigm of straight photographers versus artists who use photography.
Beyond the Border, by Yoko Ishii
Oh Deer, where have all the people gone? Yoko Ishii’s photographs of Sika deers roaming freely in lifeless midtown Nara in Japan are beautiful, yet hauntingly apocalyptic.
Eiji Ohashi, Roadside Lights (Japan)
Hokkaido photographer Eiji Ohashi has been photographing a typology of vending machines across various cities in Japan for years.
Frozen Waves, by Dina Oganova
All my childhood I listened to stories about how some boy or man with friends would steal a girl to get a married with her. I realize that it’s still happening somehow…
New Terrain at Photo Kathmandu, Nepal
The second edition of Photo Kathmandu Festival happens in Nepal between 21 October – 3 November 2016.
Photobook: The Flock Project, Indonesia
Zines and collaborative projects are popular in Southeast Asia, led in part by efforts in Singapore, Indonesia and Philippines.
Island of Everlasting Utility, by Clarice Lee
In last decade or so, Pulau Ubin has been celebrated as a safe haven for its rich natural heritage and peaceful village life.
Jehsong Baak – Fading Fury, A Life Once Had
Paris-based photographer Jehsong Baak is self-publishing Fading Fury, his third book of diaristic photographs, made 30 years ago, of friends, lovers and fading faces.