RongRong & inri, the influential photographic husband and wife team who have shaped contemporary photography in China and beyond honoured at the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards.
Panel Discussion: Photojournalism: new era, new forms, new ethics?
An audio recording of the Panel Discussion: “Photojournalism: new era, new forms, new ethics?” held on Friday, January 29th 2016 at National Museum of Singapore, Gallery Theatre.
Sarker Protick on Approach and Engagement
Highlights from Bangladeshi photographer Sarker Protick’s talk ‘Approach and Engagement’ presented by The Straits Times and World Press Photo on 30th January 2016 at the National Museum of Singapore.
A Journey In Reverse Direction, Zhu Lanqing 朱岚清
Zhu Lanqing is one of the youngest photographers ever to win the prestigious Three Shadows Photography Award in China. Her win was not without controversy.
Zhang Xiao, About My Hometown
In ‘They’, Zhang showed secular Chongqing citizens at a moment of euphoric leisure. In ‘Coastline’, he travelled 18.000 kilometres along the Chinese coastline to photograph the surreal landscapes he encountered.
The War Of Memories, by Sanja Jugovic Burns
We take memory for granted as the absolute representation of the truth but as Oliver Sacks noted, “We as human beings are landed with memory systems that have fallibilities, frailties, and imperfections – but also great flexibility and creativity.”
State Land, by Marvin Tang
Hidden from sight, small private plots of gardens and plantations have been secretly created in the state-owned forested grounds of Singapore.
Portfolio Spotlight: Linh Pham – No Mud, No Lotus
The war has gone for 40 years in Vietnam, it is long enough that half of the young population don’t witness the horrific era. Vague feeling dominates the Vietnamese youth.
Portfolio Review Spotlight: Attavee B. Buanitisin
Attavee Buanitisin’s photographs of “Home ยังไม่เสร็จ” allow us an intimate peep into the quiet yearnings of middle-class families in Thailand.
Portfolio Review Spotlight: Chiara Luxardo
I was recently a portfolio reviewer at the Angkor Photo Festival. There were a few young photographers whose eyes and sensibilities I found myself drawn to.
Fragile Memories, by Kenji Mercado
A collection of visual translation of the memories about the Cambodian civil war that are recounted everyday by the tour guides in Siem Reap War Museum.
Roshini, by Chandan Khanna
Known for its innate charm and the wooden stilts which resembles an Elephant’s husk, this place is really isolated and the people living here face a lot of challenges in their everyday life.
The Space Between Us, by Grace Baey
Their love is one of distance mixed with desire, tenderness with tension, and passion compounded by the burden of parental pressure.
Photobook: Saujana Sumpu, by Yoppy Pieter
As the opening “Words Of Longing” in his statement suggests, the images are in turn a nostalgic reflection of Sumpu, a lakeside village in West Sumatra.
BOUND, by Sopheak Vong
In Khmer tradition a white thread has been always been used in weddings amongst many other ceremonies.