When I was 17 years old and a student, the girl sitting beside me in class passed away after a short struggle with an illness. Her name was Esther.
EPHEMERA: Open Call for Artists and Photographers in Singapore
This is an Open Call for Participation to artists and photographers in Singapore working with photos, images, drawings, paintings and text.
Nostalgic Rides with Woo Hock Trading, by Nicky Loh
This still life photography series aims to focus on the artistry Mr Lee puts into his work as well as to document a chapter of our childhood before it is quickly forgotten.
Survey Highlights: Photography in Southeast Asia
Highlights from the soon-to-launch book: Photography in Southeast Asia: A Survey, by Zhuang Wubin and published by NUS Press.
Once Upon A Night, by Koh Yee Chao
I started documenting Chinese spirit-mediumship or Tang Ki back in 2011, where my journey often took me to rituals held in the dead of the night.
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.
Photography goes Public in Singapore
Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) 2016 will, for the first time, exhibit their Open Call Showcase in public spaces in Singapore.
SIPF: The Photography Archive as Conversation
The Archive as Conversation examines the nature of photographs as documentation of events, occasions, people and personal memories.
Broy Lim: and now they know
And now they know is the revelation of the part of me that even my family could only speculate upon.
Suddenly The Grass Became Greener, Kevin WY Lee
Suddenly The Grass Became Greener is a book of photographs made in Singapore during her 50th year as a nation, and the coincidental death of her gardener.
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.
Why Are We Afraid Of The Songs The Rebel Sang?
A short note on Newsha Tavakolian’s ‘I Know Why The Rebel Sings’ Photo Exhibition at Singapore International Festival of Arts.
Charles Lim, SEA STATE ~ Re-imagining Land, Sea and Territory
So I finally had a chance to see in person Singapore artist Charles Lim’s decade-long SEA STATE project that headlined the Singapore Pavilion at the recent Venice Biennale.
LIANA YANG, What My Pussy Loves
A personal documentation examining the realities and tensions of love & commitment through the human fascination with cats.