Chang Ming Lee is an artist and publisher based in Singapore. He runs NOPE FUN. —
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Feature: “Home Life” by Yun Jin Goh
Marilyn Yun Jin Goh is an artist based in Singapore. She is one half of Knuckles & Notch, a Risograph press that she runs with her long time partner, Djohan Hanapi. Compulsively photographing her life, Marilyn catches the people around her without judgement. You can also find her on Instagram You are born and raised in Singapore. How has…
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Feature: “Until Then” by Lee Chang Ming
Lee Chang Ming is a Singaporean photographer interested in identity, visual semiotics and representation. He graduated from National University of Singapore in 2015. He is also the founding editor of Nope Fun, a platform that features photographers and artist from all over the world. How did this project come to be? How long have you worked on…
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Lavender Chang: Portraits
In her personal work, Singaporean based photographer, Lavender Chang maintains an interest in conceptually driven images. Through her photographs, Chang taps into the subtle nuances of her surroundings. Her images are sensitive. Chang treats her photographs like a canvas: images are collaged, overlaid, painted over. Featured in this article, Chang’s editorial portraits demonstrate her interest…
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Instagram Residency Program: Marilyn Goh
Alright – this is a couple of days overdue, but after a great run by Nate Bajar, we are here to introduce yet another exciting couple of weeks with our latest Instagram Resident Photographer. Marilyn Goh wouldn’t necessarily consider herself a photographer. A graduate of Singapore’s LASALLE College of the Arts, Marilyn does pretty…
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Singapore Art Book Fair 2013
Singapore Art Book Fair is an annual book fair specialising in contemporary art books and zines. BooksActually and HJGHER have come together to co-organise the Singapore Art Book Fair, an annual book fair specialising in contemporary art books and zines. Witness local and international publishers, distributors and retailers come together and put out a…
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Mintion & Budi Agung Kuswara: The Wax on Our Fingers
Samantha Tio & Budi Agung Kuswara: The Wax on Our Fingers
“The Wax on Our Fingers” or “Malam di Jari Kita” is a collaboration between Samantha Tio, a Singaporean photographer, and Budi Agung Kuswara, an Indonesian artist. A result of her residency at the prestigious Indonesian photography collective, Ruang Mes 56 in Yogyakarta, “The Wax on Our Fingers” presents a series of portraits of traditional Batik makers…
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Nguan: How Loneliness Goes
Nguan’s photographs of quiet moments from all around the world is familiar to a lot of us by now. From Japan, to New York, Nguan continues to wander, shooting square, pastel washed photographs. “How Loneliness Goes” turns Nguan’s decisive gaze to the country that he calls home.
Read MoreImage Makers: A Short Documentary Series presenting Singaporean photographers
Image Makers is a not-for-profit project initiated by a group of Singaporeans – photographer Tan Ngiap Heng, visual arts centre Objectifs and production house The Creative Room. Image Makers started off as a personal curiousity. So much is said about the “classic photographers”, but what about photographers from Asia or Singapore? In Image Makers, we hope…
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5×5: Dilys Ng of Galavant Magazine
5×5 features five photographs from five different photographers selected by a guest editor. For this week’s 5×5, we welcome Dilys Ng. Dilys is the co-founder of Galavant Magazine, a literature and photography magazine from Singapore. Her selection of images “are a response and navigation to intimacy. They explore experiential and emotional desires within two entities;…
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John Clang's "Twilight Dreams of a Papilio Demoleus"
John Clang is one of the most well-known photographer from Singapore. One of the few people who maintains a incredible balance between his fine-art work and commercial assignments, Clang incorporates his unique point of view in all his projects. Clang who sees himself as the lime butterfly, flutters alone across notable New York streets. In…
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Lee Chang Ming paints a world filled with misty landscapes and hidden faces.
Lee Chang Ming, based in Singapore, is mostly known for his well-followed photography blog Nope Fun. One of the most persistently active online photography curator, Chang Ming reaches out to photographers all around the world through various online platforms. His own personal work, however, hasn’t received much attention. Chang Ming’s images are intimate and quiet.…
Read MoreThe SGFilm Channel
As part of an initiative to promote independent Singaporean filmmakers, The Singapore Film Commission has recently launched SGFilm Channel on YouTube. The channel will highlight and stream various short films made independently in Singapore. The channel is managed by Objectifs, an organization that does everything from film distribution, gallery space, to classes and workshops. It’s…
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Young Together, Together Young
YOUNG TOGETHER, TOGETHER YOUNG A Photography Exhibition Objectifs Gallery 56A Arab Street, Singapore 199753 June 30 to July 5, 2011 Curated by Alex Thebez YOUNG TOGETHER, TOGETHER YOUNG explores the idea of youth and the romanticism that surrounds it through the work of six young emerging photographers working in Singapore and New York. Curator and photographer…
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