Year 2025 till date (August 2025) 

Year 2025 till date (August 2025) has been quite a journey for my photography and visual storytelling. Although the business side of photography is affected due to slow and difficult (domestic and world) economic conditions, the personal sectors have been fruitful and fulfilling.

SG60 Celebrations 

Year 2025 marks Singapore’s 60th year (SG60) of independence, there was a year long celebration on SG60 theme in Singapore. With this SG60 theme, it was the base of my visual storytelling and photography journeys in 2025 till date. 

There were a number of photography competitions and contests in 2025 celebrating SG60 theme. Together with my personal SG60 visual storytelling project, the photography competitions and contests go hand in hand. One of my highlights and pride moment in 2025, I had a photograph chosen for the 20th Ngee Ann Photographic (NAPE) Exhibition 2025 in June 2025.

My final goal to finish up the SG60 celebrations theme in 2025, planning to produce and publish a photography zine. One of my working ideas is to curate 60 different photographs of Singapore (taken in 2025 and from my archival collections) to mark SG60 celebrations, this is still a work in progress as I have yet to finalise the artistic direction and flow. Stay tuned for more updates, coming soon!

Celebrating more into History, Heritage, Culture and Arts

In the areas of history, heritage and culture sectors, I have been documenting through my visual storytelling and photography for a number of years. For this year 2025, I found myself celebrating more into the contemporary performing arts and cultures, in the history, heritage, culture and arts sectors. While I have yet to start writing my visual stories of my recent documentation of contemporary performing arts, I am going to work on them soon. 

Year 2025 has also opened up my channels and networks on traditional performing heritage, culture and arts sectors, as well as community led heritage and culture activities. 

Happy World Photography Day 2025!

We photographers and visual storytellers face various challenges and changes in the world today, how society consumes media (more videos consumption over photography). On top of that, we also face our own inner most fears, as well as external forces, the society and people’s  (including other photographers) judgement and criticism. As photographers and visual storytellers ourselves, we know, we feel and understand the ups and downs of our creative journeys and visions. 

On World Photography Day, let’s keep shooting, continue to spread the wonderful and priceless moments, let your passion and love shine through your photographs and visual stories! Don’t give up, don’t let those external noises, judgements and criticism bring you down. 

Wishing all fellow photographers, visual storytellers a Happy World Photography Day 2025!

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