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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Running a small photography business, together with content creation and social media marketing has been very difficult in this year 2025 till date, the stress and pressure were immense. Not just us, chatting with small and medium-sized businesses from other industries, we are facing a slow and difficult local market situation.  

Personal SG60 Visual Storytelling Journey and Project 

In a difficult and challenging year 2025, I spent time on my visual storytelling and personal projects, a form of photography therapy, a buffer and a getaway from my business side of photography.

Using SG60 as an integral and broad theme, I embarked on my personal SG60 visual storytelling journey and project. It’s still ongoing, accumulating my different photographs from various genres together before curation and planning how I would want to present it in a physical format (current direction is a 60 curated photos SG60 theme zine).

I won’t know how my personal SG60 visual storytelling journey and project would turn out in the end. Maybe that might be the best for me, not placing too much expectations, time to let my own creative style and visual storytelling style to be further discovered. 

SG60 Themes Photography Competitions/Contests 

There photography competitions/contests in 2025 were mainly SG60 theme. Since I am already working on my personal SG60 visual storytelling journey and project, why not join those competitions/contests and see how it goes? 

I had a fun and fruitful time with the various SG60 themes photography competitions/contests. One of my key highlights till date in 2025 was at the 20th Ngee Ann Photographic Exhibition (NAPE) 2025 whereby I had a photograph printed and on display! 

During this SG60 journey, I found myself going back to my Singapore heartland adventures exploration again, something I have missed a lot. There are a few more ongoing SG60 themes photography competitions/contests, I would share more updates down the road.

Arts, Culture, History and Heritage 

On a personal note, the arts, culture, history and heritage are sectors/genres that I wanted to do more in my own personal ways as a visual storyteller/photographer. Till date in 2025, I am adding more visual storytelling in arts, culture, history and heritage. 

This journey had been getting more fulfilling and therapeutic too (especially on arts related genres).

Changes, Growth and Future beyond SG60

While we are facing new challenges, difficulties and uncertainties ahead, we also count our blessings, grateful and thankful. Facing more than just rapid changes and disruptions to the world economy and technology world, we must remain agile, nimble, ready for changes, adaption and adoption as we ride out a new world of uncertainties and challenges ahead.

Singapore is still a relatively young nation, compared to many established countries and societies around the world. We have make significant economic progress and growth in 60 years of independence till date. We are definitely not perfect, we have our fair share of likes and dislikes, quarrels and ranting. 

On our birthday list, we would like to have more meaningful changes, opening up for more interactive and direct discussions, and where we can work, grow and move forward together.

Happy SG60 Birthday to Singapore! Majulah Singapura!

I would continue to pursue my personal visual storytelling projects, besides my photography business, content creation and social media marketing work, capturing and documenting Singapore’s journey ahead. 

This form of personal visual storytelling is intrinsically enriching, fulfilling, also a form of photography therapy and getaway. 

Happy SG60 Birthday to Singapore! Majulah Singapura! 

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