This image was one the prints that was exhibited at the “Distinguished ASEAN Photographers” event of The Festival of Arts held at the National Museum, in 1992. The sunrise in this image was so soft that even a veteran photographer was fooled into thinking that it was sunset instead. Since this picture was taken fourteen years ago, a pavilion has been built for the anglers at the same site.
(Courtesy of: The National Museum of Singapore Permanent Collection, National Heritage Board, 2008)
A hustle-and-bustle scene of prayers in a temple captured from a vantage point. The shaft of light has obviously help to endow the image with a greater visual impact. This is a typical illustration of having to be at the right time and at the right place to capture a nice photograph. The slide won the 3rd prize at the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain International Slide Exhibition in 1980.
This was one of my very first acceptance in the Singapore International Salon in 1962. I used a Rolleiflex twin lens reflex camera fitted with Rolleikin to capture this image at the China Town market. Kodachrome film was used. This picture won the Silver Medal and US$100 cash (top award) in the New York World Fair “The World and Its Peoples” Kodak International Picture Contest in 1964. After 42 years , the image is still as brilliant as brand new, a testament to the longevity of good film (if kept properly).
(Courtesy of: The National Museum of Singapore Permanent Collection, National Heritage Board, 2008)