This is another image from my FRPS pictorial panel in 1970. It was also the Gold Medal winner of the 6th Como International Salon of Italy in 1969.
I have applied Diazochrome Derivations technique onto this image. This time the original was montaged with a piece of violet diazo film. The location of the picture was at Changi, a site planned for development at that time. The worker (Samsui laborer) was set up to create the picture that I visualized.
The image was a montage of three films altogether. The original colour transparency was sandwiched (in the middle) by a piece of high contrast ortho film (the image of the frame) on one side, and another piece of blue Diazochrome film (for the image of blue sky) on the other. During the mounting process, the blue Diazo film was adjusted out of registration to create the outlines. All these years, contemporary style has been one of my favorite creations, now made much easier with the advent of digital imaging and Photoshop.
This image was awarded the PSA Gold Medal for the best contemporary slide of the show and the Wellington Lee Award of the 28th Singapore International Salon of Photography in 1977. This is one of the National Gallery, Singapore, Permanent Collections.
This image was set up and taken during one of my Sunday outings at the now-demolished Outram Park Flats, Singapore. Later, I montaged the original with a piece of lith film to create the bias relief effect. This is another image from my FRPS panel. I think one of most difficult tasks in photographic art is to develop your originality and individuality. I think I have successfully achieved this by 1970. The visual impact of this image is quite obvious.