A plug for my dad's exhibition coming up in August 2009. More details on the exhibition at http://www.lite-n-shadow.com. Hope to see you there
Photography as a fine art has its beginnings in May 1892 when the Link Ring, a group of photographers pledged to enhance photography as a fine art, was formed in London, United Kingdom.
While artistic photography in Singapore did not fully evolve until the post-World War II period, within decades, names like Yip Cheong Fun, Wu Peng Seng and Lee Lim put Singapore onto the world map.
With the interest in photography seeing a resurgence along with the popularity of digital cameras, the timing is ripe for a renaissance in photographic artistry in Singapore.
This exhibition showcases the photographic style and artistry of Tan Lip Seng that have evolved over 50 years of creativity. It chronicles the evolution in style over each decade since 1959 and features prize-winning works that have made Mr Tan one of the worlds top ten pictorial colour slides exhibitors over 20 successive years from 1969 to 1988.
The exhibition will also feature new artistic works over the last decade highlighting the influence of the digital age on Mr Tan's creative output.
Through this exhibition, Mr Tan hopes to inspire a new generation of Singaporean photographers to greater heights in artistry.