Singapore International Photography Festival
Singapore International Photography (SIPF), the first event of its kind in Southeast Asia – its first edition held in October 2008, is a non-profit biennial festival that strives to provide a platform for Southeast Asian artists to showcase their works alongside their international peers at various venues across Singapore.[1]
The three main festival components are the Official Exhibitions, Workshops and Portfolio Review Session for selected Southeast Asian photographers. Alongside, SIPF fringe activities are carried out at various arts galleries, arts spaces and education institutions to promote photography across Singapore. In 2012, SIPF has expanded its education programme with "Magnum Mentorship Singapore" a partnership with Magnum Photos Agency, and "Conversation with Black Box" a series of visual literacy activities for school students.
Festival Curators
In each festival edition, SIPF invites arts professionals from all around the world to take part in the festival as curators and portfolio reviewers. The selection of the Open Call submissions for the festival exhibitions are decided by the curators, independently of the festival organisers.
2014
Dr Adele Tan (Singapore)
Alexander Supartono (Indonesia)
Dr Charles Merewether (Australia/Singapore)
Tay Kay Chin (Singapore)
2012
Alejandro Castellote (Spain)
Patricia Levasseur de la Motte (France/Singapore)
Zeng Han (China)
2010
Ark Fongsmut (Thailand)
Bridget Tracy Tan (Thailand)
Chow Chee Yong (Singapore)
Yasufumi Nakamori (Japan/USA)
2008
Ark Fongsmut (Thailand)
Chow Chee Yong (Singapore)
Terence Yeung (Singapore)
Wang Xi (China)
Official Exhibitions
There are two types of official exhibitions: 1) Open Call Showcase 2) Special Showcase Open Call Showcase are photographic works selected from submission made from all over the world. The invited curators of the festival will meet in Singapore to make the selection, and to discuss on the curation of the works across various public venues in Singapore. Special Showcase are by invitation and often related to the core public programme in the festival. Duration of the exhibition range from 3 weeks to 3 months depending on the venues partners in each edition of the festival.
SIPF Open Call Showcase
In its 3rd SIPF Open Call, the exhibitions presented works by 50 emerging and established photographers from 25 countries such as Cambodia, Spain, Mexico, Peru, and Thailand.
2012 Showcased Photographers
| Photographer | Series |
|---|---|
| Alina Kisina | City of Home |
| Anida Yoeu Ali | Buddhist Bug Project |
| Arturo Betancourt | Theatre Of Silence |
| Bronek Kozka | Suburban Memories |
| Carlo Bevilacqua | Into The Silence, Hermits Of The Third Millennium |
| Christian Lutz | Tropical Gift, Oil And Gas In Nigeria |
| Cyrus Cornut | Travelling To The Outskirts |
| Dale Yudelman | Life Under Democracy |
| Ellie Davies | Come With Me |
| Fernando Montiel Klint | Acts Of Faith |
| Filippo Minelli | Silence/Shapes |
| Flore-Aël Surun | Some Desire In The Wings |
| Graeme Williams | Painting Over The Present |
| Hirohito Nomoto | Façade |
| Htet T San | Emotion/Untold Stories |
| Hu Qiren | Mian Xiang: The Art Of Traditional Chinese Face-Reading |
| Ian Teh | Traces |
| Jake Verzosa | The Last Tattooed Women Of Kalinga |
| Ji Hyun Kwon | The Guilty |
| Joel Yuen | If There Is Something Strange About Me, I Am Not Aware Of It |
| Justin Maxon | Slow Down… Breathe… Only This Life |
| Kee Ya Ting | Inquisitive Investigations |
| Kerry Skarbakka | The Struggle To Right Oneself |
| Kim Hak | After 12 |
| Laura Stevens | Us Alone |
| Lee Puay Yang Sean | I Believe In The Therapy Of Silliness |
| Lola Guerrera | Delights In My Garden |
| Lucía Herrero | Tribes |
| Manuel Vazquez | Theatrum Mundi |
| Marlous Van Der Sloot | De Slapende Arm (The Sleeping Arm) |
| Melissa Moore | Land Ends |
| Miti Ruangkritya | Imagining Flood |
| Musuk Nolte Maldonado | Shawi: Mystery With A Name Of Its Own |
| Nge Lay | The Relevancy Of Restricted Things |
| Norihisa Hosaka | Burning Chrome |
| Olivia Marty | Recollection |
| Patty Carroll | Anonymous Women: Draped |
| Reginald Van De Velde | Tomorrow Never Knows |
| Shen Chao-Liang | Stage |
| Shen Linghao | Poetic Melancholy |
| Shen Wei | Chinese Sentiment |
| Tran Viet Van | Breath |
| Tristan Cai | Tales Of The Moving Mountains: Why Won’t God Go Away? |
| Wawi Navarroza | Dominion |
| Willis Turner Henry | Cina Medan = Medanese Chinese |
| Wu Cheng Chang | Vision Of Taiwan |
| Zakaria Zainal | Singaplural |
| Zhang Xiao | They |
| Zhou Wei | Picturesque Scenery |