Apr 2002 - Present Day

Freelance Photojournalist

Clientele list includes

• AkzoNobel (SEAP)
• iThink Publishing (UK)
• Wine Culture (SIN)
• The Sukhothai Hotel (THA)
• 3M (SIN)
• Urban Forest Design (SIN)
• Powerford Pte Ltd (SIN)
• Spacematrix (SIN)

Feb 2004

Solo Photographic exhibition:

Of works in Cambodia at Chateau d'Arts (Singapore)
All proceeds from sale of the book to Sok Sabay
(a home for abused children in Cambodia)

May2002 - Jan 2004

Photographic works published:

"The One Word: Hope for Cambodia’s Challenges Today"
A coffee-table book by Ngee Ann Polytechnic Singapore
ISBN:981-04-9494-7 / ISBN:981-04-9498-X (pbk)
All proceeds from sale of the book to Sok Sabay
(a home for abused children in Cambodia)

Council Member:

Photographic Society of Singapore

Lectures and workshops:

• Travel Photojournalism
• Fashion Photography at the PSS

Guest Speaker:

Temasek Polytechnic - 'Travel Photojournalism'

New clientele list include :

• Kim Eng Securities
• Y2Space Design Consultants
• MediaCorp Publishing
• PanPac Publishing
• CD Bunch (Interior Design Consultants)
• ttda Design Consultants
• Clay Media (Cambodia)
• Phibious (Cambodia)
• PT Media Ikrar Adadi (Indonesia)
• IMS Marketing S'pore (JBL Sound Systems)
• Mittapheap Hotel (Cambodia)
• Siemens Singapore
• 'Revolution' magazine (HK)
• Tuck Lee International
• Ministry of Tourism(Cambodia)
• Cambodiana Hotel (Cambodia)
• Rihga Royal Hotel (Miri, Sarawak)
• Rihga Mulu Resort (Mulu, Sarawak)
• GDS Marketing (Bangkok, Thailand)
• Shiriro (S) Pte Ltd (Hasselblad Camera Division)
• Coca-Cola Singapore
• Phillips (S) Pte Ltd
• MTV Singapore
• Venture Asia Publishing (SilkWinds magazine)
• Renaissance Designs
• Collective Designs

Aug 2000 -
Apr 2002

Consultant Photographer:

Times Periodicals (S) Pte Ltd for it's stable of magazines.

Guest Speaker:

NUS Photographic Society ‘Montage 2002’

Aug 1997 - July 2000

Freelance Photographer/Writer:
Photographed and written about the countries of Thailand,Laos, Cambodia, Sarawak, Indonesia, Peninsula Malaysia,New Zealand and the Czech Republic.

Contributed articles and photographs to the following magazines:

• Her World
• Young Parents
• Home & Decor
• HW Brides
• FLIRT
• NS Man
• Highway
• The Graduate
• Aspirations

• Club Life!
• Outbound Travel
• Readers’ Digest (Sarawak Travel Supplement)
• Angkor (the in-flight magazine of Royal Air Cambodge)
• IS magazine
• The Straits Times (Travel Supplement)
• NTUC ‘LifeStyle!’
• 4-4-2 (one of UK’s leading soccer magazine)
• Insight Guide(Malaysia/Penang)
• ’east’ magazine
• Asia Travel Trade

Adjunct Lecturer:

Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Singapore) on "Photo-journalism"

July 1985 - June 1997

Times Periodicals (S) Pte. Ltd.
Executive Photographer
Head, Photo Dept.

In charge of all photography for the Companys' 7 magazines i.e. Her World, GO, Home & Decor, Young Parents, Singapore Business, NS Man and Young Families. Areas of photography included fashion,beauty, products, interiors, portraiture, feature illustrations and advertorials.

In charge of the administrative and operational aspects of running the Dept. and studios, budget submission and purchasing of all film and equipment related to the Dept. Liaising with the Creative Director, Art Directors and respective Magazine Editors on costs, concepts and implementation of jobs. Mentor to 3 other photographers in the Photo Dept.

1990

Attended Winona School of Professional Photography in Chicago, USA. Workshop/Seminar on "Advertising/Commercial/Industrial Photography".

1978 - 1985

Freelance Photographer doing Editorial and Commercial work for magazines and advertising agencies.

1973 - 1977

Head of Photography
Media Masters Pte. Ltd
(a news and magazine agency)

Clients included "TIME" magazine, The London Daily Telegraph, ICI Paints (Malaysia), "Female", "Living", and "Petticoat" magazines.

1973

Executive Photographer
Thiess-Petrosea International Holdings Limited.

Photographed their operational installations in S.E. Asia.

1969 - 1970

Studied Cinematography at the Film Institute of India, Poona, India.

1967 - 1969

Freelance news photographer for the Associated Press.

Highlights-

• Covered the racial riots in Malaysia
• Photo exclusive on the biggest communist camp found in the Sadao/Yala area (S.Thailand).

September 1986

SPH Award for OutstandingPhotography - "Oh Italia" product spread in Aug/Sept Decor Guide magazine.

August 1988

SPH Award for Photography.
Cover of J.Y.M. Pillay for Singapore Business magazine.

1989

Asia-Pacific Magazine Publishing Awards (HK)
Best Cover Singapore Business, Feb 1989

1991

Conducted a 2-day Workshop/Seminar on "Portrait and Product" photography for SPH photographers.

1997

One of five senior ASEAN Judges for KODAK's "Cultural Heritage" Photo Contest convened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Conducted a series of Photo workshops/seminars for the Singapore Photographic Society.