As part of the festival’s ongoing mission to celebrate photography to the widest audience possible, SIPF organises NOMAD to travel…

Experience an afternoon of art and photography with SIPF at 37 Emerald Hill! Immerse yourself in variety of photography activities—from…

The current technological machine of information and communication operates at the centre of human subjectivity, not only in the depths…

In a famous metaphor Henry James explains experience: experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an…

It is funny that in this digital era we continue to witness the expanding interest into the photobook as a…

The non-place – a term coined by French anthropologist Marc Augé to describe places of transience where people remain largely…

In the midst of the fast-paced society we live in today, some would take refuge in the slower process of…

Peace Agency is a site-specific installation that transforms a commercial unit in the Peace Centre into a waiting experience. Taking…

In the past few weeks while editing his photos, Shyue Woon was drawn down an internal pathway of reflection on…

Nowhere Here is a site-specific video and photographic project unfolding over three chapters: The Presence of Your Absence, Anima and…

To promote photobook culture, Hong Kong Photobook Festival was founded by Lumenvisum in 2020. The Festival aims to connect photographers,…

An ongoing project blending texts, imagery and audiovisual material, How Things Dream is based on an imaginative, post-democratic future, dominated…

The KASSEL DUMMY AWARD of the FOTOBOOKFESTIVAL KASSEL for the best unpublished photo book design of the year, has been…

Curated by Gwen Lee

Curated by Gwen Lee

Listen…don’t ask what bird is singing brings together a group of photographers whose contemporary images continue to encapsulate a similar…

Presenting a selection of photographs from Aik Beng Chia’s series The Night We Never Met within an atmosphere that complements…

Worlds and Spacing – 世界与空间 presents a selection of photographs from three bodies of work created by Chinese artist Maleonn…

The Salt of the Earth is a group exhibition that explores the way in which family and the ties that…

From 2019 to 2020, a social movement surged in Hong Kong opposing the government’s highly controversial amendment of the legislation…

With a background in web creation, Soushi Tanaka became intrigued by the transmission and transformation of visual data via optical…

Wandering, Wondering is a story of us all growing up as adults, being accustomed to social norms, and living in…

“Room no.2” examines the interiors of the homes of Khlong Toey, one of Bangkok’s largest slums, with a straightforward and…

Liza Ambrossio’s art is inseparable from her life, mirroring her experiences as a woman of mixed ancestry born in a…

of solongs and ashes is a visual stream of consciousness reflecting the deluge of memories swirling in Min Ma Naing’s…

Located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia ranks third in the world with the most active volcanoes, after the…

Suffused with the enigma and otherworldliness of dreams, Ghost Island is an endeavour at building visual metaphors and frameworks for…

In 1983 when an inquisitive fisherman picked up a rock and threw it up the steeply-shelving beach at Cell Howell…

Since 2018, Beichen Zhang has been investigating the history and circulation pathways of Chinese artefacts in American museums, in an…

When one reaches a bottleneck in life, looking back may be the way forward.  Red Flowers is a tribute to…

Masquerading as glossy product advertisements, Makoto Oono’s vivid still life imagery draws viewers in hook, line and sinker, before sensations…

In George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984”, an “unperson” is someone who has been vaporised, whose record has been erased. Similarly,…

Ground Truth, or How to Resurrect a Tree illustrates the state of ‘seeing something when there is none.’ Following the…

Through montage and multiple exposures, Matthew Cronin re-imagines home furnishing catalogue photographs by J.C. Penney, an American department store chain…

Artificial lights have always taken center stage as subjects in Toni Cuhardi’s photographs. He prefers thinking of photography as not…

In an uncertain era plagued with global crises ranging from the pandemic, heightening geopolitical tensions, to the issue of environmental…

It is humanity’s penchant to always seek out new, undiscovered frontiers. In the realm of space travel and exploration, the…

Meet the Korean equivalent of the Japanese salaryman — the ‘Ajeossi’. The term refers to middle-aged men from their 40s…

What lies AHEAD but is already visible in present day Singapore? What are traces of the future that can already…

East of Kuala Lumpur stands the lush hills of the Titiwangsa range, significantly bio-diverse with areas of primary forest and…

SIPF Satelllite Cuttings presents new commissions by six Singaporean artists inspired by the natural world. The exhibition considers interactions with environments…

In Conversation with Placemaking at the moment between times with Aik Beng Chia, Shyue Woon, Woong Soak Teng, Geraldine Kang,…

There is no singular definition of a photo festival – each is a species of its own, unique and spirited….

In Conversation with Aik Beng Chia and Gwen Lee, on Hawaii Nights at Peace Centre.

In Conversation is a series of blended talks with on-site exhibition tours, bringing you closer to the thought processes of…

The Photobook Makers’ Weekend is a two-day gathering of independent publishers from different cities, with a focus on exchanging knowledge,…

Modes of Publishing revolves around the photobook as a dynamic object of creative chemistry, mass circulation and extended practices. Speaking…

Developing Photobook Literacy in Asia takes a trip around the continent to understand how ground-up initiatives can advance photobook and…

Take a walk through the Red Forest with Elise Morin as she guides you through the VR open-air laboratory of…

In Conversation with Woong Soak Teng, Geraldine Kang, and Cynthia Delaney Suwito on their collaboration process for ‘Peace Agency’.

In Conversation with Shyue Woon on his work ‘Carpark’.

In Conversation with Talia Smith, curator of The Salt of the Earth—a group show by Dennis Golding, Edith Amituanai, Nathan…

In Conversation with Japanese artist Masato Seto and curator Gwen Lee on Twinkle Memories: Binran and Picnic.

Artist Goh Chun Aik and curator Robert Zhao Renhui flock together in this guided tour of Listen… don’t ask what…

How do we build a synthetic editorial-design process that insists on the mutuality of content and form, allowing us to…

The permutations in making a photobook are countless, varying from artist to publisher, designer to print house, editing to sequencing,…

Perimeter Books from Melbourne and Temporary Press from Singapore are separated by continents, yet connected by multiple commonalities — they…

References offer a direction for attention, and particularly in the context of books, they give recognition to existing titles that…

Four Japanese artists — Kazuhiko Matsumura, Kenji Chiga, Shu Watanabe and Yoshikatsu Fujii — each present their photobook developed together…

A Different Reading is a project by THEBOOKSHOW that attempts to open up new dialogues and synergies between 5 artists…

Storytelling is a means through which we make sense of the world. Co-founders of Gueari Galeri, Caron Toshiko and Andi…

A non-profit photography library in Taipei open to public for free, Lightbox is committed to preserving, disseminating and advancing Taiwanese…

A walking tour around Selegie Road and Peace Centre with an architect and photographer Shyue Woon.

Express your creativity and create brilliant cyan prints with sunlight through a camera-less chemical process. Prerequisite: Bring used newspapers.

Take better photo stories with your smartphone. Learn practical tips and executive creative ideas on the ground. Prerequisite: Bring your…

Craft your keepsake image for the future with analogue black & white photographs printed through a photogram process. Prerequisite: Bring…

An afternoon foray into the creative processes of image-making. Tap into your creativity and create visual stories with light, paper,…

The Portfolio Review was introduced in 2008 during the inaugural edition of SIPF. Since then, it has grown in its…

Translation into Concept and Form is a 4-hour seminar concerned about the ways in which visual content is expressed in…

Photobook Clinic is an intimate 3-hour photobook dummy review session with Yumi Goto, an independent art and documentary photography curator,…

Designing Artist’s Books is a 3-day workshop for artists, designers and bookmakers who are keen to explore methods and approaches…

The New Forest is a five-year collaboration between The Institute of Critical Zoologists (ICZ) and SIPF, unfolding across a series…