EXPOSURE+

Roots

I am a third generation ethnic Chinese born in Malaysia. My great grandfather left Hui-Yang, Guang Dong, China and settled in Malaysia in the early 1900s. Fascinated by my ancestral lineage, I travelled together with my sibling and cousins, on our maiden trip to our ancestral house in October 2015. We had with us a “Zhu Pu”, a book recording our family tree, which was passed down from our great grandfather, and we were able to trace our ancestral lineages, ancestral house and contact our Chinese relatives.

This photo project is an on-going personal exploration, documenting my journey to trace my ancestral lineages and ancestral home. I chose to photograph my family in Malaysia and at the ancestral home in China.

Through this project, I am rekindling family memories and encouraging people to learn about their roots, in order to define their future.

Wang Seok Mui

I am an amateur photographer who shoots everything under the sun, including the moon. However, I have a keen interest towards street and documentary photography. I have never participated in any photography exhibitions or won any photography contest.

Seok Mui was mentored by Cheryl Hoffmann. (Exposure+6)

MELAYU ITU BAGAIMANA

Sejak akhir-akhir ini saya terfikir melayu itu bagaimana. Patutkah dikaitkan Melayu itu dengan Islam, atau adakah Melayu itu Melayu dan Islam itu Islam patut dipisahkan.

Namun persoalan itu akan terjawab dengan sendirinya terserah kepada penilaian pendapat setiap individu.

Dari sudut pandangan saya amalan budaya dan adat adab Melayu itu berkait rapat dengan terapan ajaran Islam. Adakah ini kebetulan atau sememangnya Melayu itu Islam dan Islam itu Melayu.

Mohamad Fitri b. Jalil

I bought my first DSLR last March 2015. I didn’t participate in any workshops before. I just learned by myself how to handle  the camera in manual mode from the information in the manual booklet.  I am learning basic photography rules from the internet and sometimes I meet my mentor (commercial photographer) once a month to discuss my photography and he would ask me to join him to shoot when he has assignments,  mostly on KL tourism.

Mentor : Eiffel Chong (Exposure+6)

Komorebi

Light filtering through trees

The development of capitalism and individualism have taken a somewhat unique course in Japan, a course that has created a particularly fertile breeding ground for mental distress. Whereas in most western nations, feudalism and the norms and values that underpinned it were overthrown and replaced by a new system characterized by a fundamentally different ideology, in Japan, Capitalism was co-opted by those in power and transplanted onto the existing societal system. The Meiji revolution of the 19th century was less a liberation of those oppressed by one ideology than it was a cunning move by those who benefited from it to graft onto the feudal system western developments in a way that suited them, leaving an unbroken cultural thread and liberating no one.

Modern Japan has inherited the drawbacks of Capitalism – the alienation, the lack of community and stability. However, the living on of collectivist values means that the freedoms of individualism that normally compensate to some degree for these ills, are lacking. Feudal society was characterized by a more laissez-faire framework. In Japan, expectations placed upon the individual – to live in a certain way, to show loyalty to employer and government – remain. But little of that loyalty is returned.

The alienation of individualism has taken hold, but the confines of collectivism still underpin society. The modern Japanese individual is pulled and pushed from all sides by the pressures of conflicting ideologies existing in tandem, and in tension, with one another.

Marie-Claire Lacey

Marie-Claire Lacey lives in Glasgow and is an experimental documentary photographer.

“I am a photographic artist from Glasgow, primarily working in analogue with experimental techniques and mixed media. I am fascinated by the way light works and enjoy exploring different ways of manipulating it to create images.

I believe that art should be a synthesis of form and content, so while the aesthetic aspect of expression is of great importance to me, I also try to use art as a way of communicating questions I have about the world we live in, ranging from playful explorations of things like perception and the construction of individual identity to critical investigations of the mechanisms of society. I’m really interested in the ways in which we interact with the world – both with each other and with our surroundings. I have recently completed a Masters in sociology, specialising in the nature of mental health and have since been exploring these themes from an artistic perspective.”

Mentored by Steven Lee. (Exposure+6)

http://www.marieclairelacey.tumblr.com

http://www.marieclairelacey.com

Places of Memory

Places of Memory is a photo project documenting the portrait photographs that are left as traces of memory and its location for remembrance. Some are left uncased, others kept framed or simply placed into objects in convenient locations, leaving us slightly puzzled as we try to make sense of them and their chosen spots for remembrance.

As Lawrence explore spaces and locations in between Ipoh to Sungai Siput, he reveals places of memories that are usually kept away from the public eye – such as the old photo studio that is now a home and the Mahjong Club. For the photographer, he explores and share this feeling of walking into the past or into someone’s private thoughts as he observes the portraits and their surroundings. His inquisitive nature allows him to engage with the owners of these memories and gives us glimpses into these places of memories.

Lawrence was mentored by Erna Dyanty. (Exposure+6)

Lawrence Cheong

Lawrence is new to photography and is exploring it’s potential as a story-telling medium. He lives in Ipoh.

http://www.lawrencecheong.vsco.co