Kay-Chin Tay, a Singapore-based photographer,
spent more than a decade in newspapers in Singapore and USA and
held positions from photographer
to presentation editor. A photojournalism graduate of the
University of Missouri-Columbia, he has exhibited widely and
his photographs are collected by Singapore’s Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, the European House of Photography
in Paris and private collectors. A vocal advocate of
photography in Singapore, he co-founded Southeast
Asia’s first photography workshop, Shooting Home;
coordinated the exchange program for Sunderland-based
International Photography Research Network;
and curated Out of Focus, a series of exhibitions
for Month of Photography Singapore 2006. He
also wrote the introduction essay for Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Early Works exhibition,
which was shown in Singapore in June 2006. His other curatorial
experience includes being picture editor for the
Singapre History Museum SARS exhibition, as well
as being director of photography for Mercy Relief’s
Glimpses of Light exhibition series. He was a member of several
selection committees for the National Arts Council Cultural
Medallion and Young Artist awards and was a
member of the Resource Panel for Photography
for NAC. In 2003, Hasselblad named him one of 12 Hasselblad
Masters for 2003, in recognition of his Panoramic Singapore series.
His works have appeared in Saveur Magazine, Time Asia, Newsweek, Hasselblad Forum,
Searay Living Magazine, Brutus Magazine, The New York Times, Asahi Weekly, Asian
Geographic, Skylines and Asia Business. He has also done corporate works for
United Overseas Bank, MTV Asia, Singapore Tourism Board, WingTai, Land Transport
Authority of Singapore, Singapore Youth Flying Club, Biopolis Singapore, Urban
Renewal Authority of Singapore, Port of Singapore Authority, Singapore Technologies,
Singapore Petroleum Company and DBS. In 2007, Becoming
Capa, a short
story he wrote in university was adapted and released as a full-length feature
film, Becoming
Royston. He is currently working on several personal photography projects,
at the same time taking on selected commercial commissions.
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