Platform 12.1 – 2011, The Year in Pictures

The Year In Pictures @ Platform

2011 will be over soon, and we invite everyone to submit 3 images taken this year as a personal summary of your journey.

To welcome the new year, we are putting together a big slideshow, which will be aired through the night, on huge screen, at the Jan 5 session at National Museum Singapore.

See different perspectives from various photographers, and join us for a night of fun, light snacks and drinks. Bring a friend, or come and make a new friend.

The party will start from 730pm, and pictures submitted will be projected throughout the night.

Submission details below:

i) Choose 3 of your best images, made in 2011, and email it to us at platformsg_cc4s@sendtodropbox.com

ii) We prefer pictures in the documentary, photojournalistic, street and personal genres. (But hey, these days, with all lines blurred, things are not so black and white. So just send your favorite three.)

iii)  resize your image to 1200 pixels on the long side and save them as JPG files with medium compression.
(Naming convention for the files are as follows: firstname_lastname_001.jpg ; for example - john_doe_001.jpg or kokbeng_lim_001.jpg)

iv)Be professional and fill in your IPTC

v) Email them to platformsg_cc4s@sendtodropbox.com

vi) The deadline for submission is 1st Jan, 2012 12pm

We reserve the right to ignore any photos deemed to be offensive or inappropriate.

We really want you to see the images.

Wait, they are yours to begin with!

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Platform Ten 2011

When we set up Platform, one of the missions we set for ourselves was to go out and find new talents, and more specifically, ‘young’ Singaporeans who demonstrate a desire to devote their time and effort to further documentary photography in this tiny island.

It’s comforting to know that in our short existence, we have managed to do a bit of that, and the mission is still high up on our priority list.

Perhaps now is the right time to bring this up to another level.

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GE11: Where Will You Be Standing?

GE11: Where Will You Be Standing?

There are many ways to get involved in a political process.

We at Platform believe in doing what we know best – taking pictures and letting them tell the stories.

For GE11, which is just days, if not weeks away, we would like to encourage everyone to go out and record what you see.

No pun intended but we do have a ready Platform, if not two, for you to showcase your work.

If you have the pictures, we have a plan.

And yes, in case you really need to ask: We don’t just ask others what they can do, the Platform ‘activists’ will just do it, just as we have done before.

Sixth . Jeff CHouw


Electionscapes 2006 . Darren Soh


Party-goers 2006 . Tay Kay Chin

Party-goers 2001 . Tay Kay Chin

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Platform Ten 2010

Platform Ten 2010

When we set up Platform, one of the missions we set for ourselves was to go out and find new talents, and more specifically, ‘young’ Singaporeans who demonstrate a desire to devote their time and effort to further documentary photography in this tiny island.

It’s comforting to know that in our short existence, we have managed to do a bit of that, and the mission is still high up on our priority list.

Perhaps now is the right time to bring this up to another level.

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Joby Photo Contest Winners

Joby Photo Contest Winners

Thank You for participating in the “Some Photos Are Just Impossible To Take” competition, organized by Platform, and sponsored by Cathay Photo and Joby .

It closed Feb 20, 2011, and the judges have selected two winners from the entries.

Ian Ho and Yeo Kai Wen, CONGRATULATIONS!

Here are the winning entries:

Picture by Yeo Kaiwen.

Picture by Ian Ho.

The two winners received their prizes from Ernest Goh, Platform’s co-founder, last Saturday

From left: Kai Wen, Ian and Ernest outside Cathay Photo Store in Marina Square.

In addition, the two judges – Platform co-founders and organizers of this contest Ernest Goh & Tay Kay Chin; and the sponsor, Cathay Photo; have decided to convert the remaining prize into a lucky draw, also to be given out at Platform 11.4.

Once again, thanks for participating, and for supporting Platform and our sponsors Cathay Photo and Joby.

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JAPAN TSUNAMI

JAPAN TSUNAMI

First, our sincere condolences to all affected by the disaster.

Martin Heng, a Singaporean art director who has lived and worked in Tokyo for the past eight years, just sent us this image he took shortly after the quake.

Although he and his wife live far from the epicenter, they came home to find their apartment in complete chaos.

And as we were chatting minutes ago over Facebook, another aftershock hit.

This really is uncertain time for everyone.

Title: Tohoku Earthquake Series 2011 // Time Lost

Day: 11th March 2011

Description: A child’s wristwatch fallen and forgotten while racing down the cracked stairway during the Tohoku Earthquake.

If you have pictures, videos or audio recording from the catastrophe, we would like to share them at the next Platform session, which is on April 5.

Meanwhile, please stay safe, and we look forward to hearing from you.

Be strong.

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PLATFORM 11.4

Tuesday, April 5, 2011
8:00pm – 10:30pm
Sinema Old School
Mount Sophia

The Shooting Home Reunion Show

From Objectifs’s website:

Into its eighth year, Shooting Home is a unique mentoring programme in photography, that goes beyond the workshop walls. Designed for budding photographers with a passion to pursue photography as a career, Shooting Home provides emerging talents with the opportunity to learn alongside some of our most prolific photographers.

Ten participants are selected each year for the workshop and paired with established photographers, who will teach in the workshop and mentor them. During the workshop period, participants are involved in rigorous field work, daily critiques, lectures and constant interaction with mentors and peers to share ideas. Mentorship also provides emerging photographers with invaluable networking opportunities. Ultimately, Shooting Home aims to foster an environment for the exchange of ideas between like-minded amateurs and professional artists.

Past participants of Shooting Home have gone on to make career switches into photography, many collaborating on personal or commercial work. Out of the 80 participants who’ve gone through Shooting Home, more than half have turned professional while the rest remain committed to contributing to the craft and community, through shows or freelance work.

This special Shooting Home Reunion Show @ Platform will consist of three segments:

The History & Legacy of the Workshop
by Emmeline Yong
Partner and co-founder of Objectifs
www.objectifs.com.sg
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=605457716

The Shooting Home Method & Works
Bryan van der Beek
Photographer, Instructor and Shooting Home Workshop faculty

http://www.facebook.com/bryanvanderbeek

Presenting The Class of 2011 Shooting Home
Darren Soh
Platform co-founder, Photographer, Instructor and Shooting Home Workshop faculty
www.darrensoh.com

http://www.facebook.com/sohdarren

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