The first Asian Nobel Peace Prize photographer, 39 year-old Singaporean Sim Chi Yin, is holding her latest exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts.
The exhibition, titled Most People Were Silent, was commissioned by the Nobel Peace Centre to be about last year's Peace Prize winner - the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons civil society group. The exhibition juxtaposes photographs and videos taken of landscapes in North Korea and the United States, inviting audiences to contemplate their "striking similarities". Her approach to this exhibition differs greatly from her earlier work, which was "very human-interest, very straight-lined, advocacy-based".
Sim also became the first Southeast Asian to join the prestigious co-operative Magnum Photos, where she is now a Nominee Member. The award-winning documentary photographer, who won the Chris Hondros Fund Award in April, will be furthering her research interest in British Malaya when she begins her PhD at King's College London's Department of War Studies in October.
Most People Were Silent runs until 10 October at the Earl Lu Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts.
