The Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) is a non-profit biennial festival organised by Singapore-based independent art space, DECK.[1] [2] [3] Its first edition, held in October 2008, was the first event of its kind in Southeast Asia, with its programmes emphasising new photography in Southeast Asia and showcasing photographic works from Artists from the region alongside international peers at various venues across Singapore.[4]
The three main festival components are the Ooficial exhibitions, workshops and portfolio review session for selected Southeast Asian photographers. Alongside, SIPF fringe activities are carried out at various arts galleries, arts spaces and education institutions to promote photography across Singapore. In 2012, SIPF has expanded its education programme with "Magnum Mentorship Singapore" a partnership with Magnum Photos Agency, and "Conversation with Black Box" a series of visual literacy activities for school students.
In each festival edition, SIPF invites arts professionals from all around the world to take part in the festival as Curators and portfolio reviewers. The selection of the Open Call submissions for the festival exhibitions are decided by the curators, independently of the festival organisers.
There are two types of official exhibitions: The Open Call Showcase and the Special Showcase. The Open Call Showcase focusses on photographic works selected from international submissions. The invited curators of the festival will meet in Singapore to make the selection, and to discuss on the curation of the works across various public venues in Singapore. Special Showcase are by invitation and often related to the core public programme in the festival. The duration of the exhibition ranges from 3 weeks to 3 months depending on the venues partners in each edition of the festival.
In its 3rd SIPF Open Call, the exhibitions presented works by 50 emerging and established photographers from 25 countries such as Cambodia, Spain, Mexico, Peru, and Thailand.
| Photographer | Series | |
|---|---|---|
| Alina Kisina | City of Home | |
| Buddhist Bug Project | ||
| Arturo Betancourt | Theatre Of Silence | |
| Bronek Kozka | Suburban Memories | |
| Carlo Bevilacqua | Into The Silence, Hermits of the Third Millennium | |
| Christian Lutz | Tropical Gift, Oil And Gas in Nigeria | |
| Cyrus Cornut | Travelling to the Outskirts | |
| Dale Yudelman | Life Under Democracy | |
| Ellie Davies | Come With Me | |
| Fernando Montiel Klint | Acts Of Faith | |
| Filippo Minelli | Silence/Shapes | |
| Flore-Aël Surun | Some Desire in the Wings | |
| Graeme Williams | Painting Over The Present | |
| Hirohito Nomoto | Façade | |
| Htet T San | Emotion/Untold Stories | |
| Hu Qiren | Mian Xiang: The Art Of Traditional Chinese Face-Reading | |
| Ian Teh | Traces | |
| Jake Verzosa | The Last Tattooed Women Of Kalinga | |
| Ji Hyun Kwon | The Guilty | |
| Joel Yuen | If There Is Something Strange About Me, I Am Not Aware Of It | |
| Justin Maxon | Slow Down… Breathe… Only This Life | |
| Kee Ya Ting | Inquisitive Investigations | |
| The Struggle To Right Oneself | ||
| Kim Hak | After 12 | |
| Laura Stevens | Us Alone | |
| Lee Puay Yang Sean | I Believe in the Therapy Of Silliness | |
| Lola Guerrera | Delights in My Garden | |
| Lucía Herrero | Tribes | |
| Manuel Vazquez | Theatrum Mundi | |
| Marlous Van Der Sloot | De Slapende Arm (The Sleeping Arm) | |
| Melissa Moore | Land Ends | |
| Miti Ruangkritya | Imagining Flood | |
| Musuk Nolte Maldonado | Shawi: Mystery With A Name Of Its Own | |
| Nge Lay | The Relevancy Of Restricted Things | |
| Norihisa Hosaka | Burning Chrome | |
| Olivia Marty | Recollection | |
| Patty Carroll | Anonymous Women: Draped | |
| Reginald Van De Velde | Tomorrow Never Knows | |
| Shen Chao-Liang | Stage | |
| Shen Linghao | Poetic Melancholy | |
| Shen Wei | Chinese Sentiment | |
| Tran Viet Van | Breath | |
| Tristan Cai | Tales of the Moving Mountains: Why Won’t God Go Away? | |
| Wawi Navarroza | Dominion | |
| Willis Turner Henry | Cina Medan = Medanese Chinese | |
| Wu Cheng Chang | Vision Of Taiwan | |
| Zakaria Zainal | Singaplural | |
| Zhang Xiao | They | |
| Zhou Wei | Picturesque Scenery |