Tay Kay Chin (born July 8, 1965) is a

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-based photographer.

Career

He spent the early part of his professional career at

The Straits Times ''The Straits Times'' is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and currently owned by SPH Media Trust (previously Singapore Press Holdings). ''The Sunday Times'' is its Sunday edition. The newspaper was established ...

, where he held positions from photographer to picture editor. After leaving the Times, he worked as Presentation Editor of the Sun newspaper in Bremerton, Washington, where his frontpage design for the September 11 disaster was selected by Poynter Institute as one of the 10 best designs in the world, along with journalism giants like

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. A photojournalism graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, he is a regular speaker and judge at regional photography events. He has exhibited widely and his photographs are collected by Singapore's

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, the European House of Photography in Paris and private collectors. A vocal advocate of photography in

, he founded Southeast Asia's first photography workshop, Shooting Home with Objectifs; 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

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's Early Works exhibition, which was shown in

in June 2006. His other curatorial experience includes being picture editor for the Singapore History Museum SARS exhibition, as well as being director of photography for Mercy Relief's Glimpses of Light exhibition series. Since 2003, he has been a regular member of the selection committee for the

National Arts Council Singapore The National Arts Council (NAC) is a statutory board established on 15 October 1991 to oversee the development of arts in Singapore. It is under the purview of the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. The NAC provides grants, scholarships ...

's Cultural Medallion and Young Artist awards, the highest accolades for the arts in Singapore. He is also a member of the Resource Panel for Photography for NAC. In 2003, he was one of 12 Hasselblad Masters in the world, and since 2004, he has been an Epson Stylus Professional. His clients include Saveur Magazine, Time Asia,

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, Hasselblad, Searay Living Magazine,

South China Morning Post The ''South China Morning Post'' (''SCMP''), with its Sunday edition, the ''Sunday Morning Post'', is a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper owned by Alibaba Group. Founded in 1903 by Tse Tsan-tai and Alfred Cunningham, it has remained ...

Magazine, Brutus Magazine, Asahi Weekly,

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, United Overseas Bank, MTV Asia, Singapore Tourism Board, WingTai, Land Transport Authority of Singapore, Singapore Youth Flying Club,

Biopolis Biopolis; ta, பயோபோலிஸ் is a research and development centre for biomedical sciences in Singapore. It is located at one-north in Buona Vista, and is close to the National University of Singapore, the Singapore Polytechnic, the ...

Singapore, Asia Business and Singapore Technologies. He is currently working on several personal photography projects, at the same time taking on selected commercial commissions. In both 2005 and 2015, Chin carried out an "August 9 Babies" project, to celebrate Singapore's independence day, with one person from each year (40 and 50, respectively).

Works

* 2001 September 11 cover for The Sun selected as one of 10 best designs by Poynter Institute * 2002 Master speaker & exhibitor,

Month of Photography Asia Month of Photography Asia (also known as MOPA and MOPAsia) was an international festival of photography in Singapore from 2002 to 2011. The festival promoted photography both as an art form and as a creative industry. Each year, Month of Photog ...

, Singapore * 2002 Exhibitor,

Chobi Mela Chobi Mela (Film Fair) is a biennial international festival of photography held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the first and also the largest festival of photography held in Asia. Description The outreach program consisted of mobile exhibitions A ...

* 2003 Named Hasselblad Master, one of 12 in the world * 2003 Founded Shooting Home Workshop with Objectifs * 2003 Solo exhibitions - Panoramic Singapore - Objectifs & Esplanade Tunnel,Singapore * 2003 Solo exhibition - Panoramic World -Kinokuniya Sydney * 2003 Speaker, Clickart Singapore * 2003 Selector, Cultural Medallion & Young Artist award panel, National Arts Council Singapore * 2004 Picture editor, 38 degree,Remembering SARS exhibition, Singapore History Museum * 2004 Olympus Visionary 2004 Epson Stylus Pro * 2004 Exhibitor,

* 2005 Director of photography & curator, Glimpses of Light exhibitions on

Asian tsunami An earthquake and a tsunami, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, occurred at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7) on 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Suma ...

* 2005 Invited contributor, World Press Photo 50th anniversary book - Things As They Are * 2005 Completed personal project - National Day Babies - 40 people born on August 9 * 2005 Invited photographer Vision Beijing * 2006 Co-ordinator, International Photography Research Network Singapore- UK Residency * 2006 Solo exhibition - Unphotographable -Esplanade Tunnel, Singapore * 2006 Co-founded Kay Ngee Tan Architects Gallery * 2006 Published Panoramic Singapore

References

External links

Tay Kay Chin - Eastpix

Singlish.org

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