Title
'Calcining' by Chua Tiag Ming
Creator
Year/Period
c. 1960s-1970s
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Image size: 49.7 x 39.8 cm,
Image size: With mount H 52.9 X W 40.5 cm
Image size: With mount H 52.9 X W 40.5 cm
Accession No.
2011-02236
Collection of
Chua Tiag Ming (T. M. Chua) was a photographer involved in the salon photography movement in Singapore in the 1960s and 1970s. During this period, he documented various aspects of labour in Singapore, especially the vanishing trades. The worker shown in this photograph is involved in calcining seashells, the product of which was used as a natural glaze for pottery.
