Title
On Our Way to Pasar Malam
Creator
Year/Period
2015 [1966]
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Frame size: 39.5 x 88.0 x 2.0 cm,
Image size: 35.0 x 65.0 cm
Image size: 35.0 x 65.0 cm
Accession No.
2016-00737
Collection of
Loke Hong Seng (b. 1943) was working as a radio announcer with Radio Television Singapore in the 1960s when he picked up photography and subsequently grew to specialize in street photography. His images of 1960s and 1970s Singapore offer a candid view of everyday life in the early days of the nation’s development. This photograph shows a family passing by Circuit Road as they made their way to set up a stall at a pasar malam, the local night market. It shows how families found ways to earn a living in 1960s Singapore.
