Title
Fruitful Catch (捕鱼归来)- Mata Ikan
Year/Period
1960
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Image size: 40.6 x 50.5 cm
Accession No.
2019-00006
Collection of
Credit Line
GIFT OF LIM KWONG LING & FAMILY
Lim is a “second generation” photographer who was also a member of the Photographic Society in the 1965. Lim’s photos show the tranisition from pictorial style photography to documentary. The influence of pictorial aesthetics can be seen in the composition, lighting, and careful tonal range, his later works takes on life in Singapore, with no set-up subject matter or poses. Lim himself consciously decided to avoid typical “salon” subjects from the 1970s onwards, and believed that the shot had to be “realistic”.
