Built From The Ground Up, A Layer At A Time

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 workers at a HDB rooftop working on the construction of the Toa Payoh HDB new town. Newly constructed blocks can be seen in the background.

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