About
Parallax is a platform for socially conscious photographic work from Southeast Asia and surrounds.
Mission
We aim to elevate local perspectives, narratives and voices through documentary based work created by both local practitioners, and those who now call Southeast Asia home.
We will consider work from surrounding countries and we are also interested in work that spans national and regional borders in relation to wider global issues.
Beyond platforming photographic work we also aim to support the existing regional community though sharing ideas, expertise, educational programs and resources.
Why “Parallax?”
Parallax is the perceived position of a subject relative to the observer’s point of view. How we see things depends on our background, culture, society and other lived experiences. A parallax error can occur when our experiences are misaligned or misunderstood.
In acknowledging this, Parallax recognises that a more holistic approach involves a dialogue between the viewer and the viewed. We aim to present a diversity of points of view on the Southeast Asian region, while grounding these in our shared reality.
The Parallax editorial team
Tom White
Tom has spent the last twenty years working in the fields of art, media and academia. He is a visual communications educator, as well as a photographer in the journalism, editorial, advocacy and commercial spaces. He designed and delivered the Photojournalism & Documentary curriculum for Yale-NUS College in Singapore, and has also taught at the International Center of Photography and Columbia University in New York, in addition to instructing and facilitating various workshops and community-based social programs. Tom’s current research includes a focus on the potential of immersive and interactive documentary methods, and the continued importance of visual and media literacy. He’s been based in Singapore since 2011.
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Matthew Aslett
Matt has supported humanitarian missions for over twenty years, and documented the effects of major global crises since the late 2000s. He’s extensively involved in researching and developing strategies for visualising and documenting human conflict, environmental issues and indigenous communities impacted by international development. Matt has been training and mentoring photographers throughout his career. He’s also a consultant to international safety advisories, and has supported photographers in conflict zones for more than a decade. Matt was based in Singapore from 2016–2024, and is currently living in the UK.
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Charlene Winfred
Charlene is a photographer, media producer, writer, editor, humanitarian and a raft of other things in-between / around. Born and bred in Singapore, she has spent over two decades working and travelling as a photographer in Australia, Europe and North America. Prior to returning to Singapore in 2020, Charlene worked with refugees and internally displaced people in northern Iraq for a US aid organisation. She is passionate about community, and in her work as a producer and editor, has championed important social issues, supporting practitioners in the field to tell stories of those most in need, as well as those making an impact. Much to the chagrin of cat people like Tom and Matt, she really likes dogs.
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