Promised Land | Jes Aznar
Jes Aznar first went to Mindanao to make photographs of a conflict he thought he understood. But beneath the narratives of warring faiths, he found motivations of power, land, and…
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🎤 News and Narratives in Singapore: Our Conversation Recap
A post-event reflection on our conversation with photojournalists Ore Huiying, Wallace Woon and Mark Cheong
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40 minutes | N. Munirah (Moon) Rohaizan
In rush hour on Kuala Lumpur’s metro rail, Moon contemplates her own melancholy through portraits of her fellow commuters. Through this photographic dialogue she finds unexpected catharsis in their shared…
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Socialist’s Castle | Thái Tuấn
This tale of dispossession is drawn from the commodification of land in Vietnam and its quest to step away from the continuous wars, economic strife and poverty of the twentieth…
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Stephanie Syjuco: Object Number 2022.24.1
Stephanie Syjuco critically examines the construction—and exclusion—of Filipinx identity in American history. Her piece is published here in collaboration with Insights Issue Two, and is the recipient of the Parallax…
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Trails of Absence | Sai ▇▇▇▇▇
Sai ▇▇▇▇▇, the son of a political leader, went into hiding on the day that Myanmar was seized by its military. His father was imprisoned in an unknown military compound.…
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Indivisible | Sandar
Fleeing Yangon after Myanmar’s 2021 military coup, a group of medical students set up a hospital in Karenni state, providing critical healthcare to thousands of civilians and fighters. Between 2021…
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New Battles Old War | Tha Yet
In the wake of Myanmar’s military coup, many young Burmese retreated to the jungles and mountains, joining existing armed groups. Photographer Tha Yet reveals how these remote regions have become…
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Resistance | Kyaw San
After the February 2021 coup, Kyaw San documented the uprising and ensuing conflicts in Myanmar. Revealing the turmoil in Sagaing and Shan State, Kyaw San highlights the struggle and emerging…
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REVOLUTION | Ta Mwe
In February 2021, Myanmar’s military staged a coup, triggering nationwide protests and brutal crackdowns. Amidst the chaos, photojournalist Ta Mwe documented the crisis under an alias, highlighting the struggle for…
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SACCA Photo
In 2021, Myanmar erupted into civil war following a military coup. Amid a global pandemic and government clampdown on media, local photojournalists documented the protests and conflict at great risk…
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All Things Considered (Vì Các Lẽ Trên) | Hà Ðào
In All Things Considered, Ha Dao explores a murder that occurred two years prior. Through observed and staged scenes combined with an audio testimony, we are given only impressions, prompting…
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You Don’t Become a Photographer To Win Contests: an Interview with POY Asia’s Tay Kay Chin
Pictures of the Year Asia’s Co-Director & Founding Advisor Tay Kay Chin discusses the evolution of photojournalism in Asia, the urgent need to represent and support Asian photographers, and how…
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Rasa Sayang | Edmond Leong
In Rasa Sayang, Edmond Leong explores concepts of emotion, love, friendship and family. Raised by a single mother, he takes to the streets searching for a father figure, and an…
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Finding enlightenment in a junk shop: The lost slides of Tibet | Matthew Aslett
Lost for nearly 40 years, a trove of photographic slides depicting life in Tibet and a global pilgrimage for peace were found in a Singapore jungle junk shop, sparking an…
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Inside Kayah State | Valeria Mongelli
Kayah State in eastern Myanmar has seen intense combat since February 2021. Valeria Mongelli documents the shattering of “normality” in a Karenni displacement camp when war found it, and the…
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Celebrating Women in Photography and Film at Objectifs
Objectifs’ yearly showcase of women in photography and film is a bonanza of thought-provoking work by practitioners in the region. Our Editor-in-Chief Tom (a staunch supporter of this programme) drops…
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Mapping Indonesian Photobook Publishing with Gueari Galeri
Gueari Galeri’s Caron Toshiko and Andi Ari Setiadi were in Singapore to chat with Zhuang Wubin about photobook publishing in Indonesia, and how important self-publishing is to the ecosystem, and…
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Profit Over People: Indigenous Land Rights and Resource Extraction in Southeast Asia
Despite much talk of a green transition, resource extraction continues undeterred, devastating local communities. Three recent articles photographed by Muhammad Fadli address the urgent need for change, and lay bare…
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Rebel Riders | Muhammad Fadli
Indonesia’s Vespa Extreme: Muhammad Fadli photographs an underground world where the outsider’s yearning for freedom and belonging finds its expression in the unexpected—and often outrageous—reimagining of the iconic Italian…
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The Banda Journal, and the curse of nutmeg | Tom White
The Banda Journal was the 2021 Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards winner. Our editor-in-chief Tom White takes a deep dive into Muhammad Fadli and Fatris MF’s dark, compelling history of…
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Veejay Villafranca’s Signos | Tom White
Signos is a visceral testimony to the victims of devastating storms in the Philippines. It’s also a reminder that the climate emergency looms over us all and the only real…
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The Most Secret Place on Earth | Matthew Aslett
Follow Parallax Photo’s editor and resident logistics expert Matt Aslett across Laos, as he documents hidden sites of ‘the most bombed nation of earth’ for his forthcoming book project to…
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Black Cardamom | Ian Teh
In Black Cardamom, Ian Teh follows the story of the spice and its harvest in the Hoang Lien Mountains of Vietnam, raising the question; how could a forest be…
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“Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do….” An introduction to Southeast Asian photography with ChatGPT and Generative AI.
Will a spectrum exist where AI image generation will, on one hand, be employed short-sightedly to reinforce narrow world views, and on the other, catalyse unexpected creativity, broadening the scope…
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When The Curtain Falls | Shwe Wutt Hmon
In the age of mass cultural and technological commodification of memories, we are capable of developing an intimate relationship with events we did not experience. In a constant process…
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Signos | Veejay Villafranca
“’Fate introduced herself to us in the form of a hurricane,”’ to quote an environmentalist’s daughter on her thoughts on Typhoon Haiyan, its aftermath, and the future.
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Alternative Imaginaries | Yen Duong
In the age of mass cultural and technological commodification of memories, we are capable of developing an intimate relationship with events we did not experience. In a constant process of…
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Built On Their Backs | Andre Malerba
The home and workplace of Naing Lin, his wife Than Nwe, and the birthplace of their four children, is a brick factory on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. The bricks,…
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