We spend a lot of time interacting with students, and we’re proud to say that we’re driven by photographers who are passionate about sharing their knowledge.
Nandakumar Narasimhan
Co-Founder/Instructor
Singapore
nanda@phocus.com.sg
Always on the move, Nanda has captured countless landscapes and portraits since 2003. An avid traveller and photographer, Nanda’s interest in travel photography has brought him to no less than 50 cities in 9 countries.
A tradtionalist by training and practice, Nanda has actively promoted photography by serving as the president and darkroom chairman of the NTU Photo-Videographic society for three years. He had organised and contributed to several exhibitions within and outside NTU.
Lin Junjie
Co-Founder/Instructor
Singapore
junjie@phocus.com.sg
Getting into the thick of the action and capturing that moment defines Junjie’s style of photography. In March 2007, Junjie held his first exhibition on Timor-Leste at the Asian Civilisations Museum to bring awareness to the young country. In 2008, a film he shot, “Remorse”, won two national film competitions and was screened at the Taiwan Urban Nomad Film Festival. In 2009, he collaborated with fashion stylist Luke Elijah Lim and fashion photographer Lance Lee on a fashion exhibition at The Cathay.
As photography chairperson at the NTU Photo-Videographic society in 2006, Junjie conceived a training curriculum for basic photography that continues to be taught to members today.
Lance Lee
Honorary Adviser/Instructor
Beijing & Hong Kong
lance@phocus.com.sg
Lance Lee is an extremely versatile photographer who excels in the opposing disciplines of Photojournalism and Fashion Photography, each requiring a very different mindset and approach. A master in both, Lance is well-versed to teach the aesthetic and technical aspects of most kinds of photography.
His fashion images and portraits have been widely published in magazines such as Her World, ICON, Citta Bella, Female, Style, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Women’s Weekly. His documentary photos of the SARS crisis in 2004 are published into two books “The Silent War” and “>38ºc Remembering Sars”. The images were also exhibited at the Singapore History Museum.
Zakaria Zainal
Instructor
Singapore
zak@phocus.com.sg
As a freelance documentary photographer, Zakaria makes meaning of the world through his photographs. From observing a former monarchy’s transition to federal republic in Nepal to witnessing the plight of internally displaced persons in Pakistan’s military offensive against the Taliban, Zakaria was there to document events as they unfolded before his eyes.
He worked as a photographer and reporter in 2009 with Republica, a premier English Nepali daily. A widely travelled photographer, he has photographed most of South Asia, from Bangladesh to Pakistan.
Chen Yiren
Guest Instructor
Singapore
jcyrhs@gmail.com
Yiren’s enthusiasm for photography was kindled in 2004 and after numerous experimentations, he found his passion and love in landscape photography. A self-taught photographer, he learnt photography through field work and reading countless articles in books and magazines.
Yiren now dedicates himself to capturing the essence of landscapes. He absolutely loves making images at dawn as the tide trickles in with an accompanying sea breeze and the sun barely rising above the horizon, causing a palette of colours to be displayed in the sky; a perfect time to appreciate God’s amazing nature works.