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.
Getting into the thick of the action and capturing that moment defines Junjie’s style of photography. First started photography in 2003, Junjie has captured thousands of indelible moments.
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 cinematographed, “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 the photography chairperson at the NTU Photo-Videographic society, Junjie conceived a training curriculum for basic photography in 2006 that continues to be taught to members today. He has taught photography to people from all walks of life, from secondary school students to working professionals to retirees.
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.
Currently, he is working on personal projects closer to home as he points the camera inwardly to understand his world better.
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.
In fashion and advertising work, Lance leads a team to conceptualise, direct and execute creative photographic projects. 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 career highlights include photography for Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s book “Keeping My Mandarin Alive” and first Singapore Idol Taufik Bautisah’s debut album “Blessings”.
In photojournalism, documentary, portraiture and news photography, Lance works independently to capture decisive moments as he waits patiently for events to unfold spontaneously.
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.
Two of his personal photo projects, “Migrant Workers” and “Transsexuals”, have been exhibited frequently in museums and art galleries. The latter was published as a best-selling photo coffee table book “My Sisters: Their Stories”. Selected fine art prints from the “Transsexual” series are also collected by museums such as Houston Museum of Fine Arts.
A well-travelled photographer, commercial & advertising work has brought him round the globe to places like Argentine, Cuba, Mexico, India, Bangladesh and most Asian countries.
Lance has a passion for teaching photography and he loves sharing his knowledge and experience. He is currently taking a sabbatical from studio and commercial work to spend more time in teaching. He travels frequently to conduct photography workshops as well as to further his personal photo projects.
Lance is currently teaching in Beijing and Hong Kong.
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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. First started photography in 2003, Junjie has captured thousands of indelible moments.
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 cinematographed, “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 the photography chairperson at the NTU Photo-Videographic society, Junjie conceived a training curriculum for basic photography in 2006 that continues to be taught to members today. He has taught photography to people from all walks of life, from secondary school students to working professionals to retirees.
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.
Currently, he is working on personal projects closer to home as he points the camera inwardly to understand his world better.
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.
In fashion and advertising work, Lance leads a team to conceptualise, direct and execute creative photographic projects. 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 career highlights include photography for Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s book “Keeping My Mandarin Alive” and first Singapore Idol Taufik Bautisah’s debut album “Blessings”.
In photojournalism, documentary, portraiture and news photography, Lance works independently to capture decisive moments as he waits patiently for events to unfold spontaneously.
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.
Two of his personal photo projects, “Migrant Workers” and “Transsexuals”, have been exhibited frequently in museums and art galleries. The latter was published as a best-selling photo coffee table book “My Sisters: Their Stories”. Selected fine art prints from the “Transsexual” series are also collected by museums such as Houston Museum of Fine Arts.
A well-travelled photographer, commercial & advertising work has brought him round the globe to places like Argentine, Cuba, Mexico, India, Bangladesh and most Asian countries.
Lance has a passion for teaching photography and he loves sharing his knowledge and experience. He is currently taking a sabbatical from studio and commercial work to spend more time in teaching. He travels frequently to conduct photography workshops as well as to further his personal photo projects.
Lance is currently teaching in Beijing and Hong Kong.