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We will have been young – Photo Exhibition

An exhibition on youth and future in Southeast Asia, is the result of the Southeast Asian Photography Masterclass by J.Brüggemann and T.Kruse (Ostkreuz Photographers’ Agency) during the Obscura Festival of Photography 2016 and 2017 in Georgetown, Malaysia. After touring in Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia in 2018 and Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Hanoi and HCMC in 2019, the exhibition is shown in Bangkok and Yangon in 2020.

we will have been young Photography Exhibition©CCTang_Obscura


The Photographers

Alvin Lau | Is This What Love Is? © Alvin Lau

Alvin Lau | Malaysia
Is This What Love Is?

Online dating has been a phenomenon since the early Millennium, making establishing connections amongst people more convenient.

Amrita Chandradas | All Is Not Lost © Amrita Chandradas

Amrita Chandradas | Singapur
All Is Not Lost

Is it her features? The way she talks, behaves or moves? Or is it the way her hair blows in the wind is what contributes to her femininity?

Vespa Warriors © Muhammad Fadli

Muhammad Fadli | Indonesien
Vespa Warriors

Since its birth in Florence in 1946, the Vespa has been nothing short of extraordinary. But for some, the Vespa has become a way of life.

Dennese Victoria | Days Spent With Pretend Family 1 © Dennese Victoria

Dennese Victoria | Philippinen
Days Spent With Pretend Family

In October 2016 I began working on what I had then called a fake family album. I was thinking very deeply about how easy it can be to fake intimacy.

Kanel Khiev | Before The Raze © Kanel Khiev

Kanel Khiev | Kambodscha
Before The Raze

The White Building, or the Bodeng as it is commonly known, is a municipal apartment built in 1963 located in the heart of Phnom Penh.

Dwi Asrul Fajar | A Stream Under The Table © Dwi Asrul Fajar

Dwi Asrul Fajar | Indonesien
A Stream Under The Table

In 2016, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a 74-page report Living in Hell: Abuses against People with Psychosocial Disabilities in Indonesia, on how people with mental illnesses in Indonesia are treated.

Elliott Koon | Sons Of The Soil © Elliott Koon

Elliott Koon | Malaysia
Sons Of The Soil

The Orang Asli, Malaysia’s native tribesmen, are a peaceful people who live in small communities, usually far from the cities, surrounded by nature.

Watsamon Tri-yasakda | 7465 © Watsamon Tri-yasakda

Watsamon Tri-yasakda | Thailand
7465

One of the most asked questions is “What do you want to be when you grow up?”. But nobody ever asks “What do you want to be now?”.
 

Lee Chang Ming | Until Then © Lee Chang Ming

Lee Chang Ming | Singapur
Until Then

Until Then is an exploration of what it means to be young and queer in Singapore as seen through my personal experiences and encounters with those around me.

Geric Cruz | Eva © Geric Cruz

Geric Cruz | Philippinen
Eva

Eva began as catalogue of objects, people and memories surrounding the house of my grandmother, Eva’s in Bacolod, a city in the south of the Philippines, far away from the chaos of Manila.

Linh Pham | Behind Closed Doors © Linh Pham

Linh Pham | Vietnam
Behind Closed Doors

“Attention!” Once commanded, we lined up, stood still, and saluted the flag. Every Monday for twelve years, our weekly school assembly was just like that.

Yu Yu Myint Than | Memory Lane © Yu Yu Myint Than

Yu Yu Myint Than | Myanmar
Memory Lane

“I wanna go back home” are the words I frequently hear from San Kay Khine whenever I visited her in the hospital. San Kay Khine is a 17-year-old girl who spent five years as a tortured captive at a famous tailor shop in Yangon.


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