When summer moves like a song through our bodies. A story that works to evoke the magic of Villa Noailles, the inspiration behind the Chanel Spring/Summer 2024 Collection. Made in collaboration with Chanel.

Shot with Fujifilm GFX50S + GFX100S.

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THE FEMALE ART BOOK: A special April 2024 edition celebrating SG image makers, models and everything FEMALE - documentor of style and youth culture - stands for today, 50 years after its launch.

Mary, Charleigh, Janelle and Viviana of Basic Models in Chanel photographed by Rebecca Toh and styled by Damian Huang.

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Production: Noelle Loh assisted by Keng Yang Shuen

& Danessa Tong

Photography assistants: Yann Cloitre & Alif

Styling assistant: Caleb Lim

Hair: Peter Lee

Makeup: Clarence Lee, using Chanel Beauty

Retouching: Gonzalo Ponce

Location: Special thanks to Tan Ngiap Heng for allowing us into his beautiful home

Documenting my love for the neighbourhood town centres of Singapore and their laidback, unpretentious beauty, as well as their sense of vibrant community.

This is where and how Singaporeans live.

"And in that moment I swear we were infinite"

It was a pleasure to be able to photograph the simple essence of Lloyd's Inn, as re-designed, rebuilt, and reimagined by FARM.

I was commissioned to create portraits of the 3 founders of Straits Clan, described as a “new kind of members’ club” and “a modern day clan for the 21st century – one imbued with a sense of companionship and purpose”.

coming soon

Get closer and closer and closer to the things you love.

Images created for Adyen’s APAC Media Library. Adyen is a global payments platform based in Amsterdam.

"Sitting there, alone in a foreign country, far from my job, and everyone I know, a feeling came over me. It was like remembering something I'd never known before or had always been waiting for, but I didn't know what. Maybe it was something I'd forgotten, or something I've been missing all my life. All I can say is that I felt, at the same time, joy and sadness. But not too much sadness, because I felt alive. Yes, alive.”
- “Paris, je t'aime” (2006)

Directed Kit Chan’s 25th anniversary remake of “Home”, one of Singapore's most beloved National Day songs.

Marketing / promotional images for Oriole Coffee + Bar.

Commissioned to create a series of lifestyle, portrait and food photography for mexican restaurant Super Loco.

"You spent the first half of your life becoming somebody. Now you can work on becoming nobody, which is really somebody. For when you become nobody there is no tension, no pretense, no one trying to be anyone or anything. The natural state of the mind shines through unobstructed -- and the natural state of the mind is pure love."
- Ram Dass

For Vulture Magazine, a feature of Earn Chen - cultural entrepeneur - founder of Ambush, Surrender, Potato Head Folk, and now working on his latest venture The Salvages. 

This project was the brainchild of design studio Foreign Policy Design Group and won the D&AD Wood Pencil in Specialist & Limited Edition Books. I was commissioned to work on the photography of the entire book.

Click on individual images to view larger.

Now that I'm home with the benefit of distance, I can finally say, of all the American cities I've been to so far - NYC, Portland, LA and even San Francisco - I enjoyed Boston the most. I liked that it was clean, bookish, calm, and yet still bursting with endless creative energy. A town for writers jazz musicians scholars spoken word poets bookstore owners street artists internet entrepreneurs and anyone in between, but still managing not to descend into the chaos that so characterizes New York. What a pleasant surprise.

A series of environmental portraits for ExxonMobil.

I was commissioned by forest & whale to capture images of Hup Yick, a car parts machinery workshop owned by Mr. Yee, for their community project about the Jalan Besar neighbourhood and its people, which will soon result in a book. It was a beautiful experience being near such a dedicated craftsman like Mr. Yee.

The New York Times sent me to Kuala Lumpur to shoot a story about The Exchange 106, Malaysia’s $10 billion, 4-million-square-foot bid at transforming itself into one of the world's greatest cities. The project, however, is also at the center of the 1MDB scandal, with former Malaysian PM Najib Razak accused of theft and money laundering. Read more here.

Polaroids are instant poetry.

May every instant last forever.

“This morning I'm leaving New York
Once get on the plane
What would I be thinking of

This morning I'm leaving New York
A plave of letting go
A place of moving on
Here's to New York...

Don't matter where you're from
Just matters where you go
No one clings for long
New York…”

- “Leaving New York”, Chet Lam

The Bureau commissioned and flew me over to Niseko, Japan to create a series of promotional/marketing images for an upcoming new property development in the skiing mountain town. The images are part of a larger narrative developed by The Bureau to help tell the story of this new property development.

Why do I travel? And how do I travel in the most comfortable way? What do I want to say? What are the things that attract me while I'm traveling? Traveling alone forces me to answer all these questions.

Being in a city like Tokyo further reinforces what I don't like about traveling. I don't like shopping or consumerism. I see the thousands of shops that tourists flock to and I feel almost nauseous. All I want is to hole up in a cafe and read. Or visit the museum. Or a nice park. Maybe visit some small shops. Eat good food. Take photos. Sometimes that's all I want to do.

So that's what I shall do in the next few days. There is no point in pretending to be a typical tourist. I am a "boring" tourist and I intend to remain that way.

A Savory Stroll Under the Neon Lights of Singapore:
Mud crabs, skewers, frog porridge and more: Expect an overload for your taste buds along Geylang Road, in the city-state’s red light district.

(Written by Christine Chung)

Every traveler eventually needs to travel to nowhere.

Anyone can go there; not many bother or dare to.

Because when you are there, you find yourself waiting for you.

I was commissioned by Winkreative to photograph what goes on behind-the-scenes during the testing of the Lexus RC F GT3 race car at the Okayama International Circuit in Japan.

I was in love with this project from the get-go. Working with outofstock was a dream. In this project they used patterns from nature to reimagine the rug, and these are the results. We wanted to show texture and emotion intersecting with nature in these images. I hope it gets through.

Commissioned by The Gourmand to capture Andre Chiang in action, who cooks with the unique philosophy he calls "octaphilosophy", referring to his eight elements of gastronomy: salt, texture, memory, pure, terroir, south, artisan and unique.

Published images + some outtakes.

I was approached by Wondergram to help create a series of images that can help preserve a sense of the heritage of the Chikuwatei brand in a classic, timeless manner and to capture the old-school environment of the restaurant before it goes under the knife and unveils a new look.

Commissioned by Patek Philippe Magazine.

Tamir from Israel, traveling around the world until his money runs out. We met him at Glacier Point while we were waiting for the sun to set. He randomly took out an outdoor stove and started making coffee, but not without offering to make us a cup too. As for why he’s traveling around the world, he said, “I’ve always wanted to do this. When I turned 30, I thought, if not now, then when?”

Branding photography for Pictet’s launch of their website for Asia, emphasising human connection. Shot across Singapore and Hong Kong. Founded in Switzerland in 1805, Pictet is one of the leading independent wealth and asset managers, with 28 offices worldwide, and 30 years in Asia.