This virtual gallery presents the work of four Singapore photographers who were key to the development of modern photography in Singapore.

Lee Sow Lim, Lee Lim, Lim Kwong Ling and Tan Lip Seng were influential members of several of Singapore’s photography clubs in the 1950s and 1960s, and actively shaped the scene as educators and mentors, exhibition organisers and salon jurors. This exhibition explores how photography provided a platform to imagine a new Singapore landscape and identity as the island nation moved towards independence.