Founder/ Principal Photographer - Ng Ken Liong

A self-taught photographer, Ken Liong possesses a bachelor degree in computer engineering with a minor in graphics imaging. He started off with events photography, but later found greater success by extending into higher value-added areas such as industrial, interior, architecture, etc, and also serving more diverse clients worldwide.

When not with a camera, Ken Liong enjoys analyzing financial statements as a value investor with a long track record. Seldom found without a book, Ken Liong is a lifelong student of world economics, history and social sciences. Weekends and nights are strictly reserved for playing with his two young sons.

Awards

• Honorable Mention award for Top 5% of 22,250 photographs submitted worldwide for publication in the book THE BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY ANNUAL 2001.

• Works ranked among Top 5% of 32,250 photographs submitted worldwide for publication in the book THE BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY ANNUAL 1998.

• Only Singaporean photographer to have won an award in the ASEAN 30^th Anniversary Photography Competition held in Indonesia on Feb 1998.

• Awarded the most number of awards (total 3) ever achieved in a single attempt by any photographer at the 10^th Anniversary Discovering Singapore and The World Photo Competition. Sep 1997.

• 1^st prize winner in EarthVisions Photo-Journal Competition organized by ArtsCentral MediaCorp TV. Works and person featured on TV and web trailers. April 2001.

• 1^st prize winner in Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute (SAFTI) Military Institute 1995 Open House Photographic Competition.

• Contax / Yashica Young Photographer of the Year 1998

• 2^nd prize winner in NIE / NTU "Images of the City" Photo Competition 1994

• Exhibiting Artist in "101 Points of View" Photo Exhibition at National Library organised by Professional Photographers Association (Singapore), Mar 2010
  

• Represented Singapore in international exhibition "Spotlight Singapore" held in Moscow, Russia, Art Centre Khokhlovskaya Manufactura. Jun 2008
   
• Exhibiting Artist in "Our Places" Photo Exhibition at Singapore Discovery Centre and Millenia Walk, held in conjunction with National Day 2008. Aug to Jan 2009
   
• Exhibiting Artist at No More Walls, at The Old Parliament House. 26 Mar to 6 Apr 2004.
   
• Exhibiting Artist at A Day in the Life of Singapore, LIEN Photographic Competition organized by Substation and Alliance Francaise de Singapour. 26 Oct to 6 Nov 2001.

• Exhibiting Artist at Nokia Singapore Art 1999, Singapore Art Museum, 31 Dec 1999 to 13 Jan 2000.

• Exhibiting Artist at Singapore Art ’97, Creative Photography, at Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Center, 28 Aug to 2 Sept 1997.

• Capturing The ‘I’ Photo Exhibition, in conjunction with M1Youth Connection Festival. Organized by National Heritage Board. Hylam St, Bugis. 6-21 March 1999.

• Pulau Ubin exhibition. Sponsored and commissioned by National Youth Achievement Award Council. Great World City Atrium, Nov 1998.

• Black and White Experience ’98 exhibition featuring documentary pictures of the life in MINDS, Movement for the Intellectually Disabled. Suntec City, Feb 1998

• World Camera Show 1999 Charity Auction in aid of The Singapore Breast Cancer Foundation. Ngee Ann City Atrium.

Community Contributions

• Judge for NUS Montage Photo Competition 2010 - Open Category

• Judge for National Environment Clean and Green Photo Competition 2010
  

• Judge for Leica Photo Competition for World Gourmet Summit 2010
  

• Judge for NUS Montage Photo Competition 2008 - Open Category

• Judge for Institute of Mental Health (IMH) Photo Competition 2008

• Exhibiting Artist of Ubin Photo Project which raised $41,000.00 for President's Charity 2007

• Judge for Singapore Youth Commonwealth Photo Competition 2006 organised by the British High Commission. Feb 2006.

• Photographer, International Monetary Fund and World Bank 2006 Annual Meetings in Singapore.

• Presented Okinawa slideshow for the public at Raffles Hotel Jubilee Hall, Apr 1997. Sponsored and commissioned by the Okinawa Prefectural Government of Japan.

• Conducted private photography course for climbers of Singapore's Antarctica 2000 team. 5 Apr 1999.

• Speaker at Montage youth photography seminar, organized by National University of Singapore Photographic Society. 5 Jun 1999.

• Speaker / Competition judge at Temasek Polytechnic’s PhotoWeek 1999. 15 Apr 1999

• Presented various slideshows and talks for the public at Selegie Art Center, National Museum, SAFRA, NTU and Contax Club.
  

Project Manager and Senior Photographer Shiang Han Lim is a very promising, talented and experienced professional. A physicist by training, Shiang Han cuts a tall imposing figure at 1.9m, but easily puts other people at ease with his light-hearted and cheery character. Recently, he was one of Hillary Clinton's personal state photographer during the APEC meetings in Singapore,  for the Prime Minister of Mauritius during another event, and again for the Prime Minister's Office of United Arab Emirates. An avid food lover, Han is also the 1st prize winner of the World Gourmet Summit 2011 ( Awards of Excellence - Photography category ), beating many other professional photographers. Han was also a photography trainer for employees of Mercer consulting (view pic). Han is a longtime member of the Photographic Society of Singapore.

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