Journey of recovery

Authors
Lim Lishan, Ngo Chu Ting

Supervisor
Mr Lim Wui-Liang

Year
2017

Abstract

Journey of Recovery is an interactive photojournalism project that illustrates the recovery of four individuals from drug addiction in Singapore. Addiction is pervasive and exists in many forms, with drug addiction deemed to be one of the most socially unacceptable. Recovery from drug addiction is often an uphill battle, with subjects struggling with a myriad of effects from the physical, emotional, psychological to social. Recovering addicts such as our subjects have turned to creativity and self-expression as an outlet, setting new practices and faiths that have helped support their spiritual development in their life after drugs. Community support and understanding has been key in sustaining a non-judgemental environment that they can form new healthy habits and careers. In this project, we look beyond their past and focus on their current coping methods.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69877

Wanted: Bus Drivers

Authors
Lee Jian Xuan, Malcolm Koh Sheng Wei, Teo Hee Boon Natalie & Wong Kang Wei

Supervisor
Ms Hedwig Alfred

Year
2013

Abstract
Taking the bus in Singapore is a daily ritual for many. Accustomed to a world-class
transport system, we expect our rides to be smooth and swift, with minimum fuss
and maximum comfort. But of late, Singapore’s public transport system has been
bursting at the seams, with breakdowns and delays becoming commonplace. As
a result, frontline transport workers like bus drivers have often become unwitting
punching bags for irate passengers. This project takes up the perspective of bus
drivers in Singapore, to explore the challenges that they face in their line of work. It
attempts to find out how bus drivers are recruited and trained to drive on our roads,
and the severity of the bus driver shortage.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52576

From the Shadows

Authors
Bhavan Jaipragas & Ng Jun Sen

Supervisor
Assoc Prof Cherian George

Year
2013

Abstract
Borne out of six months of field work in peninsula Malaysia, From the Shadows is an
illustrated feature-writing project about the lives of Malaysia’s marginalised ethnic
Indian community, and their likely impact on the country’s 13th general election in
May 2013. The project was published a few days ahead of the landmark polls, and it
was picked up by news media outlets in Singapore and Malaysia.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52931

Myanmar: In Our Midst

Author
Wallace Woon Shih Leong

Supervisor
Mr Tay Kay Chin

Year
2013

Abstract
Myanmar: In Our Midst is a photojournalism project that seeks to shed light upon
the Burmese population in Singapore through a series of profiles of Burmese in
Singapore from diverse backgrounds – students, migrant workers, permanent
residents and Burmese Singaporeans. Given the recent developments in Myanmar,
this project is an attempt to answer the question of whether these Burmese will
now return home, given that they have lived, worked and grown up here for over
half a century.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52926

Fabric of a Family: Alternative Families in Singapore

Authors
Goh Chay Teng & Quah Dai Wei

Supervisor
Mr Tay Kay Chin

Year
2013

Abstract
This photojournalism project documents the lives of various types of families in
Singapore. The Singapore government has made no secret of what it considers to
be the ideal Singaporean family. There are no official statistics but the occurrence of
a ‘normal’ family as defined by the government has decreased in recent years. But
just because these families deviate from the government’s definition of family does
not make them any less of one.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52571

The disappearing hills

Author
Yeo Kaiwen

Supervisors
Mr Lim Wui Liang & Ms Hedwig Alfred

Year
2015

Abstract
This is an interactive photojournalism website that investigates the aftermath of the 2013 Bertam Valley Floods in Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia. The Cameron Highlands have in recent years, been under development pressure— particularly from the agricultural sector. While such development has created a secure and comfortable lifestyle for many farmers, it has also resulted in large swathes of forests being destroyed illegally. As a result, mud floods and landslides have become an annual affair, claiming property and lives while contaminating rivers with human waste, plastics, and dangerous levels of pesticides. The website contains stories built from the Cameron Highland community, including experts, politicians, journalists, Non-Governmental Organisations, farmers, flood victims, and illegal workers. Many of these stories have not been brought to the public’s attention in a comprehensive manner. Through bringing them to light, we will better understand how unsustainable farming present social and environmental threats to ecosystems and food chains. The Disappearing Hills gives these issues a human face.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/63380

Additional links
http://disappearinghills.com/
https://www.facebook.com/thedisappearinghills/
https://www.instagram.com/thedisappearinghills/

Moving on from mental illness

Author
Neo Wee Kang Daniel

Supervisor
Mr Lim Wui Liang

Year
2016

Abstract
The photojournalism project, Moving On From Mental Illness, seeks to highlight the importance of caregiving in mental illness recovery through featuring the lives of three mental outpatients along with their caregivers. It shows their journey together in coping and moving on from mental illness. This project also offers a glimpse behind the ward doors of Institute of Mental Health.

Through a visual representation of their stories, the project hopes to raise awareness and promote empathy for the mentally ill and their caregivers. Being marginalised by stigmatisation, they need the society’s acceptance and understanding while they battle their illness towards recovery. With or without their illness, they are still a part of our society. As fellow Singaporeans, they deserve just as much help as any other patient who is facing a terminal physical illness along with their caregiver.

This project report highlights the author’s thought processes and various challenges faced in the different phases of the project, such as basic research, actual photographing, and the production of a photo book and exhibition. It also includes his insights on the stigmatisation of mental illness in Singapore’s present-day society.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66687