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Writing Photography in Southeast Asia (Jun to Aug 2023) | Ateneo Art Gallery, Manila

August 10, 2023December 25, 2023 Posted in Writing Photography in Southeast Asia (Jun to Aug 2023) | Ateneo Art Gallery, Manila

From June to August 2023, Ateneo Art Gallery in Manila organised a hybrid, eight-session workshop on Writing Photography in Southeast Asia. I am responsible for running the programme. The workshop is supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Singapore in Manila. I wish to thank both the gallery and the embassy for making the…… Continue reading Writing Photography in Southeast Asia (Jun to Aug 2023) | Ateneo Art Gallery, Manila

Testimonials

“作為攝影愛好者，庄吳斌的photo story telling / editing workshop令我明白到相片是如何說故事及結集成不同的作品的。作為攝影者這會令攝影的時候發揮得更好及令攝影的過程更加自在。明白到創作的時候實在是可以拍攝更加多素材，與主題有關的，約莫有關的及完全無關的相片，其實都可以作為素材，編輯相片成為作品的時候可以有更多素材選擇，從而令作品有更多面向及有趣。”

— Luna Chan, project manager of WYNG Foundation, HK (participant of the 2019 photo editing workshop)

“เป็น Workshop ที่มีความน่าสนใจและมีประโยชน์มากๆ สำหรับตัวผมที่ทำงานเป็นช่างภาพสารคดี Documentary ช่วยพัฒนาต่อยอดแนวคิดในการเลือกรูปภาพ การเรียงลำดับภาพเพื่อการเล่าเรื่องให้มีความชัดเจน และตรงประเด็นในข้อจำกัดของจำนวนภาพที่นำเสนอในหน้านิตยสาร สมุดภาพ เว็บไซต์ หรือการจัดนิทรรศการภาพถ่าย”

— Vinai Dithajohn, senior Thai photojournalist (participant of the 2015 Chiang Mai workshop)

“Wawasan Wubin yang luas sebagai seorang fotografer, kurator, dan penulis, merupakan salah satu alasan mengapa saya tertarik untuk mengikuti workshop fotografi bersama Wubin. Melalui workshop Wubin, pemahaman saya tentang fotografi dan bagaimana kita sebagai fotografer memaknai fotografi cukup berkembang ketika Wubin banyak memberikan beberapa referensi karya-karya foto yang tidak melulu berbau jurnalistik atau dokumenter tapi juga beberapa karya kontemporer khususnya karya fotografer-fotografer di Asia. Kemampuan saya untuk berpikir “out of the box” dan kekuatan riset kian terasah setelah mengikuti workshop ini.”

— Okky Ardya, writer-photographer in Jakarta (participant of the 2011 Bandung workshop)

“I never forgot one of the workshop that I had join in 6 years ago. That’s a small photography workshop by small Singaporean guy name Wubin who open my mind and inspired me to started a crazy photography works that I never did before. From that point I would like to say many thanks to him to gave me that change and I never know that one day I will became a photographer and be one of Clay animator in my country.”

— Souliya PHOUMIVONG, art lecturer for National Institute of Fine Arts, Laos (participant of the 2009 Vientiane workshop)

– (Photo Project + Editing workshop, Hanoi 2018): “Đây là một workshop rất đáng để tham gia. Ở môi trường Việt Nam gần như chưa có trường lớp chính thức nào dạy kể chuyện bằng ảnh nên tôi rất biết ơn những gì đã học được từ Wubin. Mọi kiến thức đã được hệ thống hóa một cách dễ hiểu và khúc chiết. Nhờ workshop này mà tôi biết nhiếp ảnh không chỉ dừng lại ở một công cụ ghi chép thông thường bằng hình ảnh mà qua đó còn có thể biểu hiện được nhiều tâm tư và suy nghĩ của người thực hành. Cách Wubin hướng dẫn chúng tôi biên tập các bộ ảnh với những đề bài khác nhau cũng đã giúp tôi nắm được cơ bản cách kể chuyện và ý đồ của các nhà xuất bản sách ảnh. Chúng tôi cùng nhau thảo luận và tư duy về ý kiến của các bạn khác nhau trong nhóm. Nhìn chung, tôi đã học được rất nhiều từ Wubin và hi vọng sẽ có nhiều người hơn nữa có thể tiếp cận workshop này trên con đường tiến tới thực hành nhiếp ảnh chuyên nghiệp.”

– (Writing Foto workshop, online, 2020): “Tôi đã bị bất ngờ bởi lượng kiến thức mà workshop này đem lại. Wubin đã chuẩn bị các slide bài giảng rất kĩ lưỡng, tôi nghĩ nó không khác so với những gì mình từng được học ở các giảng đường đại học, thậm chí còn nhiều hơn thế. Tôi vẫn luôn ấn tượng với sự chuyên nghiệp của Wubin trong cách làm việc và truyền đạt kiến thức, lần này không phải ngoại lệ. Workshop đã đưa ra những cách thức cụ thể để người tham gia nắm được những cách thức viết về nhiếp ảnh từ cơ bản, cách nghiên cứu, tìm tài liệu, cách phỏng vấn,… tất cả đều được Wubin đưa ra trong workshop. Điều tôi đặc biệt nhớ là bài viết luyện tập cuối khóa, mỗi người phải bắt cặp với một người khác để cùng thảo luận và viết về một chủ đề. Tôi nghĩ mình đã học được rất nhiều khi Wubin nhận xét chi tiết từng phần của bài viết, lối viết rồi cách đưa dẫn chứng,… Đây là điểm khởi đầu tốt nếu bạn muốn thực hành viết về nhiếp ảnh, không chỉ dành cho các cây viết mà với tư cách người làm nghệ thuật thị giác, nhiều khi là để hiểu về chính tác phẩm ảnh của mình hơn.”

— Hoàng Minh Trang, Vietnamese photographer and content producer

“Workshop yang diadakan Zhuang Wubin menjadi perkenalan pertama saya dengan dunia fotografi dokumenter. Wubin banyak memberikan referensi dan masukan yang berharga, terutama karena saat itu tidak banyak workshop serupa di Surabaya. Saya merasa beruntung karena Wubin juga mengajak saya untuk turun ke lapangan dalam mengerjakan sebagian proyek panjangnya yang kelak diterbitkan menjadi buku ‘Chinese Muslims in Indonesia’.”

— Ayos Purwoaji, Indonesian writer-curator (participant of the 2008 Surabaya workshop)

By the time I participated in Zhuang Wubin’s Photo Editing Workshop in Manila in 2017, I had already amassed a deep pool of photographs from several years of shooting in the streets of Singapore and The Philippines. I thought, I had to get these published or exhibited. They can’t just be sitting on my hard drives or be random posts in my social media accounts. But, I had very little knowledge on how to organise them and pick the right photographs to weave a cohesive picture narrative.

The workshop afforded me that knowledge I lacked, and more.

Of course, pinaka-paborito ko sa workshop ay yung 5-picture edit. Kase, parang yun ang pinaka-pagsisimulan mo para magkaroon ka ng kwento. Yun ang pinaka-puso ng edits mo. Without it, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by a pool of photographs and you wouldn’t know where to start. Ang maganda pa dito sa 5-picture edit, lalo na nung nag-hands-on kami editing other participants’ work is madi-discover mo that there are really many ways to edit and/or sequence your work depending on your intended mode of delivery. Challenging pero, fulfilling kapag nakabuo ka. Kahit sa social media posts ko lang ngayon, ina-apply ko yung approach na ‘to.

In the years after this workshop, I was able to self-publish several photo zines, participated in group exhibitions and had my edited work published in local and international publications. I have since been conducting my own Street Photography Workshops and I have been including an introduction of the 5-picture edit in them, which is very much appreciated by my students.

Sulit na sulit ang workshop ni Wubin!

— Raymond Tanhueco, Filipino photographer (participant of the 2017 photo editing workshop in Manila)

“The editing workshop was brilliant! I found it very informative and well planned. I’m very pleased with the method of facilitating the workshop, putting the main focus on the process, exploring the different possibilities of outputs and how the process adapts to these ideas. I felt I have established a basic understanding of the editing process that I can build on through my work.”

— Mostafa Mansour, Egyptian photographer in Hanoi (participant of the 2017 Hanoi workshop)

Past Workshops

16-17 Dec 2023
Editing and Sequencing Photographs
Zontiga, PJ, Malaysia (in association with Photobook Club Kuala Lumpur)

12-13 Aug 2023
Creating Narratives: Editing and Sequencing Photographs
Lumenvisum, JCCAC, Hong Kong

24 & 28 Jun, 1, 5, 8, 12 & 15 Jul, 2 Aug 2023
Writing Photography in Southeast Asia
Ateneo Art Gallery, Manila, with support from the Embassy of the Republic of Singapore in Manila

20 & 27 May, 3 Jun 2023
Writing Your Bio, Artist Statement and Project Intro
Workshop78, Singapore

19, 26 Mar, 2, 9 & 23 Apr 2023
Writing Foto with Zhuang Wubin
Lumenvisum, Hong Kong

5 Feb 2023
Webinar on Writing Your Bio, Artist Statement & Project Intro
Workshop78

3, 10 & 17 Dec 2022
Writing Foto | Level 1: Bio, Artist Statement and Project Introduction (3 Online Sessions)
Workshop78

28 Aug 2022
Writing Foto: An Introduction (Zoom Webinar)
PannaFoto Institute, Bekasi, Indonesia

15 Jul 2022
Writing Foto: An Introduction (Zoom Webinar)
PannaFoto Institute, Bekasi, Indonesia

23 Oct & 6 Nov 2021
Writing Clinic: Bio, Artist Statement and Project Introduction
Workshop for EU4Youth Photo Competition
Delegation of the European Union to ASEAN, PannaFoto Institute and Landell Mills

Dec 2020 to Jan 2021
Writing Clinic: Artist Statement and Project Introduction
WMA, Hong Kong

Nov to Dec 2020
Writing Photography (8 Zoom Sessions)
PannaFoto Institute, Bekasi, Indonesia

6 to 10 Nov 2019
Basics in Curating Photography
PannaFoto Institute, Bekasi, Indonesia

27 to 28 Apr 2019
Photo Editing Workshop
Lumenvisum, JCCAC, Hong Kong

19 Dec 2018 to 4 Jan 2019
Contemporary Photography Workshop
National Institute of Fine Arts, Laos

25 to 26 Aug 2018
Photo Editing Workshop
Pioneer Studios, Manila

15 to 18 Aug 2018
Writing, Editing, Curating Photography
Workshop for Selected Staff and Alumni
Photography Program, School of Design and Arts
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, Manila, The Philippines

15 to 22 Jul 2018
Photo Project + Editing Workshop
Heritage Space, Hanoi, Vietnam

5 to 6 May 2018
Photo Editing Workshop
Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong

13 to 15 Dec & 20 to 22 Dec 2017
Contemporary Photography Workshop
National Institute of Fine Arts, Vientiane, Laos

20 to 26 Nov 2017
Photo Project Workshop + Editing Workshop
Heritage Space, Hanoi

22 to 23 Jul 2017
Photo Editing Workshop
Pioneer Studios / artbooks.ph, Manila

21 to 23 Apr 2017
CCSCS Workshop: Telling Stories
Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, Thammasat University, Thailand

5 to 6 Nov 2016
Photo Editing Workshop
Findars Art Space, Kuala Lumpur

10 to 11 Sept 2016
Photo Editing Workshop
Co-tutor: Edwin Koo
The Pond, Singapore

25 to 26 Jun 2016
Photo Editing Workshop
Co-tutor: Edwin Koo
The Pond, Singapore

5 Apr to 4 May 2016
Documentary Photography Workshop
Hong Kong Design Institute

26 to 27 Mar 2016
Photo Editing Workshop
Co-tutor: Edwin Koo
School of Photography Singapore

29 Jan to 1 Feb 2016
Ethnographic Photography
Co-tutor: Sorayut Aiemueayut
Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, Thammasat University, Bangkok

14 to 15 Feb 2015
Photo Editing Workshop
House of Photography, Chiang Mai

26 to 27 Sept 2015
Photo Editing Workshop
Photo Bangkok Festival 2015
Bangkok Art & Culture Centre
Guest Tutor: Nick McGrath

22 to 23 Aug 2015
Photo Editing Workshop
Lostgens' Contemporary Art Space and FINDARS, Kuala Lumpur
Guest Tutor: Minstrel Kuik

6 to 7 Mar 2015
Photo Editing Workshop
Bandung Photo Showcase
Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung

6 to 12 Jul 2014
Photo Project Workshop with Zhuang Wubin
ZeroStation, Saigon

5 to 10 Jun 2014
Photo Project Workshop with Zhuang Wubin
Jebat Photography Club, Kota Kinabalu

28 Nov to 3 Dec 2013
Personal Work | Photo Project Workshop
Run Amok Gallery, Penang

14 to 20 Jul 2013
Photo Project Workshop with Zhuang Wubin
ZeroStation, Saigon

25 to 26 May 2013
Photo Editing Workshop
Invisible Photographer Asia, Singapore

2 to 3 Apr 2013
Developing Projects
Art and Design Department, New Era College, Selangor

2 to 8 Nov 2012
Photo Project Workshop
Chiang Mai University

12 to 18 Dec 2011
Photo Project Workshop with Zhuang Wubin
Black Man Ray and Distorted Darkroom, Bandung

18 to 22 Jan 2011
The Chinese of Surabaya | Photography Workshop
CCCL Surabaya

9 to 19 Sept 2009
Contemporary Photography
French Language Center and the National Institute of Fine Arts, Vientiane

21 to 25 Nov 2008
Documenting My World
CCCL Surabaya

Bio

Zhuang Wubin is a writer who makes photographs, publications and exhibitions. He received his PhD by Published Work (Research–Photography) from University of Westminster, London.

Zhuang is a recipient of the Prince Claus Fund research grant (2010) and a Lee Kong Chian research fellow at the National Library Board (NLB) of Singapore (Dec 2017 to Jun 2018). He is the major grantee of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Greater China Research Grant 2018. He is also the contributing curator of Chiang Mai Photo Festival (2015, 2017, 2020).

Published by NUS Press, Photography in Southeast Asia: A Survey (2016) is his fourth book. The Chinese translation is published in 2019 by VOP BOOKS, Taipei.

Zhuang is the photo editor of the following photobooks: Sean Lee's Young Love (2022) and Shauna (2014), Ore Huiying's We Were Farmers (2021), Utami Dewi Godjali's Samana (2019) and Dilla Djalil-Daniel's A Trunk and Other Tails (2017).

Zhuang has taught subjects relating to photography at Singapore Management University (2021), Chiang Mai University (2015) and Nanyang Academy of Fine Art (2012-14). He has initiated photo workshops across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong since 2008.

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