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Honorable Mention BIFA 2021 People / Life Style

The Modern Day “Vitruvian Man”

  • Photographer
    Kantaya New
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in People / Life Style

This Photo shows a single Man as if on display. To the right of the photo, you can see discarded body parts of a mannequin. I imagine this Photo to be the modern day interpretation of the Vitruvian Man. In this digital age, the modern man is never far from his phone. And in a post covid-19 era with working-from-home as the operating default; many of us have put on more than a couple of extra pounds due to lack of exercise!

I am a Thai-born aspiring photographer. I fell in love with street photography 3 years ago while living in Japan. I am currently residing in Singapore. Many of us because of Covid came to realize that Life is fragile and short. Each moment in is unique and may never come again. I like the randomness of Street Photography - at times, I do not know what I will uncover until I head out to the streets. The serendipity, the convergence of colors and lights, to create a Magical and yet Surreal Moment. This is what excites me, this is what drives me. I am unable to plan for this, and neither am