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Honorable Mention BIFA 2022 People / Culture

Red Incense

  • Photographer
    Chin Leong Teo
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in People / Culture

Quang Phu Cau is a village near Hanoi famous for the production of incense. Many families in this area are involved in this trade. The colour of the incense sticks come from dyes. After dyeing, bunches of incense are opened up like flowers, and left to dry in the sun. This is a fine art interpretation of “flowers within a sea of flowers”.

Chin Leong is a Singapore national who started his photography pursuit in 2013, and quickly gained international recognition and accolades for his photography work. Chin Leong’s award-winning works have been widely published and covered by CNA938, National Geographic, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, Outdoor Photographer, All-About-Photo Magazine, Geo France, Solent, and Horzu Wissen. Chin Leong currently serves pro-brono as an official photographer with Earth.Org, a nonprofit organization with environmental sustainability objectives.