Aik Beng Chia
Visual Archivist
The man in black. Is this a yakuza or is this Uncle Beng? Sometimes, as I shoot, I ask myself why photographer Aik Beng Chia looks better wearing black than white? And why, even when shot in black and white, is he still colourful? Who is this gangsta lah? ABC lives life large and his photographs, be they on iPhone or camera, are his visual notebooks.
The image I’ve included here, “ Shot On iPhone,” serves as a reminder; it encourages us to mirror a “Stray Dog” on our artistic voyage.