Early Catch

Lip Seng


After a night’s stay in a primitive rest house (wooden-couch-with-oil-lamp environment), I was greeted with the early morning freshness of the strong waves from the ocean. The villager of Prarang Tritis, Central Java was the one of the early birds catching shrimps along the side of this sandy beach. I love the golden hour of the day and the action of the villager. This was one of my favourite images that I took during my first visit to Central Java in 1980.

Mirror Image

Lip Seng

I was one of the lucky seventy photographers invited by the Mayor of Beijing in 2000 to participate in the “World Photographers Focusing On Beijing” (a project for China’s 2008 Olympic application). One of the events that we covered during our stay in Beijing was that of Beijing Opera. This was one of the favourite images that I captured during the make-up session backstage. I was able to capture handheld, the mirror image of the well-lit performer with ambient light.