The Only Girl In White

Lip Seng


This is another image that I took at the Singapore Youth Festival opening ceremony at the Singapore National Stadium. I montaged a piece of magenta diazo film with the original transparency to colour the white shirts of the performers, all except for one. I already had the idea of applying the colour derivations technique to the scene even before I pressed the shutter. The final image has a much greater visual impact. This image was very successful in gaining acceptances at photographic salons. It was awarded a number of PSA Gold Medals for the Best Contemporary Slide of the show in various international salons in 70’s and 80’s.

(Courtesy of: The National Museum of Singapore Permanent Collection, National Heritage Board, 2008)

One and Two

Lip Seng

Simplicity is always the keyword in my capture of images with good visual impact. This picture is of a group of students participating in the Youth Festival at the Singapore National Stadium. Multi-racial festivals are aplenty locally. To date, they remain my favourite subjects in creative photography.

This picture was captured from a vantage point. The bias relief effect was created by montaging the original with a piece of lith film. The slide won a plaque in the 9th Torreon International Salon, Mexico in 1976. This image also won the PSA Gold Medal for the Best Contemporary slide of the show at the 25th Worcestershire International Salon, UK in 1977.

Under Construction

Lip Seng

“Man at work” has been my favourite photographic subject all these years. This is another image from my FRPS pictorial panel in 1970. The montage of the lith film with the original to darken the sky has obviously enhanced the visual impact of the entire image. The bias relief effect created by such treatment has helped to further emphasize the simplicity of the composition. This image won a special prize in the 12th Romania International Salon in 1979. This is one of the National Gallery, Singapore, Permanent Collections.