Celebrating Places and Memories – a photo contest by SLA

The Singapore Land Authority (SLA), the agency that oversees the management of State Land and Property in Singapore will be opening Tanjong Pagar Railway Station to the public on Labour Day, 1 May 2016. In conjunction with this, SLA will also be launching a photo contest themed “Celebrating Places and Memories”.

A celebration of space and memory at Tanjong Pagar Railway Station in its days of glory.

The contest, for which members of the public are encouraged to share their memories of State properties such as the former railway station, will run from 1 May to 12 June 2016. Intended to create greater awareness and appreciation of State buildings, many of which are rich in heritage and character, there will be two contest categories: Open and Instagram.

Light streaming through a former barrack block at the former Tanglin Barracks at Loewen Road.

The Open category will offer top 3 cash prizes of $3,000, $2,000 and $1,000, with 10 merit prizes each worth $250. 10 prizes will be awarded for the Instagram of $200 each.

Windows into the past – Old Admiralty House.

Submissions may involve any State property, and participants will be directed to the Land query service on Onemap to confirm that the property belongs to the State. A caption (of 50 words or less) should accompany each submission, stating why the State land or building holds significant meaning to the participant. Bonus points will also be awarded for Open category submissions that are also uploaded on SLA’s one Historical Map app.

Command House at 17 Kheam Hock Road.

Submissions may be made from 1 May onwards. For the Open category, this should be emailed to slacontest@spoc.com.sg. For Instagram, intended entries should include the hashtag #SLAplacesandmemories. Further details on the contest will be available on the SLA contest microsite.

The last E&O Express train to depart from Tanjong Pagar Railway Station, seen at Bukit Timah Railway Station in June 2011.

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Open Houses at State Property:

Note: Other than the open house at Tanjong Pagar Railway Station (another will be held on Vesak Day, 21 May 2016), SLA will hold open houses at two other properties to allow would be participants of the photo contest to photograph them.

These will be at the very grand former Command House , now the UBS Business University campus at 17 Kheam Hock Road on 7 and 8 May from 10 am to 1 pm, and parts of Old Kallang Airport on 15 May from 10 am to 1 pm.  Pre-registration is required.

Do look out for the announcement and further information that will be posted on the SLA’s Facebook Page.

(For information relating to registration for the Command House open house, kindly visit this link)

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A non-exhaustive list of State Land and Buildings for which submissions are encouraged:
1	Bukit Timah Railway Station including Truss Bridge
2	Alkaff Mansion (10 Telok Blangah Green)
3	The Grandstand (200 Turf Club Road)
4	Johore Battery (27 Cosford Road)
5	Former Bukit Timah Fire Station (260 Upper Bukit Timah Road)
6	Former Admiralty House (345 Old Nelson Road)
7	Old Kallang Airport (19 Old Airport Road)
8	Red Dot Museum (28 Maxwell Road)
9	Seletar Black & White houses (inside former Seletar airbase)
10	Tanglin Village (Dempsey Road, Loewen and Minden Road)
11	Phoenix Park (within Kay Siang and Tanglin Road)
12	Raintr3 Hotel (33 Hendon Road)
13	Dragon Kilns (85 and 97L Lorong Tawas)
14	Bukit Timah Saddle Club (51 Fairways Drive)
15	Tanjong Pagar Railway Station
16	Former Central Police Station (99 Beach Road)
17	Former British Council Branch Office & Training Centre (362 Holland Road)
18	Former Watch Tower (50 Tanjong Rhu Place)
19	Former Da Qiao Primary School (10 Ang Mo Kio Street 54)
20	Community Use Site @ Junction of Tanjong Rhu View & Rhu Cross (popular community use site)
21	Community Use Site along Tuas South Ave 3 (popular community use site)
22	Viaduct @ Commonwealth Ave West (space for street art)
23	Shop houses at 14-38 Orchard Road
24	Former Station HQ of the Royal Air Force Base and Barracks Blocks for RAF (179 & 450 Piccadilly Road)
25	Ascott centre for excellence (2 Anthony Road)
26	BNP Paribus Training Centre (34 & 35 Hendon Road)
27	AXA University Asia Pacific Campus (3 Ladyhill Road)
28	UBS Business University (17 Kheam Hock Road)
29	La Salle College of Arts Campus (9 Winstedt Road)
30	Alexandra Park ( Winchester Rd & Canterbury Rd)
31	Adam Park (preferably 7, 8 & 11 Adam Park)
32	Goodwood Hill (preferably 4A, 5C/D, 15 Goodwood Hill)
33	Tudor Court (123 – 145 Tanglin Road)

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Also at Tanjong Pagar Railway Station:

‘WOMEN: New Portraits’, an exhibition by Annie Leibovitz

Annie Leibovitz, seen through the crowd of reporters and photographers in Singapore in 2014.

‘WOMEN: New Portraits’, an exhibition of newly commissioned photographs by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz feature women of outstanding achievement. Commissioned by UBS, the exhibition will be open to the public from 29 April 2016 to 22 May 2016 at Tanjong Pagar Railway Station’s Main Hall, a stop that is part of a 10-city global tour.  Admission is free. Opening hours for the exhibition, including the day of the Open House, is on Monday to Sunday from 10am – 6pm, except for Fridays when the exhibition hours is extended to 8pm. More information is available at www.ubs.com/annieleibovitz.

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Annie Leibovitz at the ArtScience Museum

On now at the ArtScience Museum is Annie Leibovitz – A Photographer’s Life, 1990 – 2005, a retrospective showcase featuring some 200 works of celebrated photographer Annie Leibovitz. The exhibition, which made its debut in Brooklyn in 2006, offers visitors a glimpse not just at works that will instantly be recognisable, but also right into the personal side of Ms. Leibovitz’s life with many portraits of the people who she had been close to.

Annie Leibovitz, through the crowd of reporters and photographers at the ArtScience Museum.

It is the people who are close to you – staying close to home, that Ms Leibovitz advises photographers to do. It was one of several insights provided by her as she brought guests on a preview of her exhibition earlier this week, during which she spoke not only about some of the famous images such as that of the pregnant Demi Moore, but also about what is found in some of her more personal work. It is from this personal side that we were to discover her favourite is from – a photograph she took of her mother, an unsmiling portrait of which her father was initially rather critical of.

Annie Leibovitz on her favourite photograph – an unsmiling portrait that she took of her mother.

A rather interesting story that Ms Leibovitz did share was of  infamous portraits that she took of Queen Elizabeth II in 2007 – a commission she got some 5 years after she had first written to the British monarch’s press secretary for an unrelated shoot. The press secretary had remembered the letter when on the look out for an American photographer to take portraits of the Queen in the lead up to an intended visit to the US – which Ms. Leibovitz does say can be a lesson in perseverance. The shoot during which the Queen wasn’t apparently in the best of moods, did in the eyes of Ms Leibovitz, show the sense of duty that the Queen did have.

Annie Leibovitz on her portrait of the Queen.

Annie Leibovitz – A Photographer’s Life 1990-2005, which has toured the US, Europe, Sydney, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sydney and Seoul, will be on at the ArtScience Museum from 18 April until 19 October 2014. More information on the exhibition and on ticketing can be found at the ArtScience Museum’s site.

Many instantly recognisable works of Ms. Leibovitz are on display.

In conjunction with the exhibition, the ArtScience Museum will be running a series of Portraiture Photography courses starting in June 2014. The courses aim to offer enthusiasts with a keen interest in portraiture photography a better understanding of the techniques and approaches to capturing the portraits. The courses, over seven weekends from June to October 2014, will be conducted by Steven Yee, a trainer with Knowledge Bowl Training and Consultancy and are priced at S$200 per course, booking for which can be made from 23 April 2014 through all Marina Bay Sands ticketing channels:

• Course 1: Portrait photography using available lighting and artificial lighting [14 and 15 June; 13 and 14 September]
• Course 2: Candid and formal portrait photography [28 and 29 June; 27 and 28 September]
• Course 3: On location styling (lighting, make-up, styling, posing) [16 and 17 August]
• Course 4: Documentary portraiture (informal photography in settings) [12 and 13 July; 18 and 19 October]

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Annie Leibovitz at the ArtScience Museum

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