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Hans Kemp is a Dutch award-winning photojournalist, known as the creator of great photography books such as Bikes of Burden, Divine Encounters, Burmese Light and several more. Most, if not all, of his works revolve around life in Asia, any and all to do with humanity and our cultural life in multiple aspects.

In the month of June, Zontiga held a workshop titled Making an Artist's Photobook with Gueari Galeri. It was a 4-day long photobook-making workshop, held in collaboration with Gueari Galeri, supported by Photobook Club Kuala Lumpur and Canon Malaysia.

Hiroji Kubota is one of the first Asian photographers to join the Magnum Photos Agency. Specialized in photographing the far east, Kubota’s journey in photography is one that has inspired many, especially among the Asian community, to document and photograph the ordinary everyday life.

Melancholic, bold and provoking, with just a slight hint of playfulness. These are how one can describe the images taken by Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase. 

Edvard Munch, a Norwegian artist internationally celebrated for his paintings, prints and watercolours, was a pioneer of expressionist art, especially seen in his painting of The Scream. He was also one of the first of painters who dabbled in amateur photography. His innate experimentalism revealed prominently as he explored the medium of photography like none other during his time.

Photobooks are like journals to photographers, an archival art piece for photographic artists. Some photobooks can even be seen as history books, as they record culture and life during a certain time, revealing a time in the past. We'd like to introduce other photobook libraries that are available around the world.

One of the best ways to learn a craft is to follow the greats in the field, imitating them, referencing their thought and work process, knowing their backgrounds and character. This article gathers four documentary films that acts as an intimate portrait and a peek into the lives of four great photographers: Saul Leite

While we are always told to ‘move on’ and ‘take the next step’, while life is a lot about going forward and evolving, sometimes it’s nice to have a glance at the past to see how far we’ve come. Other times, it’s important to look further back into the times at how the older generation had paved way for us.

Street photographer, fashion photographer, painter, graphic designer, abstract artist, writer, filmmaker, book maker; few have left their mark in as many fields of art and culture as William Klein. It is with immense sadness to learn of the passing of such a legend like William Klein (1928-2022).