Through the Lens of Lee Kip Lin: Photographs of Singapore 1965-1995
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Singapore Book Award for Best Non-Fiction Title (2016)
Author: Lai Chee Kien
Year: October 2015
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Summary:
In 2009, the family of the late Lee Kip Lin donated to the National Library Board, Singapore over 14,500 slides and negatives of modern Singapore that he had taken, among other items of historical merit such as maps, rare photographs and prints, and books. Over three decades from 1965 to 1995, Lee captured the many landscapes and buildings that would eventually disappear from the island and its shores. Close to 500 photographs have been reproduced in this book to showcase the exuberance and eloquence of the different built forms - in an era when time and space in Singapore was more accommodating.