Stefen is grateful to be a witness through his camera.
He is well versed in minimal to full production setups, and he has proven his versatility by working across different genres in the industry in more than 30 countries.
In his relatively short and intense career so far, he has garnered awards from the World Press Photo, National Geographic, Photographie de la Paris and he has been featured by BBC, PDN, Foreign Policy and Le Lettre de la Photographie. He has also summitted Mount Everest and is a Nikon Professional.
In his free time, Stefen devotes his time to doing long term projects with a social conscience. Stefen is the co-founder of ‘The Poverty Line’, a global visual project that contexualizes poverty. It was nominated for the Prix Pictet and won the Arles Photography Open Salon. The project has been exhibited in China, Malaysia and Georgia, and presented at TED. He also serves as the photography director of ‘The Other Hundred’, a Hong Kong based social initiative.
Stefen was born in Malaysia, and he moved to Singapore at the age of two.
He is based in Beijing with his wife and baby girl.
How much and what kind of food can you buy if you live at the local “poverty line”? This award-winning project spans 24 countries across 6 continents — and is used as a reference by the World Bank for a visual understanding on poverty.
Oneworld Publications, November 26, 2013