Memphis West Reloaded
Check out some of Wesley's new pictures. A large number of them have gone into a book published by Singapore's Ministry of Education (one review here). But there's probably much more to it than that.
Some hints lie in the organisation of the online portfolio. The first series serves up some pretty straightforward but really well done reportage-type photography.
The second series is more interesting for me. There is definitely something deliciously awkward in some of the portraits that hints at a deeper search for something beyond the usual comfort zones, without being sensationalistic or attention-seeking. One doesn't need to know the context behind these pictures to be drawn to them (although it might help to a certain degree). But that this is coming from directly from all-too-often glossy plastic shiny happy sunny Singapore is an added bonus.
