Page 2 - Darren Soh's Interview with Kanto_Neat
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Darren Soh, photographed by CY Kong; Header Image: Golden Mile Complex (1974)
Hello Darren! Hope you’re well and healthy! How’s life been?
Hello Patrick, I am sure nobody will tell you that 2020 has been a walk in the park by
any measure. While my family and I have thankfully been spared from COVID-19, the
pandemic has affected everyone one way or another. During Singapore’s version of the
lockdown, called the Circuit Breaker, I did not make any meaningful photographs for an
entire eight weeks because, like many others considered non-essential, I did not work.
But I also realized that as photographers, there had to be something else we could do if we
were not at the frontline documenting the pandemic. With seven other photographers, I
started a prints sale fundraiser together with the folks at Singapore’s Obecjtifs Centre for
Photography and Film to raise money for the migrant worker community in Singapore that
had been hit most badly by COVID-19. Due to overwhelming support from the community, we
managed to raise nearly S$58,000. You can read more about the fundraiser here: https://www.
objectifs.com.sg/for-our-migrant-workers/ Thankfully, things have gotten much better since,
both in terms of COVID-19 numbers here as well as work, and I am now fully back at work.
