Happening in PSS 1999
Double Honours for
PSS President
PSS President in Japan!! 
PSS Honours Renowned
Poet and Philosopher Mr. Daisaku Ikeda
Previous Exhibitions
Singapore International
Salon of Photography
Discovering Singapore
PSS Ladies Group Exhibition
An Exhibition of works of PSS
Ladies Members will be displayed at Selegie Arts Centre from : 18th to 19th
December 1999, 1pm to 7pm .
PSS
Distinction Exhibition
World
Camera Show
FIAP
Nature Collection
Double Honours for PSS
President
PSS President Mr. David Tay was among the those whose names
were on this year's National Honours List. He has been awarded the Public
/service Medal(PBM) for his notable contributions in social and community
work.
Mr. Tay, who was appointed Justice of the Peace last year, is currently
Chairman of Tampines Community Club's Management Committee and a Board Member of
People's Association.
Although he has devoted considerable amount of his time to community work, Mr
Tay has not neglected his love for photography for the last 38 years. Recently,
The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (RPS) has recognised his
achievements and contributions in this field. He was awarded the prestigious
Fenton Medal for having actively promoted photography and the RPS in Singapore,
and being the fist photographer to receive the coveted Cultural Medallion in
1982.
We extend our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Tay for scoring the double
honours.
PSS Honours Renowned Poet and
Philosopher - Mr. Daisaku Ikeda
The Council recently conferred the PSS Honorary Life Membership on Mr.
Daisaku Ikeda, President of Soka Gakkai International in Japan, in recognition
of the important role he has played in raising our awareness of the environment
through the art of photography.
The PSS Honorary Life Membership, the highest award of our Society, is
conferred on individuals who have made significant contributions to the art of
photography. Previous recipients include Mr. S Rajaratnam, former Second Deputy
Prime Minister; Mr Sidek Saniff, Senior Minister of State for the Environment;
Mr Yatiman Yusof, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Information and the Arts);
Lady Yuen Peng McNeice, Prominent nature photographer; Professor Tommy Koh,
Ambassador-at-Large.
Apart from being a talented photographer, Mr Ikeda is also a renowned poet
and philosopher. His photographic works - like those in his Dialogue with
Nature series, which has been exhibited in many countries - provide a fresh
perspective to nature photography. They communicate his poetic vision to the
viewers.
Brazilian historian of photographic art, Mr Gilberto Ferrez described the
appeal of Mr Ikeda's exhibition thus: "The endless fascination of Mr. Ikeda's
photographs lies in the fact that his subjects pass through the filter of his
philosophy before appearing on film."
However, Mr Ikeda is very modest about his talent in photography. According
to him, "Photography is a form of culture accessible to the ordinary people. It
is not an art confined only to professional photographers. Rather, it is a
culture which anyone, regardless of race, age or sex, can acquire readily as a
hobby.
He has founded universities and museums, written numerous books and exchanged
views with many of the world's leading philosophers.
Discovering Singapore
Jointly organised by PSS and People's Association,
this year, the theme of the competition is Discovering Singapore - People In
Celebration"
The winning and accepted works were successfully held
at
Suntec City Galleria Foryer from February 11 to 13, 2000
World Camera Show
'99 August 20 to 22, 1999 at Takashimaya
Square.
Organised by PSS and the major camera brands in Singapore.
Besides the exciting trade show, PSS has imported a "Nature Collection" from
International Federation of Photographic Arts (FIAP), featuring 75 colour
photographs of "Nature" by photographers from 22 different countries.
The participants of this years's Show will include: Canon,
Contax, Casio, Hasslblad, Minolta, Mecablitz, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Ricoh,
Sigma, Yashica, Kodak.
Nature Collection
Exhibition
In
conjunction with the World Show 99, The Photographic Society of Singapore will
also be presenting an exhibition of colour prints from the Nature Collection of
the International Federation of Photographic Art.
The exhibits will feature the beauteous qualities of Nature,
including insects, wildlife, flowers and a variety of landscapes taken by
photographers from 22 different countries.
According to Senior Minister of State of the Environment, Mr.
Sidek Saniff who will be the guest of honour, the Exhibition "will provide an
interesting perspective for us to better understand the relationship between Man
and Nature" Mr Sidek hopes that the exhibition will also help to sharpen our
sensitivity towards the environment, and foster a desire to protect it.
ON LINE CHARITY AUCTION
As part of The Photographic Society of Singapore's effort to
promote charity through photography, an online charity auction of photographic
equipment was put on the AsiaPhoto.Com website. Those interested to bid any of
those items donated by the show participants can log on to www.asiaphoto.com for more details.
Proceeds from this auction will go to the Breast Cancer
Foundation. Successful bidders will collect their items from Mr. Sidek at the
official opening of the Even at Takashimaya Square on 20 August at 10.30
am.
According to the Society's President, Mr. David Tay, it had
raised $ 12,660 from the auction.
PSS Distinction
Exhibition
An
Exhibition of the April 99, APSS/LPSS submission was displayed at Selegie Arts
Centre from August 27 to 29, 1999
November 99 submission
was displayed from 11th to 12th December 1999.
May 99 Exhibitors are:-
APSS: Mr. Steven Yee Poi Chung, Mr Jacky Kok Chee
Peng
LPSS: Mr. Michael Heng, Mr Lim Chu Tiek and David Chong
Hock Keong
Nov 99 Exhibitors are:-
APSS: Mr. Benedict Ong, Mr. Jason S T Tan, Mr. Robin K B
Tan and Mr. Adrian S S Tan.
PSS congratulates them on their achievement and hope that they
will continue to improve their skills.
