Be Creative: Mindy Tan x Gear Talk
04.17.2020
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Mindy Tan
Mindy Tan is a Singapore-born documentary photographer whose emotive work revolves around the lives of everyday people.
She began her career as a newspaper journalist for breaking news, migrant labour and community issues, and won the Society of Publishers Asia Award for Excellence in Human Rights Reporting. In 2008, she switched roles to become a documentary photographer.
Today, using a journalistic approach, her photography assignments vary from lifestyle to sports, having covered like the Beijing Paralympics 2008, the Singapore F1 GP, and WTA Championships.
International editorial clients include National Geographic, Bloomberg and Die Zeit.
Commercial clients include Singapore Tourism Board, McDonalds, Nike, Microsoft, Uniqlo, and Samsung.
As a Fujifilm ambassador, Mindy’s has been involved giving photography workshops and talks in Singapore, Japan and Germany.
In 2019, she worked with Fujifilm to write and narrate the 90-min documentary film, "Camera Punk”. She was hand-picked among 500 global ambassadors undertake the global project, filming in 9 countries that year.
She also produced and hosted the YouTube series, “FujiGirl”.
