A belief that nothing is impossible has made Alan Lim a photographer who can visualise a concept in a fresh and exciting way. Brimming with ideas, especially in the visual communication arts and photography, he sees a piece of white paper as a canvas for all possibilities. Alan started in the commercial photography world right after graduated with a degree in photography from The Art Institute of
Fort Lauderdale, USA in 1995, and was soon attracted to the fast pace of the news room. He joined The Straits Times, Singapore's only English-language broadsheet, in 1997. During his time there, he produced many stunning images for cover pages, edgy fashion spreads, arresting celebrity portraits, and mesmerizing street photos. His work has won him many local and international awards, including International Photographer of the Year, Nikon Photojournalism, and WAN-IFRA. Over the next 12 years, he became the paper's most sought-after feature photographer, and was promoted to senior executive photographer. In 2009 as passionate as ever about photography and visual communication, he set up the Alan Lim Studio to continue doing what he does best -- turning a piece of white paper as a canvas for all possibilities. In the same exciting year, one of Alan's highest achievements in his career happened when he was awarded by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to conceptualize a series of his portrait. And just a few short years before while Alan was serving The Straits Times, he was invited to photograph Prime Minister Lee's father, Lee Kwan Yuan for his biography. In 2011, Alan founded the School of Photography in Singapore to share his experience and knowledge with all photography lovers. In the same year, on the grand opening day, Alan was also appointed to be Nikon Professional Photographer. As the director of SOP, Alan's vision is to broaden the photography art culture and turn every camera owner into photographer. He hopes by doing that Singapore will soon be recognised internationally as the city of photography in the near future.
