Don Wong (b. 1978) is a former photojournalist currently refining his photography practice and way-of-seeing by documenting his encounters of the built environment with an unsentimental gaze, paying closer attention instead to form, detail and presence.
With formal studies in interior architecture at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and an ongoing interest in painting and the decorative arts, Don continued his creative upbringing as a junior designer at an interior design firm after graduating.
Here, his fascination and fundamentals with photography began. Using the camera as an extension of sketching, he started to photograph residential spaces that transited between construction and design completion. Away from the formal confines of work, he furthered his observations by photographing ‘life in general’.
Further explorations into photography and following a favourable portfolio review, he was hired at a national newspaper as a photojournalist where he covered local and regional stories. During his tenure, he developed a fondness for the challenges in pictorial story telling and a well-written two line caption.
Don is currently self-represented in Singapore and accepts photography commissions for documentary, portraiture and the built environment.
DWKM 2023