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Last year I was commissioned by Condé Nast Traveller (India) to photograph a feature about "sexy, stylish, sophisticated Singapore".

The assignment had me criss-crossing Singapore, shooting more than two dozen locations for the story, from the tiny independent boutiques lining Haji Lane to the mega Marina Bay Sands resort and casino towering over the city's skyline.

It was a fantastic opportunity for me to explore further my own city and experience many of Singapore's best and brightest bars, restaurants and hotels.  It also gave me an opportunity to meet and photograph some of our city's more interesting finance, society, hospitality and culinary personalities.  It was a fantastic assignment, and one that I thoroughly enjoyed shooting.

The feature, titled "Singapore Grows Up", appeared in the August/September 2011 issue of CN Traveller (India).

Then a few months ago SELF (China) -- another title in the Condé Nast family of magazines -- reprinted the feature in their magazine (December 2011).

And very excitingly, just this month another Condé Nast title -- this time Vogue (China) -- reprinted the feature in their magazine (May 2012).  This is the Vogue (China) layout.

As the feature's writer, Puja Disha Bharwani, writes in the article, "Singapore is now becoming a sexy, sophisticated destination."  Clearly the Chinese agree.

It is always a pleasure to receive positive feedback on the work that I create, but none more than a situation where the client reuses my photography repeatedly across a variety of their titles.  And what bigger compliment than to have my photography appear in the prestigious Vogue magazine?

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