10th Singapore International Photography Festival
Year
2026
DECK Photography Art Centre
Client
Scope
Communications
Front & Off-Centre is working with DECK Photography Art Centre on the 10th Singapore International Photography Festival.
Tan Pin Pin, Singapore Index (School Funfair), 1992. Image courtesy of the artist and DECK Photography Art Centre.
Tan Pin Pin, Singapore Index (Istana Open House 1), 1992. Image courtesy of the artist and DECK Photography Art Centre.
The Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) announces its 10th landmark edition, running from 16 October 2026 to 31 January 2027. Guided by the overarching theme “In My End Is My Beginning”—drawn from T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets—this milestone edition celebrates 18 years of SIPF as Southeast Asia’s premier photography platform, reflecting on the medium as a continually evolving proposition between memory and forgetting, document and fiction, evidence and interpretation.
Ong Chan Hao, Sorry for the Inconvenience (#5), 2021-2023. Image courtesy of the artist & DECK Photography Art Centre.
Donna Chiu, We Do Not Part 等著你回來 (Journey 1) , 2026. Image courtesy of the artist & DECK Photography Art Centre.
Festival Highlights include the anchor exhibition Shifting Images: Photography from Singapore (2000 — 2025). A multi-venue survey traces 25 years of Singaporean photographic practice through 47 artists. Rather than a linear timeline or static survey, Shifting Images unfolds as a constellation of seven thematic group exhibitions across partner spaces, examining shared concerns, shifting technologies, and evolving identity. Another one is a solo focus, with Singapore Index by Tan Pin Pin at Shop-House by Deck, presenting a rare selection of 63 photographs made by acclaimed filmmaker and artist Tan Pin Pin in 1991 and 1992.
Bienyl Huelgas, CAVITEÑA (beast of arcadia), 2026 – ongoing. Image courtesy of the artist & DECK Photography Art Centre.
Chia-Cheng Ou, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, 2025. Image courtesy of the artist & DECK Photography Art Centre.
Continuing SIPIF’s mission to be an international exchange, the 10th SIPF Open Call Portfolio Showcase features 20 portfolios from 16 countries, each one showing a distinct vantage point into preoccupations and imaginative reach of contemporary image-making. The 10th SIPF Open Call Photobook Showcase celebrates the photobook as a living platform for image-makers, a medium where personal, political, and cultural anecdotes find their voice through the intimate turn of a page. It will show a selection of 41 shortlisted entries from over 37 countries.
Available Press Releases
Unveiling a Global Roster of Lens-Based Artists Across 37 Countries (International), 27 October 2026
Selected Press Coverage
Helmi Yusof, "25 years of Singapore photography", The Business Times, 2 September 2026.
"Singapore International Photography Festival 2026 Hadirkan Karya Fotografi Dunia | Metro Siang", Metro TV Indonesia, 17 October 2026.
Thana Boonlert, "SIPF 2026 celebrates a decade of photographic exploration", Bangkok Post, 16 October 2026.
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