Ways to Tie Trees in the intimacy of their

in the intimacy of their home in Graz but also during their travels abroad — to Germany

creating cheap memorabilia and first-time photographic experiences for the masses

Controversial then for its use of colour and refusal to follow the clichéd tropes of photojournalism

Recreated as a facsimile piece of a series of restaurant cards and photographs

Ways to Tie Trees in the intimacy of theirBetween August and December 2015, Woong Soak Teng explored the man made garden city of Singapore and made portraits of its staked trees. As in many cities around the world, here trees are uprooted and relocated to conform to a controlled cityscape determined by urban planning. As part of an attempt to construct productive and aesthetic living environments for ourselves, nature has long since been subjected to manipulation at the mercy of human hands.