My Story - 2025This series documents Chinese opera performances in Singapore, photographed around temple stages and temporary performance spaces. Rather than focusing on spectacle, the images dwell on moments of pause and transition, reflecting on cultural memory, identity, and the quiet persistence of tradition in a changing city.
Chinese opera performers backstage at a Singapore temple, captured moments before the performance—where costume, ritual, and anticipation converge.
A Chinese opera performer applies makeup in front of a mirror, caught in a moment of reflection before becoming the character.
Chinese opera performer adjusting headpiece backstage before a performance.
A backstage scene showing a Chinese opera performer having hair done before a performance, surrounded by mirrors, lights, and fellow performers in preparation.
Two Chinese opera performers sit on stage between scenes, their richly embroidered costumes and painted expressions held in a moment of stillness. The image reveals a quiet pause within the structure of tradition, where performance, ritual, and human presence briefly rest together.