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Wu Bai’s first photography exhibition in Singapore

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
The Leica store at Raffles Hotel is hosting the first photography exhibition in Singapore by Taiwanese rockstar Wu Bai (伍佰). 14 black-and-white photos taken in Taiwan are on display for the 42-day exhibition based on the theme “More Earth”.
Wu Bai launching his first photo exhibition in Singapore from Oct 22 - Dec 2, 2011

Wu Bai launching his first photo exhibition in Singapore from Oct 22 - Dec 2.

Wu Bai (吳俊霖 Wu Jun Ling) is best known for his powerful live shows and rock ballads, Wu Bai composes and writes his own tunes, mostly inspired from his own life experiences. Some of the hits written by the multi award-winning musician include 浪人情歌 (Wanderer’s Love Song) and 挪威的森林 (Norwegian Woods).

Wu Bai says he enjoys hitting the streets of the countries he visits to get the feel of real life.

Wu Bai says he enjoys hitting the streets of the countries he visits to get the feel of real life.

Another avenue of expression for the talented Mandarin rock artiste is his photography. He has published two photo books in 2007 and 2009.

“More Earth” will be open to the public from today until December 2, 2011. Open daily from 10 am till 8 pm, admission is free.

Wu Bai personally launched the exhibition yesterday and spoke in depth for more than half an hour about his passion for photography, despite a bad throat.

He shared that black-and-white photography is his style of choice, even though he started out with colour photography. He had discovered the sensuous touch of black-and-white photography after he viewed some photos of snow scenes that he had taken, and was taken with the almost black-and-white look of those photos.

Wu Bai shares some of the photos he took in Singapore on his iPad.

Wu Bai shares some of the photos he took in Singapore on his iPad.

The photos for “More Earth” were selected based on his concern with how human development and construction is rapidly encroaching on nature, with greens and natural waterways superseded by concrete and steel structures, many of which were not even really necessary.

Date 22 Oct – 2 Dec, 2011
Time 10 am to 8 pm
Venue Leica store,
Raffles Hotel
Address Raffles Hotel Arcade
#01-18

The photos for the exhibition were taken using his Leica M6 and M7 with the 28mm f/2 M Summicron lens.

Plans to bring the exhibition to other countries in South East Asia are underway.

Singapore Leica store celebrates first anniversary

Friday, October 21st, 2011
The Leica store at Raffles Hotel in Singapore celebrated its first anniversary today with the a new compact camera and a photo exhibition.
The Leica store at Raffles Hotel Arcade in Singapore celebrates its first anniversary.

The Leica store at Raffles Hotel Arcade in Singapore celebrates its first anniversary.

The Leica store in the Raffles Hotel Arcade (#01-18) first opened its doors on October 10th last year.

Special edition Leica D-Lux 5 Titanium compact digital camera.

Special edition Leica D-Lux 5 Titanium compact digital camera.

As part of its first anniversary celebrations, it has launched the Special Edition of hte Leica D-Lux 5 Titanium compact digital camera.

It also launched the first photography exhibition in Singapore by Taiwanese rock singer Wu Bai (伍佰).

The compact camera has an elegant silver-grey Titanium look, and sports a 10.1-megapixel, 1/1.63” CCD sensor that records 720 pixel HD video.

Wu Bai talks about his passion for photography.

Wu Bai talks about his passion for photography.

Focal range is from 24 to 90 mm (35mm equivalent).

Priced at SS$1,595, the camera comes bundled with the full version of Photoshop Lightroom, which is worth some S$400 on its own.

The standard Leica D-Lux 5 retails at S$1,200.

Wu Bai’s exhibition of 14 black-and-white photos is themed “More Earth” and features photos of the environment that he took in Taiwan.

The exhibition will begin tomorrow and last till December 2, 2011.

It will be open daily from 10 am to 8 pm, admission free.