A Modern Day Affair (2023 — ongoing)
A conceptual photo series tracing emotional distance (2023–ongoing)
Exhibited in In Our Own Frame, Singapore Art Week 2026, Guoco Midtown, Singapore. Presented by DECK Photography Art Centre Ltd.
A Modern Day Affair is an ongoing conceptual series about the phone as the third party in modern relationships.
It began at home, from my own experience of feeling alone while sitting beside someone who was always on a screen.
I stage what words could not express. I set the camera on a timer, placed us both in the frame, and handed the camera to my husband,
who became my collaborator, my actor, and at times, my photographer.
Although the work comes from my own experience, it asks a wider question:
how do smartphones quietly erode the closeness between people?
We do not notice the space growing between us.
Movie night, but his eyes stay on his phone.
Glued to his phone as I bathe him like a baby.
I turn away from the light—only a shadow now.
I try to seduce him. He keeps scrolling.
Anger on a lifeless object—still meaningless.
A cracked screen protector on a cake—not celebration.
Lost in the fog—not looking at each other.
Recognition & Press
- In Our Own Frame, Singapore Art Week 2026, Guoco Midtown, Singapore. Presented by DECK Photography Art Centre Ltd.
- Encounter SG — Video features on A Modern Day Affair in In Our Own Frame ([Part 1] [Part 2]) (Feature, 2026)
- Editors’ Pick - LensCulture Art Photography Awards (2025)
– Featured on Lenscratch “Kantaya New: A Modern Day Affair” (2025)
– Featured on art4d “Photo Essay: A Modern Day Affair” (2025)
– Top 200, Critical Mass by Photolucida (2024)
– Finalist, Blu-Sky Artist Award, Ten Moir Gallery (July 2024)
– Exhibited, “Surreal”, Glasgow Gallery of Photography (2024)
– Editor’s Pick, LensCulture Critics’ Choice (2024)