Awards & Exhibitions — Kantaya New
Last updated: May 2026
2026 — Finalist — Brussels Street Photography Festival
2026 — 2nd and 5th Place — 7th Annual FujiFanBoys Best of Show
2026 — Runner-Up — Photography Foundation Awards 2025 (Social Documentary)
2026 — Finalist — 15th Leica Street Photo
2026 — Editors’ Pick — LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2026
2025— 1st Prize — SONY Alpha: MX Street Photo Contest
2026 — Shortlist — Women Street Photographers Artist Residency
2024 — 2nd Prize — Fujifilm Moment Street Photo Awards
2024 — Top 200 — Photolucida Critical Mass
2024 — Finalist — bnw bkk Sensory Yours
2023 — Winner — LensCulture Critics’ Choice Award
2023 — Finalist — Brussels Street Photography Festival
2022 — Shortlist — Sony World Photography Awards (Alpha Female Award & Open Competition, Lifestyle)
2022 — 1st Place Winner (Professional), People — Fine Art Photography Awards
2022 — Longlisted — BBA Photography Prize
2021 — Gold, People — Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA)
Selected Awards List
121 Clicks — “30 Stunning Winning Photos From the 2026 Leica Street Photo Awards” (Feature, 2026)
All About Photo — Best Rising Photographers of December 2025 (Feature, 2025)
All About Photo — Photographer Portfolio (Portfolio)
All About Photo — “Uncovering the Hidden Gems in Life through the Lens of Photography” (2022)
Art & Market — “Singapore Art Week 2023 Round-Up” (A Thousand Words: Photography in conTEXT) (Feature, 2023)
art4d — “Photo Essay: A Modern Day Affair” (Feature, 2025)
art4d — “Photo Essay: Coincidences in the Street” (Feature, 2025)
bnw.bkk — Video feature & interview (Feature, 2024)
Edge of Humanity Magazine — “Urban Frames Shaped By Chance Encounters In Japan” (Feature, 2026)
Encounter SG — Video features on A Modern Day Affair in In Our Own Frame ([Part 1] [Part 2]) (Feature, 2026)
Lenscratch — “Kantaya New: A Modern Day Affair” (Feature, 2025)
Leica Camera — 15th Leica Street Photo Contest exhibition page (Featured image, 2026)
Publications & Features
2026 — Brussels Street Photography Festival — The Bourse & Halles Saint-Géry, Brussels, Belgium (28–31 May 2026)
2026 — 2026 — 7th Annual FujiFanBoys Best of Show Exhibition — Jakarta, Indonesia (completed); Manila, Philippines and Bangkok, Thailand (forthcoming)
2026 — Photography Foundation Awards 2025 — Leica Store, London, UK (forthcoming)
2026 — 15th Leica Street Photo Contest Finalists' Exhibition — Warsaw, Poland; Leica Store Vienna, Austria
2022–2024; 2026 — Women Street Photographers Annual Group Exhibition — New York City, USA
2026 — In Our Own Frame, Singapore Art Week — Singapore
2025 — Unscripted Moments, Street Photo Festival — Athens, Greece
2025 — Mexico Street Photo Fest — Mexico
2025 — Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival (KLPF) — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2025 — The 20th Ngee Ann Photographic Exhibition (NAPE) — Singapore
2025 — Fujifilm Moment Street Photo Awards — Touring exhibition, Poland
2024 — Xposure International Photography Festival — Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2024 — bnw bkk Sensory Yours Exhibition — Bangkok, Thailand
2022–2023 — A Thousand Words: Photography in conTEXT — Singapore
2022 — AHEAD – a glimpse into Singapore’s future, Women in Street SG, SIPF — Singapore
2022 — BBA Photography Prize Exhibition — Berlin Photo Week, Berlin, Germany
2022–2023 — Sony World Photography Awards — Travelling Exhibition — UK, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, USA
Selected Exhibitions & Festivals
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2026 — In Our Own Frame — Artists in Conversation & Guided Tour — Guoco Midtown, Singapore
2025 — Women in Film & Photography — Photo Forum: Street Photography — Objectifs, Singapore
2024 — Women in Street Singapore — Photo Forum, alongside the Global Street Photography Exhibition — Objectifs, Singapore
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2025 — Eco Fashion Weekend SG x OliveAnkara — Portrait collaboration
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