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Catch me if you can (Single)
DESCRIPTION
This photo shows a couple of kids running around and playing catch me if you can. If you look carefully, you can see that the kids are still wearing their masks dutifully while running and playing around. This seems to be the new normal - how to play and enjoy safety during this COVID-19 outbreak.
AUTHOR
Kantaya New is a Thai–Singaporean photo artist based in Singapore, working across street and conceptual photography.
Her street photographs are a reflex response to modern life — where everything feels over-optimized, she seeks out the random moments where that order breaks down. She finds joy in uncovering "unpolished diamonds" buried in the everyday: odd visual coincidences, unexpected timing, chance encounters. Playfulness and humour draw viewers in first; the deeper reflection comes after. Her aim: to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
Her conceptual practice uses staged scenes to explore what words cannot easily say — modern relationships in A Modern Day Affair, the childlike wonder within all of us in The Little Prince, and questions of identity in Dare to be You.
Across both practices, she treats photography as slow living — a way of slowing down to notice what is already there.
Having lived in Bangkok, Tokyo, and Singapore, she brings a perspective shaped by all three cities. Her work has been exhibited across Asia, Europe, and North America, and she served as a jury member for the Sony Alpha MX Street Photo Contest 2026.
Selected Awards
— Leica Street Photo Contest — Finalist (2026)
— 7th Annual
Her street photographs are a reflex response to modern life — where everything feels over-optimized, she seeks out the random moments where that order breaks down. She finds joy in uncovering "unpolished diamonds" buried in the everyday: odd visual coincidences, unexpected timing, chance encounters. Playfulness and humour draw viewers in first; the deeper reflection comes after. Her aim: to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
Her conceptual practice uses staged scenes to explore what words cannot easily say — modern relationships in A Modern Day Affair, the childlike wonder within all of us in The Little Prince, and questions of identity in Dare to be You.
Across both practices, she treats photography as slow living — a way of slowing down to notice what is already there.
Having lived in Bangkok, Tokyo, and Singapore, she brings a perspective shaped by all three cities. Her work has been exhibited across Asia, Europe, and North America, and she served as a jury member for the Sony Alpha MX Street Photo Contest 2026.
Selected Awards
— Leica Street Photo Contest — Finalist (2026)
— 7th Annual
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