Moving
2nd Migrant Workers Photography Festival
4 - 19 September 2021
Objectifs (Lower Gallery and Courtyard)
Opening Live-Stream Event
5 September 2021, Sunday, 2pm
Moving connotes movement, flows, transitions, and action, but also affect and emotion. Moving is both an acknowledgement and aspiration towards greater migrant visibility in local discourse, as well as stronger rights and representation. In a time of Covid-19, where movement — especially those of migrant workers’ — has been curtailed, Moving hopes to spark questions and reflections on what movement means and why it is important to various community members.
In its second edition, the Migrant Workers Photography Festival received 131 submissions across two categories: Single Image, and Series (3-5 images). The images were judged by award-winning photographers Xyza Cruz Bacani (Philippines) and Alecia Neo (Singapore). The shortlisted images engage with the theme in various ways: they include icons and infrastructure of movement, movement through time and space, emotional and personal journeys, but also its antonyms: stillness and rootedness.
We are pleased to announce that the following finalists have been shortlisted:
Cruz Jhon Carlo Manayao (Philippines)
de Domingo Christian Ureta (Philippines)
Genelyn Joson (Philippines)
George Ronnit (India)
Khin Cherry Htwe (Myanmar)
Liberato Esplana Penascosas (Philippines)
Nay Zaw Lat (Myanmar)
Rachelle R Julian (Philippines)
Rajendran Vijayakanth (India)
Rini Nurhayati (Indonesia)
Ruby Velasco (Philippines)
Thu Zar Myint (Myanmar)
An opening live-stream event took place on 5th September 2021 (Sunday) at 2pm, on Migrant Workers Photography Festival’s Facebook Page. The winners of the festival were announced during the event.
Migrant Workers Photography Festival 2021 also presented the works of Aminiyati (Amy) Marthyn, Ana Rohana, Erma Stefhany, Istriyanti, Natasia, and Ruby C. Velasco in Objectifs’ Courtyard. The works were created and workshopped over six months from July to December 2020. A common theme that ran across the participants’ works was of different modes of perception — of seeing oneself, seeing others, and seeing one’s surroundings.
Supported by: Objectifs, AVS Printing, Q Framing
