Country Winner : SINGAPORE Street Photo of the Year 2014
For the very first time since visiting Paris for over 20 years, I explored the city’s three Chinese neighbourhoods: the Triangle de Choisy in the 13th arrondissement, Belleville and the Arts et Metiers quarter. Instead of the nouveau riche Chinese tourists so often featured in the news these days, I wanted to meet the ethnic Chinese Parisians and capture a glimpse of their lives. As a fellow overseas Chinese from Singapore, I felt easily accepted by the community. For these children playing after school, French was the only common language, which was the case for many of the Chinese immigrants originating mainly from Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Wenzhou and Guangzhou in China.
