Fear or Islam
As I was exploring global, local and personal issues, I found that one of the major things happening right now are how the Islamic religion is being misinterpreted and misunderstood by so many due to recent events (terror attacks, ISIS).
Ever since the attacks occurred in the United Kingdom, one being not far from my home, I feel that sometimes I have to defend my faith and what I grew up to believe in: peace and respect.
I named my project “Fear and Islam” as I wanted to portray that there is nothing to fear to about in religion and what Islam really is about. Therefore majority of my prints are in A4, as I wanted to convey how there are so many good things that some people may not see anymore in Islam.
I have attended a number of exhibitions including: ‘Oceanic’ and ‘The Life of Things’ as part of research. However my biggest inspiration for this entire project so far, was speaking to Associate Professor, Peer Sathikh. I was able to ‘interview’ and gain so much knowledge about religion and places of worship in Singapore. He had recommended me to visit a number of places in Singapore (mosques and heritage centre) and capture anything that is unique and distinct about each places. From that day onwards, my idea for the final project became clear.
Inspiring artist:
Steve McCurry
Afghanistan
I admire the works of Steve McCurry as his images alone portray a story. He had continuously travelled to Afghanistan from 1979-2016 to research and produce photographs to show “a seemingly blighted yet beautiful country with a rare and disarming humanity.”
