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Sim Chi Yin (born 1978) is a Singaporean photographer, based in Beijing, China.[1][2] She works as a photojournalist and on self-directed projects in Asia and is "interested in history, memory, and migration and its consequences".[1][3] As well as photography she uses film, sound, text and archival material.[1]

The Long Road Home: Journeys Of Indonesian Migrant Workers was published in 2011. Sim is an interim member of VII Photo Agency and a nominee member of Magnum Photos.

She has been awarded a Magnum Foundation Social Justice and Photography fellowship and the Chris Hondros Award.

Life and work

Sim was born in Singapore. She worked as a print journalist and foreign correspondent at The Straits Times for nine years.[4][5] In 2010 she quit to work full time as a photographer.[4][5] Within four years she worked as a photojournalist, getting regular assignments from The New York Times.[5] In 2014 she became an interim member of VII Photo Agency.[5][6] She was commissioned as the Nobel Peace Prize photographer in 2017.[7][8] In 2018 she became a nominee member of Magnum Photos.[9][10]

Publications by Sim

  • The Long Road Home: Journeys Of Indonesian Migrant Workers. Jakarta: International Labour Organization, 2011. ISBN 9789221249955.

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bio". sim chi yin. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  2. ^ "Sim Chi Yin investigates the Fallout – British Journal of Photography". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  3. ^ "Sim Chi Yin". World Press Photo. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  4. ^ a b Ming, Ye. "How PDN's 30 Influenced Photographers Over the Years". Time. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  5. ^ a b c d Laurent, Olivier. "Sim Chi Yin Joins VII Photo as an Interim Member". Time. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  6. ^ "Sim Chi Yin Joins VII as Member Photographer". viiphoto.com. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  7. ^ a b c d "La storia audace di Sim Chi Yin, la fotografa da Nobel per la Pace che riflette sul nucleare senza mezzi termini". ELLE. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  8. ^ hermesauto (9 December 2017). "First Singaporean Nobel Peace Prize photographer Sim Chi Yin creates nuclear exhibition". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  9. ^ "Magnum Photos' international new wave of Nominees – British Journal of Photography". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  10. ^ "Updates from the 2018 Magnum Photos Annual General Meeting". Magnum Photos. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  11. ^ "Photography and Human Rights". Magnum Foundation. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  12. ^ "Announcements". smithfund.org. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  13. ^ "Young Woman Achiever 2014 Sim Chi Yin – Her World Woman of The Year". Her World. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  14. ^ "Sim Chi Yin, a Patient Photographer, Wins Chris Hondros Award". Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  15. ^ "Sim Chi Yin Wins 2018 Getty Images and Chris Hondros Fund Award". PDNPulse. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
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