Unique exposures

With travel put on hold, more Singaporeans are marking milestones and making memories with one-of-a-kind photo opportunities

Ms Thea Tan and Mr Afiq Safwan Adly (both right) brought in a discarded analogue photo booth from San Diego last year and now lease it out at The Projector. Novelty meets nostalgia with these black-and-white photos taken at Fotoautomat's vintage anal
Ms Thea Tan and Mr Afiq Safwan Adly (both right) brought in a discarded analogue photo booth from San Diego last year and now lease it out at The Projector. Novelty meets nostalgia with these black-and-white photos taken at Fotoautomat's vintage analogue photo booth. Such booths went out of production in the 1990s. PHOTOS: COURTESY OF FOTOAUTOMAT SINGAPORE
Ms Thea Tan and Mr Afiq Safwan Adly (both right) brought in a discarded analogue photo booth from San Diego last year and now lease it out at The Projector. Novelty meets nostalgia with these black-and-white photos taken at Fotoautomat's vintage anal
Ms Thea Tan and Mr Afiq Safwan Adly (both right) brought in a discarded analogue photo booth from San Diego last year and now lease it out at The Projector. Novelty meets nostalgia with these black-and-white photos taken at Fotoautomat's vintage analogue photo booth. Such booths went out of production in the 1990s. PHOTOS: COURTESY OF FOTOAUTOMAT SINGAPORE
Ms Thea Tan and Mr Afiq Safwan Adly (both right) brought in a discarded analogue photo booth from San Diego last year and now lease it out at The Projector. Novelty meets nostalgia with these black-and-white photos taken at Fotoautomat's vintage anal
Ms Thea Tan and Mr Afiq Safwan Adly (both right) brought in a discarded analogue photo booth from San Diego last year and now lease it out at The Projector. Novelty meets nostalgia with these black-and-white photos taken at Fotoautomat's vintage analogue photo booth. Such booths went out of production in the 1990s. PHOTOS: COURTESY OF FOTOAUTOMAT SINGAPORE
Hoppity Studio founder Ripple Sim (above, with her husband Jason Soo and daughter Miley) created a set that mimicked a mama shop (top). At Hip Xiong Photo Studio, photographer Ryan Lee (left) captures portraits using wet plate tintype (far left), a traditional technology that predates film and was popular in the 1850s. Ms Sharon Ling (above) of Dressed Up Dreams conceptualises shoots based on the hanfu costume selected. Fotomat founder Kevin Chu (above) lets customers control the shutter for a more fun experience at his studios. PHOTOS: COURTESY OF HOPPITY STUDIO, ARIFFIN JAMAR, COURTESY OF FOTOMAT, COURTESY OF DRESSED UP DREAMS PHOTO STUDIO, KOH SZE KIAT, HIP XIONG PHOTO STUDIO, ST FILE
Hoppity Studio founder Ripple Sim (above, with her husband Jason Soo and daughter Miley) created a set that mimicked a mama shop (top). At Hip Xiong Photo Studio, photographer Ryan Lee (left) captures portraits using wet plate tintype (far left), a traditional technology that predates film and was popular in the 1850s. Ms Sharon Ling (above) of Dressed Up Dreams conceptualises shoots based on the hanfu costume selected. Fotomat founder Kevin Chu (above) lets customers control the shutter for a more fun experience at his studios. PHOTOS: COURTESY OF HOPPITY STUDIO, ARIFFIN JAMAR, COURTESY OF FOTOMAT, COURTESY OF DRESSED UP DREAMS PHOTO STUDIO, KOH SZE KIAT, HIP XIONG PHOTO STUDIO, ST FILE
Hoppity Studio founder Ripple Sim (above, with her husband Jason Soo and daughter Miley) created a set that mimicked a mama shop (top). At Hip Xiong Photo Studio, photographer Ryan Lee (left) captures portraits using wet plate tintype (far left), a traditional technology that predates film and was popular in the 1850s. Ms Sharon Ling (above) of Dressed Up Dreams conceptualises shoots based on the hanfu costume selected. Fotomat founder Kevin Chu (above) lets customers control the shutter for a more fun experience at his studios. PHOTOS: COURTESY OF HOPPITY STUDIO, ARIFFIN JAMAR, COURTESY OF FOTOMAT, COURTESY OF DRESSED UP DREAMS PHOTO STUDIO, KOH SZE KIAT, HIP XIONG PHOTO STUDIO, ST FILE
Hoppity Studio founder Ripple Sim (above, with her husband Jason Soo and daughter Miley) created a set that mimicked a mama shop (top). At Hip Xiong Photo Studio, photographer Ryan Lee (left) captures portraits using wet plate tintype (far left), a traditional technology that predates film and was popular in the 1850s. Ms Sharon Ling (above) of Dressed Up Dreams conceptualises shoots based on the hanfu costume selected. Fotomat founder Kevin Chu (above) lets customers control the shutter for a more fun experience at his studios. PHOTOS: COURTESY OF HOPPITY STUDIO, ARIFFIN JAMAR, COURTESY OF FOTOMAT, COURTESY OF DRESSED UP DREAMS PHOTO STUDIO, KOH SZE KIAT, HIP XIONG PHOTO STUDIO, ST FILE
Hoppity Studio founder Ripple Sim (above, with her husband Jason Soo and daughter Miley) created a set that mimicked a mama shop (top). At Hip Xiong Photo Studio, photographer Ryan Lee (left) captures portraits using wet plate tintype (far left), a traditional technology that predates film and was popular in the 1850s. Ms Sharon Ling (above) of Dressed Up Dreams conceptualises shoots based on the hanfu costume selected. Fotomat founder Kevin Chu (above) lets customers control the shutter for a more fun experience at his studios. PHOTOS: COURTESY OF HOPPITY STUDIO, ARIFFIN JAMAR, COURTESY OF FOTOMAT, COURTESY OF DRESSED UP DREAMS PHOTO STUDIO, KOH SZE KIAT, HIP XIONG PHOTO STUDIO, ST FILE
Hoppity Studio founder Ripple Sim (above, with her husband Jason Soo and daughter Miley) created a set that mimicked a mama shop (top). At Hip Xiong Photo Studio, photographer Ryan Lee (left) captures portraits using wet plate tintype (far left), a traditional technology that predates film and was popular in the 1850s. Ms Sharon Ling (above) of Dressed Up Dreams conceptualises shoots based on the hanfu costume selected. Fotomat founder Kevin Chu (above) lets customers control the shutter for a more fun experience at his studios. PHOTOS: COURTESY OF HOPPITY STUDIO, ARIFFIN JAMAR, COURTESY OF FOTOMAT, COURTESY OF DRESSED UP DREAMS PHOTO STUDIO, KOH SZE KIAT, HIP XIONG PHOTO STUDIO, ST FILE
Amanda Chai
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Updated
Jul 11, 2021, 05:00 AM
Published
Jul 11, 2021, 05:00 AM
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At do-it-yourself monochrome photo studio Fotomat, customers stream in every 15 minutes.

Clutching a handheld shutter, they snap dozens of pictures in quick succession, posing cheekily, sultrily or goofily behind the privacy of a screen.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on July 11, 2021, with the headline Unique exposures. Subscribe

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