The next time you visit the National Museum of Singapore, don’t forget to catch the retrospective exhibition of acclaimed photographer Abbas – featuring 133 works from his 45-year career. jtbeans visited the exhibition last month writes about the visit.

jtbeans writes:

Little gripes aside, I was struck by the photographer of such gravitas choosing to exhibit 130 of his black and white photographs in humble Singapore. The foreword to the exhibition was a word from the photographer himself, who did mention that such an exhibition was usually done posthumously, but that he felt honored nonetheless.

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If there was anything slightly negative about this exhibit, it would be the heaviness and intensity that gripped me throughout. But I wouldn’t consider that a criticism at all. It made me think about life out of the confines of my own world, and the bloodshed permanently etched into the last 45 years of human history. I felt slightly nauseous after viewing the vivid images, but it was a testament to how real they were. I salute Abbas Attar, and wish him a good many more years in the field!

Read jtbean’s full review here. Abbas, 45 years in photography is exhibiting at the National Museum of Singapore until 18 September.