Ascension


  • Photographer
    Alvin Khoo
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2009
  • Technical Info
    24mm, ISO 800, f2.8, 1/800sec

In the urban jungle of Singapore, it is easy to perceive that Man has conquered Nature and subjugated her under slabs of concrete. However, what Man has abandoned Nature gradually reclaims - inserting her roots, growing climbing and spreading her growth. What is man-made may not withstand the test of time. In the end, Nature ultimately triumphs. Ascension portrays a site in heavily urbanized Singapore where the beauty of Nature can roam and grow freely unlike the man-made constraints of parks and gardens. It stands rooted, untouched and magnificent, and embellishes the dilapidated house on which it holds onto its foundation. One can only sadly anticipate the end of its existence where Nature is under Man's jurisdiction

Story

In the urban jungle of Singapore, it is easy to perceive that Man has conquered Nature and subjugated her under slabs of concrete. However, what Man has abandoned Nature gradually reclaims - inserting her roots, growing climbing and spreading her growth. What is man-made may not withstand the test of time. In the end, Nature ultimately triumphs.

Ascension portrays a rare site in heavily urbanized Singapore where the beauty of Nature can roam and grow freely unlike the man-made constraints of artificial parks and gardens deem as salubrious for the common man who in turns loses the beauty of Nature in her purest sense . Through the tree and creepers, Nature stands rooted, untouched and magnificent, and embellishes the dilapidated house located in the heart of the city on a hill, on which it holds onto its foundation. But one can only sadly anticipate the end of its temporal existence where Nature is under Man's jurisdiction towards rapid urbanization.

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