In Light of: A Portraiture Class by Sean Lee

Date & Time: Sat, 7 Nov 2026, 2pm to 5pm

Venue: Objectifs' Workshop Space

Happening in conjunction with Two People, a solo exhibition by Sean Lee

Explore the possibilities of light and portraiture in this beginner-friendly indoor photography workshop with photographer Sean Lee. Participants will learn how to work with light to shape mood, atmosphere, and the way a subject is portrayed, through hands-on portrait-making exercises.

No prior experience is required. Participants can bring a camera they are familiar with, or use their mobile phones.

About Sean Lee: Two People

5 Nov to 20 Nov 2026

Objectifs Chapel Gallery

For more than a decade, Sean Lee has returned to the same two people, photographing his parents as they move through the slow, repetitive rituals of ordinary life. Nothing exceptional appears to happen. Yet these photographs insist that the ordinary is inexhaustible. Looking patiently, Lee reveals how time itself is made visible: in light falling differently across the same room, in bodies subtly altered by age, in gestures repeated until they become a language beyond words. The domestic interior becomes a psychological space where memory, tenderness and estrangement quietly coexist.

There is something almost liturgical in this sustained act of looking. Refusing spectacle or sentimentality, Lee approaches the everyday with a rare attentiveness, allowing the familiar to recover its mystery. Two People is less a document of family than a meditation on presence itself—on the unknowability of those we love, and on photography's fragile attempt to accompany them as they disappear into time.

About Sean Lee

Sean Lee (b. 1985, Singapore) is a photographer whose work explores themes of memory, intimacy, and the passage of time through carefully constructed images rooted in everyday life. He first gained international recognition with Shauna (2007–2009), which was nominated for the Prix Découverte at the Rencontres d'Arles. Since then, he has developed a sustained photographic practice, producing bodies of work that unfold over long periods and reflect on personal and universal experiences.His series 'Two People' received the 2011 ICON de Martell Cordon Bleu Award, marking a significant milestone in his early career. Lee’s works have since been exhibited internationally, including at the Saatchi Gallery, Chobi Mela, and the Indian Art Fair, among others. His photographs are held in the collection of the Singapore Art Museum, reflecting their significance within the region’s contemporary art landscape. In parallel, Lee has maintained an active self-publishing practice. His photobooks have been acquired by major institutional collections, including the Museum of Modern Art Library in New York, the Rare and Distinctive Collections at the University of Colorado Boulder, and the Museum of Art and History in Geneva.

Working primarily through long-term projects, Lee’s practice is characterised by a quiet attention to the ordinary. His images often exist between documentation and construction, offering a restrained yet deeply felt reflection on the lives of those closest to him.