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 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
BY<\/b><\/td>\nKevin WY Lee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
YEAR<\/strong><\/td>\n2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DETAILS<\/strong><\/td>\nThreadsewn\u00a0with fabric-wrapped\u00a0hardcover, 156pp
\n22.5 cm x 17.5 cm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LANGUAGE<\/strong><\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plant and soil experts came to Singapore in 1978 to study our soil conditions. Our harsh equatorial sun and heavy Southeast Asian rains were not favourable to growing healthy green gramineae. The rains would wash away our topsoil and leach all nutrients.<\/p>\n

The experts recommended constant layering of heavy compost fertiliser and lime to our porous soil. The gardener at Istana tested this on his lawns.\u00a0Suddenly the grass became greener.<\/p>\n

Suddenly The Grass Became Greener<\/b><\/i>\u00a0by Kevin WY Lee\u00a0is a\u00a0book of photographs made in Singapore\u00a0during her 50th year as a nation, and\u00a0the coincidental\u00a0death of her\u00a0gardener.<\/p>\n

\n

About Kevin WY Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kevin WY Lee<\/strong> is a photographer and creative director based in Singapore. He has worked in the creative industry in Asia and Australia for over\u00a020 years. In 2010, he founded\u00a0Invisible Photographer Asia (IPA)<\/a>, an influential platform for Photography & Visual Arts in Asia. Through IPA, Kevin participates vigorously\u00a0in photography and art across the region as a practitioner, curator and educator.<\/p>\n

In his\u00a0own practice, Kevin is interested in Singapore \u2013 her temperament, aesthetic\u00a0and growing pains. A broader canvas is marked by a curiosity in mortality, and how people cope with the finiteness of being 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