▁Bridge ▁Road ▁( New ▁Bridge ▁Road , ▁alongside ▁Eu ▁T ong ▁Sen ▁Street , ▁was ▁the ▁meeting ▁place ▁of ▁Chinese ▁imm igr ants ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁and ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁to ▁take ▁pictures ▁of ▁Ch in at own . ▁The ▁changes ▁in ▁ 2 3 ▁years ▁are ▁apparent ▁when ▁the ▁two ▁images ▁are ▁compared . ▁ ▁Dr . ▁Kel vin ▁Tan , ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁Singapore ▁Heritage ▁Society , ▁defined ▁the ▁document ary ▁phot ography ▁as ▁having ▁the ▁specific ▁aim ▁of ▁recording ▁a ▁present ▁reality ▁for ▁future ▁gener ations . ▁“ Sing ap ore ans ▁must ▁be ▁made ▁to ▁realize ▁great ▁photograph s ▁are ▁not ▁the ▁sole ▁preserve ▁of ▁Henri ▁Cart ier - B ress on ▁or ▁Alfred ▁St ie gl itz . ▁We ▁have ▁our ▁own ▁master s ▁too . ▁More ▁important , ▁they ▁documented ▁our ▁past , ▁not ▁someone ▁else ’ s .” ▁Ken ▁K we k , ▁a ▁leading ▁feature ▁writer ▁of ▁the ▁Stra its ▁Times , ▁wrote ▁about ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁rev ive ▁the ▁w an ing ▁art ▁form ▁of ▁document ary ▁phot ography ▁and ▁expressed ▁his ▁concern ▁that ▁" Sing ap ore ▁is ▁forget ting ▁the ▁photo ▁artists ▁who ▁spent ▁their ▁lives ▁capt uring ▁a ▁cultural ▁landscape ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁rapidly ▁eff ac ed ▁in ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁economic ▁progress ." ▁Y ip , ▁in ▁his ▁view , ▁was ▁among ▁the ▁few ▁photograph ers ▁to ▁have ▁" register ed ▁the ▁pain