Fiona Chong 锺淑芬
@fionachong.bsky.social
she/her/hers • photographer | documentary film producer • Singapore | USA • fionachong.com • IG @fionachongphoto | Foto @fionachong | Substack @fionachong
"Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see." René
"Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see." René
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Fiona Chong 锺淑芬
@fionachong.bsky.social
· Dec 10
One of my images made it to the front page of yesterday’s PRINT edition of the Fiji Sun!
#Photography #SportsPhotography #sports #print #newspaper
“Our netball men claim Merlion Cup”
#Photography #SportsPhotography #sports #print #newspaper
“Our netball men claim Merlion Cup”
“If you whisper a prejudice into this machine, it can scream it back to millions. If you plant a seed of division, it can grow a forest of conflict overnight. AI acts as a massive magnifying glass for the human condition. It does not create new intent; it scales our intent.”
#AI
#AI
AI is a “Karmic Amplifier”
The Vatican “Aurora” Convening and the Reality of “Machine War”
open.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
“If you whisper a prejudice into this machine, it can scream it back to millions. If you plant a seed of division, it can grow a forest of conflict overnight. AI acts as a massive magnifying glass for the human condition. It does not create new intent; it scales our intent.”
#AI
#AI
Remembering Martin Parr (1952–2025) | Magnum Photos Magnum Photos
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December 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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A little discourse on the problem of consuming the news instead of being consumed by the news. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Week Ahead
December 7, 2025
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
A little discourse on the problem of consuming the news instead of being consumed by the news. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
‘Not journalism – theater’: Inside Israel’s press tours to Gaza cpj.org?p=542749
#photography #photojournalism
#photography #photojournalism
‘Not journalism – theater’: Inside Israel’s press tours to Gaza - Committee to Protect Journalists
Nazareth, December 3, 2025 — Foreign correspondents entering Gaza under Israeli military escort describe conditions that prevent independent reporting and reinforce longstanding Committee to Protect J...
cpj.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM
‘Not journalism – theater’: Inside Israel’s press tours to Gaza cpj.org?p=542749
#photography #photojournalism
#photography #photojournalism
"How can impartiality be reconciled with the documentary values of truth-seeking, storytelling, and freedom of expression?"
#documentary
#documentary
The Explainer: What Is British Impartiality (And Can It Survive)?
How the BBC elevated impartiality to its “very essence” amid documentary cancellations and regulatory pressures, and whether this embattled value can survive partisan challenges
www.documentary.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 AM
"How can impartiality be reconciled with the documentary values of truth-seeking, storytelling, and freedom of expression?"
#documentary
#documentary
"An odor of totalitarianism infects the concept that any product of the prisoner’s mind automatically becomes the property of the state. While a free society recognizes the need for incarceration of offenders, it can claim no possession of the prisoner’s mind."
#documentary
#documentary
The Price of Recognition: What Happened After the First-Ever San Quentin Film Festival
Two award-winning incarcerated filmmakers discovered that their success at the first San Quentin Film Festival came with strings attached, when the nonprofit that provided their equipment demanded the...
www.documentary.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"An odor of totalitarianism infects the concept that any product of the prisoner’s mind automatically becomes the property of the state. While a free society recognizes the need for incarceration of offenders, it can claim no possession of the prisoner’s mind."
#documentary
#documentary
"The real work is to stay in such contradictions and ask what happens when filmmakers stop performing identity and start shaping their own cinematic language."
#documentary
#documentary
“In the Post-Colonial Building of Power Structures, Collaboration Is Everything”: Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh Discuss the Himalayan Story Lab
Best known for co-directing Writing With Fire, Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh discuss the aims and philosophy behind the Himalayan Story Lab
www.documentary.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"The real work is to stay in such contradictions and ask what happens when filmmakers stop performing identity and start shaping their own cinematic language."
#documentary
#documentary
The Name of the Land: James Rodríguez’s ‘Tierra De Árboles’ #photography #photojournalism #documentaryphotography
The Name of the Land: James Rodríguez’s ‘Tierra De Árboles’
Arturo Soto examines decades of social conflict endured by Guatemala's indigenous communities.
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The Name of the Land: James Rodríguez’s ‘Tierra De Árboles’ #photography #photojournalism #documentaryphotography
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The world‘s richest man killing the world’s poorest children…
This is a documented case of public man-made death. Why? Because a government dismantled oversight, purged experts, and ruled by decree, all things our assessment highlights.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The world‘s richest man killing the world’s poorest children…
"Samoylova notices these relics of the past without falling into the trap of nostalgia."
#photography #photobook
#photography #photobook
Anastasia Samoylova Maps a Decaying American Dream
In 2023, the photographer began a journey along the Atlantic Coast, tracing the ruins and resilience of postindustrial life on US Route 1.
aperture.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 AM
"Samoylova notices these relics of the past without falling into the trap of nostalgia."
#photography #photobook
#photography #photobook
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Powerful.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Powerful.
Images of American Fascism
"Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like."
#photography #photojournalism #visualstorytelling
"Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like."
#photography #photojournalism #visualstorytelling
Images of American Fascism
Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like.
readingthepictures.media
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Images of American Fascism
"Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like."
#photography #photojournalism #visualstorytelling
"Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like."
#photography #photojournalism #visualstorytelling
"True immersive journalism requires serious time commitment, dramatically increasing both physical risk and financial cost—luxuries few independent filmmakers can afford in an era of shrinking budgets and shortened attention spans."
#documentary #filmmaking #journalism
#documentary #filmmaking #journalism
Ripple Effect: Brent and Craig Renaud’s Vérité Filmmaking in Pursuit of Peace
Brent and Craig Renaud risked their lives to make vérité documentary journalism—after Brent’s death, Craig honored his life with a new film
documentary.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
"True immersive journalism requires serious time commitment, dramatically increasing both physical risk and financial cost—luxuries few independent filmmakers can afford in an era of shrinking budgets and shortened attention spans."
#documentary #filmmaking #journalism
#documentary #filmmaking #journalism
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The State Department says the US has 'no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans'.
US revokes six visas over Charlie Kirk death amid social media crackdown
The State Department says the US has 'no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans'.
bit.ly
October 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The State Department says the US has 'no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans'.
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"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark
For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.
www.theatlantic.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
1000 Words: Visual Defiance Against the Authoritarian State #photography #photojournalism
1000 Words: Visual Defiance Against the Authoritarian State
Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the crackdown on dissent has jolted photojournalism, street art, and illustration—each surging now to galvanize truth, disrupt complacency, and bear witness.
readingthepictures.media
October 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
1000 Words: Visual Defiance Against the Authoritarian State #photography #photojournalism