About Viveca Koh Photography

Viveca Koh ARPS

I am a self-taught Fine Art photographer, who has always loved taking photographs from a very young age, and I see potential images everywhere around me, often things that many seem to miss or simply pass by.  Abandoned buildings are a passion of mine, since I discovered the Urban Exploration in 2009, and I seek to capture these derelict and unloved places in a way that honours the memory of all the lives that were once contained within them.  In contrast to this, I enjoy being in wide open spaces where the sky is above me, and whilst I do not consider myself to be a landscape photographer I do like to shoot seascapes, woodland and rolling hills.  Finally it is the details of places that attract my eye, the minutiae that collects in hidden corners, the small parts of bigger things that are fascinating in their own right, be they natural or man-made which I often feel deserve some attention.

I enhance many of my photographs with texture layers and overlays, experimenting with digital double exposure, using old documents that I have collected to add a different dimension to the work in question.

In 2010 I was awarded a Licentiateship Distinction by the Royal Photographic Society for ten photographs based on birth to death in a mental asylum, and in June 2011 I submitted a panel of fifteen photographs for an Associateship Distinction the Society, and was successful in attaining this distinction following a unanimous vote from the judges.  I am planning to work towards Fellowship with the Society in the near future.

Membership

The Royal Photographic Society
The Visual Art Group of The Royal Photographic Society
The Digital Imaging Group of The Royal Photographic Society
The World Photography Organisation
University of the Arts London Alumni Association
Friend of the London Salon of Photography

Honours & Awards

Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society - April 2010
Associate of the Royal Photographic Society - June 2011

Equipment

Nikon D700
AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8
AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8
AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8
AF Nikkor Fisheye 16mm f2.8
Nikon SB 900 Speedlight
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3
Manfrotto 190X PROB tripod
Manfrotto 804RC2 head

Past & Forthcoming Exhibitions

19th - 23rd September 2012:  Joint exhibition 'Travels Through the Spectrum' with Esta Koh Des. RCA and Elaine Coles at Riverhouse Arts Centre, The Robert Phillips Gallery, Manor Road, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey KT12 2PF.  More details to follow.

January 2012: The Royal Photographic Society Visual Art Group Members Exhibition 2012, Fairfield Hall, Croydon. See blog for more.

October 2011: The Royal Photographic Society Digital Imaging Group Projected Image Exhibition 2011.  See blog for more.

October 2011: The Royal Photographic Society International Projected Image Exhibition 2011, touring the UK.  See blog for more.

January 2011: The Royal Photographic Society Visual Art Group Members Exhibition  2011, Fairfield Hall, Croydon.  See blog for more.

October 2010 - May 2011: The Royal Photographic Society International Projected Image Exhibition 2010.  See blog for more.
 

October 2010: Pedder Photography Exhibition, The Bigger Picture Gallery, Crystal Palace, London

October 2010: "Send Me A Postcard, Darling", The Red Gate Gallery, Brixton, London

September 2010: "So Show Me", theprintspace, London Shoreditch