It was in the overlooked that I began finding my way back to making photographs. I’m not sure when or how, but I know it had something to do with the act of remembering. The notion of time is something I’m constantly grappling with, how beautifully it reveals life and yet how quickly it disappears.
There are many things I’m desperately trying to hold onto, bits and pieces of what I know in the short life I’ve been fortunate to live: my mother’s cartoonish pyjamas, the way my father dozes off on the massage chair he refuses to turn on, the clock that’s perpetually slanted on the kitchen wall. I could go on. I don’t know if we’ll still be here tomorrow, and maybe that is why I treat every breath as if it’s my last. That, to me, is the essence of photography at this juncture. Every second is a new moment, and every second is the death of a moment. They are interconnected.
If you’re looking for a bio, I have been photographing for the last twelve years, mostly as an advertising and commercial photographer turning my lens on people, objects, and spaces. My personal long-form projects have spanned the last five years, focusing on displacement and on time as both a friend and an enemy, turning my lens toward the subjects it shapes and touches.
There are many things I’m desperately trying to hold onto, bits and pieces of what I know in the short life I’ve been fortunate to live: my mother’s cartoonish pyjamas, the way my father dozes off on the massage chair he refuses to turn on, the clock that’s perpetually slanted on the kitchen wall. I could go on. I don’t know if we’ll still be here tomorrow, and maybe that is why I treat every breath as if it’s my last. That, to me, is the essence of photography at this juncture. Every second is a new moment, and every second is the death of a moment. They are interconnected.
If you’re looking for a bio, I have been photographing for the last twelve years, mostly as an advertising and commercial photographer turning my lens on people, objects, and spaces. My personal long-form projects have spanned the last five years, focusing on displacement and on time as both a friend and an enemy, turning my lens toward the subjects it shapes and touches.
SELECTED CLIENTS
Lufthansa / POSB Bank / Leica Singapore / Canon Asia / Sony Singapore / Under Armour / Lululemon / Puma / Asics / The Warehouse Hotel / Tanjong Beach Club / Atlas Bar / Tales Of The Cocktail / Lenskart / RICE Media / VICE / Singapore Tourism Board / Corum Watches / Samaritans Of Singapore / People Association / Carousell / Harman Kardon
Lufthansa / POSB Bank / Leica Singapore / Canon Asia / Sony Singapore / Under Armour / Lululemon / Puma / Asics / The Warehouse Hotel / Tanjong Beach Club / Atlas Bar / Tales Of The Cocktail / Lenskart / RICE Media / VICE / Singapore Tourism Board / Corum Watches / Samaritans Of Singapore / People Association / Carousell / Harman Kardon
Contact Information
zactannn@gmail.com
Location
singapore & beyond
Instagram
@zactaaan
zactannn@gmail.com
Location
singapore & beyond
@zactaaan
Images & Moving Images © 2025 Zac Tan. All rights reserved.