Shintaro Tay

Asia–Pacific (APAC), Singapore

Photojournalist at Freelance

Photojournalist and Filmmaker

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What’s The News? S’pore students face off in ST’s quiz competition

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Stacey Ngiam |Shintaro Tay |Jason Quah |Lim Yaohui

Organised as part of ST’s 180th anniversary celebrations, the What’s The News? competition brought together students across secondary and tertiary levels to take part in an interactive quiz that merged current affairs with fun team-based physical challenges and creativity. Quiz host Rishi Budhrani interacting with students in the preliminary round of the competition at St Gabriel’s Secondary School on April 15.
Where there’s a wheel, there’s a way

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Shintaro Tay

“I don’t feel like a disabled person playing a sport. I feel normal,” the 47-year-old says. He says the game, also known as murderball, requires strategy and synergy between players, like “having Bluetooth” connection with one another. They must know when they should move to receive a passed ball, when to block or avoid opponents, and when there is an opportunity to score. They also have to remember to dribble the ball every eight seconds.
GE2025: Low-res but real - looking back at the Singapore election through a digicam

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Shintaro Tay

SINGAPORE – With a digicam in hand and sweat dripping down my forehead, I press the shutter button, hoping to capture a group of people cheering. The dim rally lighting and fast-moving crowd overwhelm the camera – it lags, and the moment slips away. I try again. Then again. I get my shot, but not without losing a few others along the way.
Live in the moment: Breast cancer survivor embraces life with a new outlook

Mar 9, 2025 | straitstimes.com | Shintaro Tay

SINGAPORE – At 35, Ms Andrea Lim learnt that she was pregnant. But two days later, her world turned upside down – she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Ms Lim first noticed an itch on her right nipple and assumed it was a yeast infection. In 2024, she underwent a mammogram and an ultrasound, both of which initially cleared her of a cancer diagnosis, with no lumps or abnormalities. However, her body did not respond to steroid medication, and a biopsy later confirmed she had breast cancer.
Underground pipe in Lavender bursts, disrupting water supply to about 20 homes

Feb 1, 2025 | asiaone.com | Ang Qing |Shintaro Tay

SINGAPORE — Several residents in a housing estate in the Lavender area experienced a disruption to their water supply after a nearby underground pipe burst on Feb 1. One of them, part-time Grabfood delivery rider Ramdhan Sab’an, said he was heading to his home in Block 811 French Road at about 9pm when he found water gushing from the ground near his block.
Water supply to about 20 homes in Lavender area disrupted after underground pipe bursts

Feb 1, 2025 | straitstimes.com | Ang Qing |Shintaro Tay

SINGAPORE - Several residents in a housing estate in the Lavender area experienced a disruption to their water supply after a nearby underground pipe burst on Feb 1. One of them, part-time Grabfood delivery rider Ramdhan Sab’an, said he was heading to his home in Block 811 French Road at about 9pm when he found water gushing from the ground near his block.
‘We must protect what is pristine’: Photographer Sebastiao Salgado on his Amazon show in Singapore

Dec 8, 2024 | straitstimes.com | Shintaro Tay

Works by Brazilian photojournalist Sebastiao Salgado are on show at Amazonia: Photographs By Sebastiao Salgado, held at the National Museum of Singapore. ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY Updated Dec 09, 2024, 12:00 PM Published Dec 09, 2024, 12:00 PM SINGAPORE – Strapped in a helicopter with a camera pointed at the mountains of the Amazon rainforest, renowned Brazilian photojournalist Sebastiao Salgado turns to his wife, Lelia Wanick Salgado, and sees tears in her eyes.
Can you spot him? Famous 'invisible man' takes his disappearing act to Singapore

Oct 22, 2024 | straitstimes.com | Shintaro Tay

Known as “The Invisible Man”, 51-year-old Liu has gained international recognition for his photographic self-portraits, where he is painted from head to toe to hide in plain sight against an eclectic array of backdrops. From the Great Wall of China to the Colosseum in Rome, Liu has made himself a canvas in more than 20 countries around the world over the last two decades. Liu Bolin at the Great Wall of China in Beijing in 2010.
A Singapore stroke survivor’s hard fight towards recovery

Oct 15, 2024 | straitstimes.com | Shintaro Tay

For 10 days, she lay unconscious in intensive care at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. When the mother of three, who was then 49, awoke, she had lost strength and coordination on the right side of her body and her ability to speak. Nothing was the same again for Madam Koo and her family. Before the stroke, Madam Iris Koo had long hair but now has short hair because it is easier to maintain. Her youngest child, Lee Min Rong, who was 17 at the time, was especially affected.
Shoots of hope: Meet the people ensuring a future for mangroves in Indonesia

Oct 1, 2024 | straitstimes.com | Shintaro Tay |Goal Achieved

A mangrove forest probably does not have much in common with Korean pop music. Yet, over the past two decades, mangrove scientist Tengku Zia Ulqodry has been flashing a picture of K-pop star Lee Min-ho to students in his mangrove conservation class at the Sriwijaya University in Palembang. His message to them: Only when people love these ecosystems as much as many do the pop star, can these critical ecosystems thrive in the face of a multitude of threats.