A Guide to Tree Planting by Marvin Tang

Originally produced in 1971 as part of the inaugural tree planting day, “A Guide to Tree Planting” seeks to educate the populace on tree planting and the manufacture of a national identity.

About Marvin Tang

Marvin Tang uses images as a tool of investigation.

He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the School of Art, Design, and Media (NTU) and Masters in Photography at the University of the Arts London.

His research questions the linearity of historical narratives and the notion of collective identities. His works stem from the effects of policy-making to shifting social structures. He is particularly interested in applying this research to Singapore, attempting to investigate its own historical account and relationship to her expanded narratives across the globe.

Marvin received the Photoworks Prize at the London College of Communication in 2018. He is also the recipient of the CAPA Asia Portfolio Review Prize at the 5th Singapore International Photography Festival in 2016 and a recipient of the Kwek Leng Joo Prize of Excellence in Photography in 2015. His works have been shown in Alliance Française de Singapour, DECK (Singapore), Mizuma Gallery (Singapore), Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale (Greece), Noorderlicht International Photofestival (Netherlands), Odesa Photo Days (Ukraine), and Dali International Photography Exhibition (China).

He is a Producer at Superhero Me, a ground-up inclusive arts movement based in Singapore, and lectures at Lasalle College of the Arts and Shool of Art, Design and Media.