AN EYE FOR BEAUTY:
SINGAPORE THROUGH
THE LENSES OF CAO YAPING
BOOK LAUNCH
Chui Huay Lim Club
Sunday (2 June 2024)
Chinese nationals in Singapore have recently gotten bad press for innumerable reasons like money laundering, espionage, loutish behaviour in public and the list goes on, but there have been stunning exceptions. I would like to cite my neighbour Cao Yaping, a Shanghai native living in Singapore since 2000, as a shining example of a Chinese immigrant who has done her home country and adopted nation proud.
Honing her hobby in photography to perfection, and over 3000 photographs later, she produced a lovely coffee table book as a tribute to her eventful stay in Singapore. The book launch of An Eye For Beauty: Singapore Through The Lenses of Cao Yaping was held on Sunday (2 June 2024) at the Chui Huay Lim Club, a Teochew clan society on Keng Lee Road.
This was an elaborate cultural event graced by past and present members of parliament, community leaders and arts lovers, which included an ensemble of Chinese instrumentalists, lion dance troupe and Teochew opera singing. Yaping also made a grand appearance in a shawl dance involving vertigo-inducing swirling dervishes, the intensity of which would have made her viewers dizzy. Giant cheques were made to various Singapore charities, and there were speeches by luminaries which sang praises of her achievement and philanthropy.
The accompanying photographic exhibition showcased dozens of her best photographs, which reveled in her overarching sense of composition and acute eye for detail.
A book-signing and sumptuous buffet lunch completed the morning’s proceedings. We were honoured to be involved in the production of the book, having penned a short preface and assisted in the annotations.
Here is the link to the sales page:
An Eye for Beauty: Singapore《从这里打开精彩的新加坡》Order Form (google.com)
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