Press/talks — Chow and Lin

Press Coverage

“The Poverty Line is a startling visual expression of the commonality of human beings via the foods they eat at the poverty line”, by Juanita Tamayo Lott, International Examiner, February 2022

“Chow and Lin, The Poverty Line”, Collector Daily, December 2021

“Seeing Poverty with Artistic Duo Chow and Lin”, by Vanessa Jencks, that’s Magazine, 22 December 2021

“What poverty looks like on your plate”, Eco-Business, October 2021

“The Poverty Line”, Photo News Germany, June 2021

“Waar ligt de armoedegrens?” Dutch Amnesty Wordt Vervolgd, June 2021

“If you believe everyone is equal, why are you so rich?” The Correspondent, May 2021

“The Ecological Footprint of Fish” IMA magazine, November 2020

“Poverty isn’t a lack of character. It’s a lack of cash”, The Correspondent, February 2020

“The Poverty Line”, Marie Claire China, November 2019

“Hunger Index: Poverty Photo Project”, Bird in Flight, by Olga Osipova, August 2019

“Food For Thought.”, the big picture section, The Big Issue Magazine, August issue 2019

“Visualising the poverty line” by Marigold Warner, British Journal of Photography, 24th July 2019

“Portfolio: Nel piatto dei più poveri” Internazionale, April 2019

“Social Studies: Artist duo Chow and Lin – Mr Stefen Chow (Engineering ’03) and Ms Lin Huiyi (Arts and Social Sciences ’03) — marry their abilities to draw attention to global issues.”, by Koh Yuen Lin, NUS ALUM issue 117, Apr – Jun 2019

“DECK Journal of Photography #01”, 9th December 2018

“Chow and Lin documents the world’s inequality of wealth using Google Earth”, It's Nice That, 13.11.2018

“LOOK: Photographer captures ‘poverty line’ in 29 countries through food.”, by Kristine Angeli Sabillo, Inquirer.net, 02.11.2016

“Singapore’s Playgrounds From Above”, by Kaushik Patowary, 30.07.2015

“The Delightfulness of Playgrounds, as seen from above”, by Coburn Dukehart, National Geographic Proof, 29.07.2015

“HKFP Lens: How much food can a Hongkonger on the poverty line buy?”, By HKFP Lens, Hong Kong Free Press, 25.11.2015

“Check out these amazing aerial photographs of Singapore’s playgrounds; and meet the man who took them using drone photography.”, by Mrigaa Sethi, SG now, 10.07.2015

“Inside the plate of low-income people”, by François Krug, Le Monde, M Le Magazine Du Monde, 03.06.2015

“Remembering childhood: ‘Play’ features 100 playgrounds in Singapore”, by Kerene Ng, Yahoo lifestyle, 26.05.2015

“The Poverty Line: A Visual Examination on what it means to be poor in Singapore.”, by Stefen Chow and Lin Hui-Yi, Social Space Magazine, Lien Foundation, Issue 6, 2013/2014

“Shopping on the poverty line — What can you eat?” by Celia Hatton, BBC News, Beijing, China, 22.03.2013

“Interview: Stefen Chow”, by Marine Cabos, Photography of China, 2013

“The Poverty Line” Photography and text by Stefen Chow, Lens Culture, 2013

“What eating at the poverty line is like around the world.”, by Kamelia Angelova, Business Insider, 26.07.2012

“Poverty lines around the world shown through photos of food.”, by Michael Zhang, Peta Pixel, 19.07.2012

“The Poverty Line, Visualised Through Food.”, by Dan Abbe, American Photo Magazine, Pop Photo, 18.07.2012

“Lobster Or Pomegranate? Food Choices On The Poverty Line”, by Coburn Dukehart, The Picture Show, National Public Radio, 11.07.2012

“Through the looking glass of poverty.”, by Cheah Ui-Hoon, The Business Times, 09.03.2012

“The Poverty Line”, by Stefen Chow and Lin Hui-Yi, Foreign Policy, 27.02.2012

“The Poverty Line in China. Stefen Chow photographs the value of food on the poverty line.”, by Peter Smith, Good Magazine, 01.02.2011

Talks

“The Poverty Line: Representations of Inequality”, London School of Economics, International Inequalities Institute, London, UK.

“The Poverty Line: a global visual art research project on poverty and food choices”, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Singapore.

“About Us”, NYU (Shanghai Campus), Shanghai, China.

“Why and How”, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule Bielefeld) , Bielefeld, Germany

“Global Tipping Points”, Parsons School of Design | The New School, New York, USA.

“Between Mountains, Hills, and Lakes”, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China

“Can Art Save the World?”, Singapore Summit Young Societal Leaders 2019, Singapore.

“WHY?” IDEO Nairobi, Kenya.

“The Poverty Line”, United Nations ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand.

"Equivalence: A panel discussion", Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore.

“#thepovertyline” Workshop, TEDxTaipei and Adasia Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.

“Food vs Poverty”, Design Dialogue, deTour 2015, PMQ, Hong Kong, China.

“Picturing Poverty”, Conference, Sciences Po, Paris, France.

BODW 2015, Hong Kong, China.

Videos

“Art meets economics in ‘The Poverty Line’ by Chow and Lin”, France24 Interview, June 2021

“First Look Asia: Equivalence Art Exhibition." Chow and Lin, Channel News Asia Interview, 26.04.2017

“The choices we see with a poverty line.” Stefen Chow, TEDxTaipei Salon, 21.04.2016

“The Poverty Line”, Stefen Chow, Photography of China, 01.12.2015

“Aerial explorations of playgrounds”, Stefen Chow, TEDxKyoto, 21.12.2015

“Les Nuits Photographiques: Interview Stefen Chow”, Produced by Joseph Johnson & Marine Cabos for Photography of China, 30.11.2015

“The Poverty Line”, Stefen Chow, TEDxKL, 11.11.2015

“100 Playgrounds: Talk by Stefen Chow.” Urban Redevelopment Authority Singapore, 29.06.2015

“Passion creates possibilities”, Stefen Chow, APEC Women Leadership Forum 2014, 16.10.2014

“Poverty in the midst of plenty – Stefen Chow", directed by Shirley Han Ying, WYNG MASTERS AWARD (WMA) 2012, 03.11.2013

“Stefen Chow: Exploring what it means to be poor through food photography.”, TED talent search, TED@shanghai, 5.07.2012

Interview with Invisible Photographer Asia, by IPA, 07.03.2011