Nguan was born and raised in Singapore. His photographs contemplate big city yearning, ordinary fantasies and emotional globalisation.
Monographs
Shibuya (2010)
How Loneliness Goes (2013)
Singapore (2017)
All the Dreamers (2025)
Press
Artforum
ArtReview
Bloomberg
British Journal of Photography
“Photographing daily life is the purest challenge for a photographer”
The Business Times
‘I like to be lonely - in fact, I love it’
Channel News Asia
Instagram and beyond: Why Singaporean photographer Nguan’s images click
CNN
Cultured
Daily Mail
Dazed
Capturing Singapore’s unassuming sex industry
Domus
Editorial Magazine
Fast Company
A Peek At The Unassuming Brothels Of Singapore
Hyperallergic
Photographer Nguan Talks about the Myths and Realities of Singapore
Ignant
The Darker Reason Behind Nguan’s Photographic Yearning
It’s Nice That
A rare interview with enigmatic and cherished photographer, Nguan
LUXUO
Home Truly: Interview with Singaporean photographer Nguan
Matca
Michigan Quarterly Review
Somewhere Unanticipated: An Interview with Nguan
Musée Magazine
The Pastels of Nguan's Singapore
The New Yorker
The Year in New Yorker Instagrams
The New York Times Magazine
Popular Photography
New Books: Singapore in the Softest Light
Ravelin
RICE
How Loneliness Goes: Nguan’s Singapore
Slate
The Quirky and Gritty Side of Los Angeles
The Straits Times
9 questions with Singaporean photographer Nguan who took over New Yorker Photo Instagram