The Photographer’s Green Book: Across the S.E.A. Woong Soak Teng
Poster for ‘Across The S.E.A.’. Image courtesy of Lee Chang Ming.
In this part of the world, the first time I learnt about the 'Negro Motorist Green Book' was through a film titled ‘Green Book’ released in 2018. The movie sparked a fair share of controversy in how the significance of the book, from which the film adopted its name, was reduced to a prop. It was an essential guide that offered a list of hotels, restaurants and other safe spaces for African-American travellers on their journeys through the racially segregated landscape of America. Today, with the Internet and ease of remote communication and collaboration, a different type of ‘Green Book’ has emerged for another community around the world – 'The Photographer’s Green Book' (PGB) for Southeast Asia.
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