About Us
How We Started
Hawker Photography didn’t begin with a plan. It began the way many Singapore days do — standing in line at a hawker stall, watching someone cook the same dish they’ve cooked thousands of times before.
At first, the photographs were personal. Meals eaten often, sometimes in a hurry, sometimes alone. Photos taken without much thought of where they would end up, just a way of remembering where we had been, what we ate, and how it felt to be there at that moment.
Over time, something became clear. The food was important, but it wasn’t the whole story.
It was the early mornings when stalls were still setting up. The routines repeated every day without announcement. The quiet pride in doing one thing well. The way hawker centres changed with the time of day, breakfast regulars giving way to lunch crowds, then the slow emptying of tables by mid-afternoon.
We realised these moments weren’t being captured very often. Not because they were rare, but because they were ordinary.
“Hawker Photography grew from a desire to pay attention to those ordinary moments, to document hawker food not as a trend or attraction, but as lived culture.”
No rankings. No paid placements. No urgency to be first or loudest. Just photographs, observations, and respect for the people who show up every day to feed the city.
That’s how this began. And that’s how we hope it continues.
Our Mission
To notice what is often overlooked — the hands at work, the pauses between orders, and the everyday moments that hold meaning.
Our Vision
To preserve these moments as part of a shared memory of hawker life in Singapore.
This Is Us
Liora Chow
Liora prefers the quieter hours of the hawker centre just before the first rush, or after the crowd begins to thin. Trained in visual arts but drawn away from formal spaces, she now works between photography and writing, documenting moments that pass without notice.
Dylan Wong
Dylan has a background in kitchen work, which is why he stands closer to the stall than most. He photographs with intention, often revisiting the same process multiple times to understand it fully before putting it into words.
Hawker Photography Team - The Archivist
The team is made up of individuals who move across different hawker centres, each returning to familiar locations over time. Their process is consistent: photograph, note, return. Over time, their work forms a growing record of everyday hawker life.