Form / Light / Material
Viknesh Kumar
Year 4 · Design & Media · Singapore Studio photographer and set designer. I build small worlds out of cardboard, then light them like they're real.
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Selected work
Rooms After Leaving
How do you photograph absence? I wanted to show the feeling of a room right after someone has moved out, without showing the person.
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Slide 1 of 3: Rooms After Leaving
Experience
Studio Assistant
Hollow Studio (commercial photography)
- Assisted on 30+ product and food shoots: rigging, styling, tethered capture.
- Built the studio's backdrop storage system, which saves about 20 minutes per shoot.
Freelance Photographer
Self-employed
- Product and food photography for 6 small local businesses.
- Handle quotes, shot lists, licensing and invoices myself.
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Set build
Greyboard walls, a balsa skirting board, and too much glue.
Slide 1 of 4: Set build
About
I started with model kits as a kid and never really stopped building small things. Photography came later, as a way to show the models off, and it turned into the main event.
My work sits between set design and still life. I like slow, controlled images where every object was placed on purpose. Most of my time goes into building and lighting; pressing the shutter is the shortest part.
I'm quiet on set and loud about lighting diagrams. I'm hoping to work in a studio that does both editorial and commercial still life after graduating.
Education & community
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design & Media, Year 4, Singapore.
Photography major with a set-design focus. Modules: Studio Lighting, Still Life, Spatial Design, History of Photography, Professional Practice.
Student technician in the photo studio for two years: I run equipment loans and induct first-years on the strobe kit.
Kind words
Arrives with a lighting diagram, leaves the studio tidier than it was. Rare on both counts.
Senior photographer, Hollow Studio
Skills
- Photography
- Studio lighting
- Tethered capture
- Capture One
- Medium format
- Making
- Miniature sets
- Prop styling
- Food styling basics
- Model making
- Business
- Quotes & licensing
- Shot lists
- Client briefs
Recent updates
28 Aug 2026
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