Britain-based Dr Byron Mohammad Hamzah captures his strong family ties and scenes of Malaysian life through two documentary photography projects.
Dr Byron's documentary photography project 'Yang Tinggal Hanya Kita' has been selected as a finalist in London's 2023 Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize award. Photos: Dr Byron Mohammad HamzahYang Tinggal Hanya Kita
'It’s also great that I get to represent Malaysia, my culture and my home at the world stage,' says Dr Byron.Last year, the medical practitioner with Britain's National Health Service came up with two documentary photography projects – – which were driven by his desire to explore the depths of familial bonds and reconnect with his homeland respectively.
Dr Byron's photo of Rehan, a healthcare worker in Britain during the height of the pandemic, earned him a prize in the British Journal of Photography's 'Portrait of Britain 2020' competition.Yang Tinggal Hanya Kita "When it came to my mother, I was particularly keen to examine her relationship with her faith as a Muslim convert and how it has become such an integral aspect of her life after my father's demise. I was also intrigued to explore her relationship with my nephews and her grandchildren.
Next month, he will also start his Masters in Documentary Photography and Photojournalism at the University of the Arts in London. He intends to exhibit photos fromDr Byron's nephews, Adam and Imran are featured in his documentary photography project. 'Salam Malaya' is an on-going project where Dr Byron intends to travel across the country to photograph Malaysians he meets along the way."When you have been living away in a foreign country for so long, the string that links you to your past becomes fragile over time to the point that you risk losing your sense of identity. Sometimes I have to remind myself that I am still an immigrant in a foreign land.
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