Fiona Chong 锺淑芬
@fionachong.bsky.social
she/her/hers • photographer | documentary film producer • Singapore | USA • fionachong.com • IG @fionachongphoto | Foto @fionachong | Substack @fionachong
"Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see." René
"Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see." René
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Fiona Chong 锺淑芬
@fionachong.bsky.social
· Dec 10
One of my images made it to the front page of yesterday’s PRINT edition of the Fiji Sun!
#Photography #SportsPhotography #sports #print #newspaper
“Our netball men claim Merlion Cup”
#Photography #SportsPhotography #sports #print #newspaper
“Our netball men claim Merlion Cup”
Images of American Fascism
"Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like."
#photography #photojournalism #visualstorytelling
"Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like."
#photography #photojournalism #visualstorytelling
Images of American Fascism
Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like.
readingthepictures.media
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Images of American Fascism
"Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like."
#photography #photojournalism #visualstorytelling
"Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like."
#photography #photojournalism #visualstorytelling
"True immersive journalism requires serious time commitment, dramatically increasing both physical risk and financial cost—luxuries few independent filmmakers can afford in an era of shrinking budgets and shortened attention spans."
#documentary #filmmaking #journalism
#documentary #filmmaking #journalism
Ripple Effect: Brent and Craig Renaud’s Vérité Filmmaking in Pursuit of Peace
Brent and Craig Renaud risked their lives to make vérité documentary journalism—after Brent’s death, Craig honored his life with a new film
documentary.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
"True immersive journalism requires serious time commitment, dramatically increasing both physical risk and financial cost—luxuries few independent filmmakers can afford in an era of shrinking budgets and shortened attention spans."
#documentary #filmmaking #journalism
#documentary #filmmaking #journalism
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The State Department says the US has 'no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans'.
US revokes six visas over Charlie Kirk death amid social media crackdown
The State Department says the US has 'no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans'.
bit.ly
October 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The State Department says the US has 'no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans'.
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"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark
For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.
www.theatlantic.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
1000 Words: Visual Defiance Against the Authoritarian State #photography #photojournalism
1000 Words: Visual Defiance Against the Authoritarian State
Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the crackdown on dissent has jolted photojournalism, street art, and illustration—each surging now to galvanize truth, disrupt complacency, and bear witness.
readingthepictures.media
October 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
1000 Words: Visual Defiance Against the Authoritarian State #photography #photojournalism
An Artist Of Social Conscience
Ben Shahn
open.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
"Celebrating Columbus is like having a day to celebrate Adolf Hitler because of the scientific advancements achieved by the Nazis—except Columbus killed more people. If that comparison offends you, now you know how Indigenous peoples feel about Columbus Day."
It's Indigenous Peoples' Day, Again
Less is more (meaningful).
open.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
"Celebrating Columbus is like having a day to celebrate Adolf Hitler because of the scientific advancements achieved by the Nazis—except Columbus killed more people. If that comparison offends you, now you know how Indigenous peoples feel about Columbus Day."
Documenting the Destruction of Gaza: The Power of the Aerial View
Jonathan Long
open.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The Artist and Muse Exhibition
open.substack.com/pub/artevery...
open.substack.com/pub/artevery...
The Artist and Muse Exhibition
For today’s special exhibition, I want to give a quick thanks to my friend Harry Watson for bringing this idea back to my mind in our recent conversation through the comments section here at Art Every...
open.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The Artist and Muse Exhibition
open.substack.com/pub/artevery...
open.substack.com/pub/artevery...
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Fact-check: Most of the goons in Trump's deportation army aren't even ICE agents.
Only about 13% of the personnel carrying out Trump’s deportation agenda are employed by ICE’s primary deportation unit; the rest are pulled from other jobs.
Check out the full report: tinyurl.com/yvavwh4f
Only about 13% of the personnel carrying out Trump’s deportation agenda are employed by ICE’s primary deportation unit; the rest are pulled from other jobs.
Check out the full report: tinyurl.com/yvavwh4f
October 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Fact-check: Most of the goons in Trump's deportation army aren't even ICE agents.
Only about 13% of the personnel carrying out Trump’s deportation agenda are employed by ICE’s primary deportation unit; the rest are pulled from other jobs.
Check out the full report: tinyurl.com/yvavwh4f
Only about 13% of the personnel carrying out Trump’s deportation agenda are employed by ICE’s primary deportation unit; the rest are pulled from other jobs.
Check out the full report: tinyurl.com/yvavwh4f
Very fxxed up people.
Donald Trump’s Big Gay Government
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Very fxxed up people.
"...it’s an illusion to think that the past simply leads to the present. The meanings of our lives are constantly in flux, and the internal workings of Bend, like our own lives, move back and forth as we think about things and as things change and take on new meanings. Over time, nothing stays put."
“These Pieces of Time Had to Ricochet Off Each Other”: Robb Moss Discusses ‘The Bend in the River’
In this expansive interview, Robb Moss discusses longitudinal personal filmmaking, his influence as a teacher, and The Bend in the River
www.documentary.org
September 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
"...it’s an illusion to think that the past simply leads to the present. The meanings of our lives are constantly in flux, and the internal workings of Bend, like our own lives, move back and forth as we think about things and as things change and take on new meanings. Over time, nothing stays put."
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Revisiting America’s Dark History of Internment
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Revisiting America’s Dark History of Internment
“The objective of this contract is to obtain all infrastructure, including temporary housing structures, physical plant, staffing, resources, services, and supplies necessary to house aliens in the cu...
open.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Revisiting America’s Dark History of Internment
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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August 23, 2025
August 23, 2025
“It is my Great Honor to report that the United States of America now fully owns and controls 10% of INTEL, a Great American Company that has an even more incredible future,” President Donald Trump wr...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
August 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM
August 23, 2025
Sadopopulism and the Fascist MAGA Ethos
Sadopopulism and the Fascist MAGA Ethos
Trump’s policy is to inflict pain, even upon his own voters. But why does this work, and what will stop it?
open.substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Sadopopulism and the Fascist MAGA Ethos
The Complex Emotion
The Complex Emotion
What should I do with it?
open.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The Complex Emotion