David Tan: “Collaboration. Trust. Friendship. Models have also flown in from other countries just to shoot the Tainted Perfection series with me or to do testshoots at their own expense”

I was born in Singapore, but lived in Australia and the USA for almost ten years. I started photography when I was at the university in Melbourne, shooting mainly sports for the college yearbook. It is important to already ‘see’ the image of your mind on sports photography as you need to anticipate and capture the moment. There is no second chance! I also attended law school at Harvard, and I am now a full-...