Vignes Balasingam has been photographing his world since the age of 12, meticulously piecing his world together on strips of negatives. Professionally, Vignes Balasingam’s work is centered around his corporate clients, taking on documentary work, portraiture, essays, travel and advertising photography locally and abroad. Winner of the Golden Scarf Award at the 2009 Foundry Photo Journalism Workshop held in Manali, India, his conceptual work with the Malaysian music scene has delivered a multitude of photographs, album covers, inlays and artwork in the last two years. Portraiture and photo-essays are his passion and his essays on Thaipusam and the Kuala Lumpur underground music scene are two long-term projects of his.
2012: Flooding KL
On 7th March 2012, flash floods hit various areas in Kuala Lumpur as the city experienced one of its worst thunderstorms ever. The intense storm began in the early hours of the morning and did not cease until well after sunset, recording rainfall over 180mm in its wake. The incident, together with the closure of the SMART tunnel, created havoc by causing bumper-to-bumper traffic, damaging houses and even causing landslides which tragically resulted in the death of 13-year-old boy.