Knots of Time: Marriage Then and Now by Leong Ka Tai
DATE
15 JAN to 1 FEB 2026
VENUE
National Library Building (Plaza)
100 Victoria St, 188064
ADMISSION
Free
About
Between the photographer and the moment captured lies an unseen thread — the breath before the shutter, the quiet that follows, and the unspoken exchange between gaze and lens. Within these intervals reside stories the photograph cannot fully reveal.
In Knots of Time: Marriage Then and Now, veteran photographer Leong Ka Tai contemplates what draws two lives together and sustains them through time. Each portrait becomes a conversation about love and companionship — about promises made, and the tender resilience that transcends race, culture, and circumstance.
Presented here are 41 portraits and their stories — of public figures and of everyday individuals alike. Through Leong’s attentive eye, their faces and words speak of the invisible knots that hold us — of time passing, yet love enduring.
In Knots of Time: Marriage Then and Now, veteran photographer Leong Ka Tai contemplates what draws two lives together and sustains them through time. Each portrait becomes a conversation about love and companionship — about promises made, and the tender resilience that transcends race, culture, and circumstance.
Presented here are 41 portraits and their stories — of public figures and of everyday individuals alike. Through Leong’s attentive eye, their faces and words speak of the invisible knots that hold us — of time passing, yet love enduring.
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Alan & Laurindo
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Mr & Mrs Tang
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Suhaimi and Khadeejah
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Chance and Michelle
Featuring
Leong Ka Tai
Artist
Leong Ka Tai has been a professional photographer for over 40 years. He studied engineering in the USA and worked in England, but found his vocation as photographer in Paris.
He set up his studio in 1976 and subsequently combined photography with extensive travel, especially in China. Since then his photographs have been exhibited in America, Europe, and New Zealand. They have been published in numerous magazines, notably National Geographic and
GEO. He has won local and international awards. He has published 12 photo books of his personal work, and 11 more in collaboration with other photographers.
He is a founding member and the chairman of the Hong Kong Institute of Professional Photographers (1992-4), and a founding member and chairman of the Hong Kong Photographic Culture Association, organising the first Hong Kong Photo Festival 2010 and Hong Kong International Photo Festival 2012.
He has been fascinated by Singapore since 1984 and naturalised as a citizen in 1995. He looks forward to contributing to the culture of his country.
He set up his studio in 1976 and subsequently combined photography with extensive travel, especially in China. Since then his photographs have been exhibited in America, Europe, and New Zealand. They have been published in numerous magazines, notably National Geographic and
GEO. He has won local and international awards. He has published 12 photo books of his personal work, and 11 more in collaboration with other photographers.
He is a founding member and the chairman of the Hong Kong Institute of Professional Photographers (1992-4), and a founding member and chairman of the Hong Kong Photographic Culture Association, organising the first Hong Kong Photo Festival 2010 and Hong Kong International Photo Festival 2012.
He has been fascinated by Singapore since 1984 and naturalised as a citizen in 1995. He looks forward to contributing to the culture of his country.
