Li Gallery - Beijing

What an irony to discover in Beijing Subconscious, the exhibition of Singaporean photographer Betty Goh, just a few days after leaving Singapore.

I didn’t know her work before, but this exhibition alone would have justified the trip.

Li Gallery

Betty Goh does everything I love in photography, and everything I would love to exhibit.

Her images breathe spontaneity, life, sincerity. She shoots un-posed and un-staged, single exposure, with that free and attentive eye that captures beauty before it dissolves.

I had the chance to meet her, as well as the gallery owner, with whom she shares a genuine connection. Their combined energy was reflected in the presentation: a lively, fluid scenography where the images unfold like a continuous motion, almost a breath. This cascading display of photographies amplified the sense of movement and freedom that runs through her art

Subconscious, Betty Goh

Betty is like her photographs: full of communicative energy, warm, and vivid. Her conversation is lively, punctuated with laughter, yet always thoughtful. What she captures is not just the city, but its pulse: that blend of speed, light, and sometimes silence. Her images capture movement, the density of urban life, the passage of time.

Walking in Solitude, Betty Goh

Even in the quiet presence of a solitary figure or the glow of a street at night, you can feel the tenderness in her gaze, the  desire to understand and to love.