long distance family portraits, courtesy of skype. | via murketing

in singapore, it is a common practice for entire families to gather on special occasions for a formal picture, often at a studio, with the resulting image framed and prominently displayed at home. the growing tendency of younger family members to take jobs abroad, however, has left many modern portraits missing a relation or two. so the singaporean photographer john clang devised a solution, piggybacking on the video-calling technology that already helps ease the dislocation of separated family members: skype. - kottke