Festival ground at Ananda Temple in Old Bagan 25/25 Limited Edition of 25 Photograph

Internationally published award-winning author, photojournalist and aerial landscape artist, David ST Loh is famous for creating iconic and captivating images with great story-telling for his clients. He has been a paragon of innovation in the media industry for over 30 years, most of which were spent at the distinguished news organization, Reuters Ltd. He has worked as a photojournalist and subsequently as an editor at the award-winning global pictures desk at Reuters. Previously based in Kuala Lumpur, London and Singapore, his images have graced many books and global newspapers, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, UK Times and others. David was a jury member for the China International Press Photo 2016 competition. He left Reuters in 2016. Returning to Malaysia after being based in Singapore for more than 20 years, David and his wife, Rebecca Lee established Elaton Asia Services and Elaton Publishing. In 2019, they published Over Penang, featuring unique and iconic aerial images across Penang. The book hit the best-seller list having sold 2,000 copies within 4 months. The book won the best book award in the Malaysia National Library Book Award 2020, under the English category. Their second book, Simply Penang was published in 2020 and showcases the vibrancy of Penang and its food. Both Over Penang and Simply Penang are now considered the best pictorial books on contemporary Penang that the Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow and various companies are using to promote the state. David is also the recipient of ‘The Most Inspiring Entrepreneur in Photography and Art’ at the prestigious SME and Entrepreneurs Business Awards (SEBA) 2022. The talent for producing iconic images, exhibitions and books by the company were recognized overseas, having been invited to Myanmar and Western Australia Tourism do produce similar projects as Over Penang. Many top developers and hotels that are looking for unique perspectives of their properties call on him to produce his magic. David and Rebecca also run a successful fine art photo gallery in George Town, Penang that house Ilford’s second print gallery in the world. He has held several successful solo exhibitions in Malaysia and Singapore.