23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Monochrome Streets: Singapore Urban Scene

This photograph captures a quiet urban corner in Singapore, near the Chinatown and HDB housing areas. The black-and-white treatment emphasizes geometry, contrast, and textures, highlighting architectural details, street patterns, and subtle human presence. By framing the scene in monochrome, the image evokes a timeless sense of urban life, allowing viewers to focus on shapes, lines, and compositional rhythm rather than color, and appreciating the interplay between built environment and daily movement.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Singapore, Singapore
Camera: NIKON Z 30
Copyright: © Nanncie Zhu