Photojournalist & Video Producer — Singapore

Simon
Lim

20 years covering conflict, documentary and sport across Asia, the Middle East and beyond. Occasional stringer for AFP and epa. Current video correspondent for Viory News, Singapore.

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01

Conflict

Pech River Valley, Kunar Province, Afghanistan 2009 Pech River Valley, Kunar Province, Afghanistan 2009
Afghanistan 2009 Afghanistan 2009
Afghanistan 2009 Korengal Valley, Afghanistan 2009
FOB Blessing, Kunar Province, Afghanistan 2009 FOB Blessing, Kunar Province, Afghanistan 2009
Afghanistan 2009 Korengal Valley, Afghanistan 2009
Afghanistan 2009 Afghanistan 2009
Korengal Outpost, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan 2009 Korengal Outpost, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan 2009
Korengal Outpost, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan 2009 Korengal Outpost, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan 2009
Korengal Outpost, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan 2009 Korengal Outpost, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan 2009
FOB Sharana, Paktika Province, Afghanistan 2009 FOB Sharana, Paktika Province, Afghanistan 2009
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Documentary

Photo Essay — China, 2008

Cage to Coat

Every winter, northeastern China's fur farms begin their harvest season. In 2008, working alongside a journalist on assignment, I gained access to two mink operations outside Harbin — one focused on breeding and husbandry, the other a larger, fully integrated farm handling everything from breeding through to slaughter and processing. China is the world's largest fur producer. These images follow the chain from cage to coat.

Gaotai Farm exterior, Harbin Gaotai Farm, Harbin, China 2008
White mink in hay Gaotai Farm, Harbin, China 2008
Mink faces at cage wire Changchun Farm, China 2008
Gas chamber, Changchun Changchun Farm, China 2008
Pelting machine Gaotai Farm, Harbin, China 2008
Dried pelt heads Gaotai Farm, Harbin, China 2008
Fur retail, Beijing Beijing, China 2008
Escaped mink, Harbin Gaotai Farm, Harbin, China 2008

Greenpeace Commission — Inner Mongolia, China 2010

Wind Rush

In 2010, commissioned by Greenpeace East Asia, I documented the construction and operation of wind farms across Inner Mongolia — then the frontline of China's rapid push into renewable energy. Today China is the world's largest producer of wind energy, accounting for nearly half of all new global capacity added in recent years. These images capture the earliest days of that transformation, when turbines were still rising from grassland that herders had worked for generations.

Worker silhouette, turbine housing Inner Mongolia, China 2010
Workers on turbine blade Inner Mongolia, China 2010
Worker in nacelle Inner Mongolia, China 2010
Crane erecting turbine Inner Mongolia, China 2010
Shepherd and turbines Inner Mongolia, China 2010
Rainbow over wind farm Inner Mongolia, China 2010
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Portraits

Guards at Tiananmen Gate Tiananmen Gate, Beijing
Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei, Beijing 2008
Tibetan man Xinjiang, China
Woman in doorway Xinjiang, China
Man being shaved China
Man on bicycle Qingming Festival, China
04

Sports

Ball, black water, hands World Aquatics Championship, Singapore 2025
Player launching from water ESP v NED, World Aquatics 2025
Netherlands bench ESP v NED, World Aquatics 2025
Team huddle with referee World Aquatics Championship, Singapore 2025
Celebration World Aquatics Championship, Singapore 2025
New Zealand women's haka, HSBC Sevens Singapore New Zealand women's haka, HSBC SVNS Singapore
Lineout, ball in air HSBC SVNS Singapore
Diving try HSBC SVNS Singapore
Tackle, player airborne HSBC SVNS Singapore
Rugby Sevens action HSBC SVNS Singapore
Talor Gooch rain swing, LIV Golf Singapore 2023 Talor Gooch, LIV Golf Singapore 2023
Phil Mickelson rain swing Phil Mickelson, LIV Golf Singapore 2023
Cameron Smith bunker shot Cameron Smith, LIV Golf Singapore 2023
Silhouettes, Sentosa LIV Golf Singapore 2023
Talor Gooch trophy portrait Talor Gooch, Champion — LIV Golf Singapore 2023
Arnost Petracek, Men's 50m Backstroke S4 Arnost Petracek (CZE), Men's 50m Backstroke S4 — Toyota Para-Swimming, Singapore 2025
Timofei Guk, Men's 100m Breaststroke SB12 Timofei Guk (NPA) wins Men's 100m Breaststroke SB12 — Toyota Para-Swimming, Singapore 2025
Alice Tai, Xenia Palazzo, Jessica Long celebrate Women's 100m Freestyle S8 Alice Tai, Xenia Palazzo and Jessica Long celebrate Women's 100m Freestyle S8 — Toyota Para-Swimming, Singapore 2025
Gia Pergolini, Women's 100m Backstroke S13 Gia Pergolini (USA), Women's 100m Backstroke S13 — Toyota Para-Swimming, Singapore 2025
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Video

Selected video work spanning documentary commission, news and feature production across Africa and Asia.

IIED Commission · Zambia · 4:45

The Mukula Tree

Documenting the illegal logging of the mukula tree in Zambia and its impact on local communities.

Filmed & edited by Simon Lim

IIED Commission · Zambia · 6:00

Cotton Farmers

A portrait of small-scale cotton farming communities in Zambia navigating market pressures.

Filmed & edited by Simon Lim

Singapore · 4:17

Eid at Sultan Mosque

The first day of Eid al-Fitr at Sultan Mosque, Singapore's iconic landmark.

Filmed & edited by Simon Lim