Sim Chi Yin A mound of sand protected by a fence on a construction site along the coast in Singapore. Sand is a precious commodity which the Singapore government keeps strategic reserves of. Having flattened i
(...) ts hills for sand in the 1980s, the wealthy island nation-state has bought sand from neighboring countries in huge quantities over the years, leading to some slapping export bans. Over the past 200 years, Singapore's land area has increased by 25 percent. Singapore. 2017. From "Shifting Sands", 2017— on-going. © Sim Chi Yin | Magnum Photos
