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One person slowly nodded their head in agreement, and another gave me a rather perplexed look. This has always been the visual narrative reinforced by what we see on screen and in print across mainstream media. Asian men have long been desexualised in western media and this has been driven by the lack of representation.

Why so? Hidhir Badaruddin: When you think of the traditional masculine figure, white, physically well-built, and strong, are attributes that come to mind. I told them that I am of Indian heritage but grew up within Malay culture in Singapore.

The photo series was made during my last trip back home to Singapore. Growing up in Singapore, photographer Hidhir Badaruddin was always conscious of being different. Could you tell us a bit more about this experience? Hidhir Badaruddin: I have always been and still am on a journey of discovering my own masculinity.

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As if to be lighter-skinned, one was better. What do you think of non East Asian guys into Asian tops? Growing up there was always a preference for lighter-skinned people, even in my own family where comparisons from a very young age would be made against my cousins and I for how lighter-skinned they were.

The Asian male is usually portrayed emasculated and lacking in appeal or a voice. I hope to challenge the stereotype of the Asian male and celebrate their youth, tenderness and soul. How would you define the gap in representation? The global success of the film Crazy Rich Asians daniel davis gay, set in Singapore but predominantly featured Chinese ethnic characters, only seems to strengthen this assumption.

What are the common Western preconceptions about Asian men? so I’m British Pakistani and I’m really attracted to East Asian tops, they the only guys that I bottom for. People like me were always in the background, the supporting roles, and rarely in the forefront or the protagonist.

Photography was the medium I knew how to navigate well. Whiteness was what we have unknowingly aspired towards growing up, where we are rewarded for our performance of whiteness, this includes speaking English. It roots from the belief of white supremacy.

Do you guys see it as fetishising?. That is why I wanted to create a photo series that gay on both themes of Asian identity and masculinity, because they are both part of me. It was no surprise for me that people in Western countries would often associate the Asian identity with East Asians; the Chinese, Korean, Japanese.

Being able to tell my story and show my vision was important to me — something that I believe photography has the potential to do in this project. Because it is how the western mainstream media has commonly portrayed and categorised Asians. It has always stemmed down to how we have been portrayed.

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