Zhan Teh (b. 1986) is Malaysia born and currently based in Brisbane, Australia. Zhan is driven by his passion for social documentary photography and personal storytelling. The way he sees the world is best conveyed through the lens of a camera.
Selected documentary work of his are archived at the State Library of Queensland.
Exhibited
2025
Head On Photo Festival 2025 (group exhibition), Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2024
Viewfinders (group exhibition), Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia
2020
ICPConcerned (group exhibition), ICP - International Center of Photography, New York, USA
Awards
2025
Semi-Finalist, Portrait Awards 2025, Head On Photo Awards
Editor’s Pick, Portrait Awards 2025, LensCulture
Press and Features
2022
Photographs of West End by Zhan Teh, State Library of Queensland
2020
ICPConcerned: Global Images for Global Crisis, ICP
Essential Shopping, SilverGrain Classics
Documentary Photography and the 2020 Pandemic, SilverGrain Classics Issue #8
Collected
Photographs of West End, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
State Library's role is to collect material that documents today for tomorrow. A good example of this is a new collection of 120 colour photographs taken in 2020-2021 by photographer Zhan Teh on the streets of West End, Brisbane. They are available to future generations to be studied and to reflect upon.
Essential Shopping, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia