TTFGA aka Ridduan Ismail

Tonight, TTON’s range of guests just got bumped to another level. We had the famous Kelantanese street-fashion photographer; Ridduan Ismail! Or better known as Tukang Tangkap Foto Gembira Anda (TTFGA).

 

Ridduan was born and raised in Kota Bharu. He went off to study Advertising and Design in a community college in Malacca. The course introduced him to multimedia, photography and photoshop. Soon after he graduated, he was doing wedding photography until he met local fashion photographer Bibio Aswan. After seeing his work, he knew where TTFGA needed to go.

 

As for international inspiration, he looks up to Juegan Teller, Terry Richardson and Steven Klein. Notes Juegan as his favourite due to his raw photography style. TTFGA notes that he likes watching MTV music videos just to see what the artists would wear.

 

Earlier this year while on a trip back to Kelantan, he was caught by the flash floods. He turned to his photography to document the turmoil of what Kelantan was going through. After posting it up on his Instagram,  his photos got traction and were highlighted by mainstream media soon after.

 

Recently he shot a campaign for Super Sunday titled THE SUPER SUNDAY / SOVL 2015 BY TTFGA and last week he covered the 2015 KL Fashion Week.

 

For the record, TTFGA scored 10!

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