No dial tone: Photographer captures the sad demise of public phone booths

No dial tone: Photographer captures the sad demise of public phone booths

https://www.star2.com/culture/2019/06/29/photographer-exhibition-public-telephone-booths/

“Telefon ini boleh digunakan” (this phone can be used), says the sign – except not really. The phone isn’t even there.
It was not that long ago when telephone booths were not just everywhere, but a public amenity that was put to good use. Today, you would be hard-pressed to find one, much less one in working condition.
Photographer Chong Kok Choon (aka KC) knows this better than most people; he has spent the last five years taking photographs of public telephone booths around the country, in various states of disrepair and neglect.
The 44-year-old Chong’s efforts are captured in a series of photographs at The Species of Spaces, which is Suma Orientalis gallery’s pop-up exhibition at Ruang by Think City in Kuala Lumpur. The pop-up exhibition is part of the Kuala Lumpur Architecture Festival (KLAF) 2019.