Photographer Jonathan Yeap usually takes shots of people and daily scenes, but for his latest project, the 28-year-old was tasked to shoot several national monuments.

'The buildings are more than twice my age,' says the Lianhe Zaobao photographer. 'It was also my first time at the monuments, and I even had to search online for their locations.'

His pictures, including those of the 186-year-old Hakka clan house Ying Fo Fui Kun in Telok Ayer Street and the 182-year-old Sri Mariamman Temple in South Bridge Road, are featured in a book published by the Preservation of Monuments Board.

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