Portrait Mode is a photo essay series of Singapore and all the people and things in it, seen through the lenses of our young photographers at Mothership.

This week, we attended the Progress Singapore Party's (PSP) launch event held at Hotel Swissôtel Merchant Court. Held on August 3, 2019, the party launch saw a total of an estimated 1,000 people in full-house attendance over two sessions.

Here's what we saw:

Read our coverage of the day's proceedings here:

Top photo collage by Andrew Koay