MAHJONG
PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE
BIOGRAPHY
WONG KAN-TAI
Wong Kan-tai embarked on his career in journalism in 1977. He is a seasoned documentary photographer with many years of experience as a photojournalist. He graduated from Tokyo Polytechnic University with Diploma in Photography in 1986.He stayed in London from 1999 to 2005 and published photography journal Mahjong with Karl Chiu Ka-wing, Dustin Shum Wan-yat, Vincent Yu Wai-kin and Paul Yeung Tak-ming in 2009. He now lives in Macau and works as a freelance photographer. Wong’s favorite subjects are people and the environment through which he always figures out the conflict between human civilization and nature. Publications released to date are Tiananmen ’89 (1990), Land Reclaim from the Sea (1997), Beijing Story (1999), Millennium Faces : Chinese Older People in the United Kingdom, a Collection of Black & White Photographs (2002), Hong Kong Photographer: Wong Kan-tai (2005) and Hong Kong Walled City, 2002-2007 (2007). His works are collected by the Hong Kong Heritage Museum.
KARL CHIU
Karl Chiu received his Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology in Taiwan. In 1988, he continued his studies with a major in Photography in San Francisco, where he worked as a photojournalist. After returning to Hong Kong in 1993, he became a full-time photojournalist and joined United Daily News, Apple Daily and Time Magazine successively. Since 1997, Chiu has been a freelance photographer. He co-founded the photographic studio GF6 with Wong Kan-tai in 1998. Chiu’s major exhibitions to date are “Anomie: A Photography Exhibition of Karl Chiu” (1997), “Beijing Story” (1999), “Blue Survivor: An Exhibition of Photographic Work by Karl Chiu” (2000) and “Burdening Representations – Historical Memory of China from Hong Kong” (2009). Recording everyday anecdotes and social events with blurring black-and-white images, Chiu’s works are full of personal charisma. His works are collected by the National Library of France (Department of Printing and Photography) and Hong Kong Heritage Museum.
VINCENT YU
Vincent Yu has been a photographer with the Associated Press in Hong Kong for 20 years. He has covered major local and international stories including the 2008 Olympic Games, the Asian Tsunami disaster as well as numerous important news events in the Asia Pacific region.Many of his photos have been recognised with awards from the Hong Kong Press Photographers Association. He was a recipient of the U.S. National Headliner Awards in 2004. His works have also been shown in exhibitions in Hong Kong, mainland China, Hawaii, and Berlin. He has acted as a guest lecturer on photojournalism at the University of Hong Kong.
DUSTIN SHUM
Dustin Shum graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Photographic Design. Having been a photojournalist for more than ten years, he now works as a freelance photographer. His works focus on humanistic concern and identity related to the handover of Hong Kong. He has been awarded many honours for outstanding documentary photography over the years, including awards by the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong (2003, 2005, 2007); the Hong Kong Press Photographers Association (2003, 2007) and Amnesty International (1996, 2001, 2003). In 2008, he won the Bronze Award of Best in Photojournalism (Sports) from IFRA Asia Media Awards. Solo exhibitions held include “Alias: Xianggang” (2003) and “Photogenic Olympians” (2009). Shum has published several catalogues including Live Alone a Life: People with Mental Illness (2007) and Themeless Parks: Photographs by Dustin Shum (2008). His works are collected by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum and private collectors.
PAUL YEUNG
Paul Yeung (b.1978, Hong Kong) graduated from MA in Image and Communication (Photography) at Goldsmiths College, London in 2011. Yeung embarked on his profession in photojournalism for 10 years after graduated from BA of Journalism and Communication in Hong Kong 2000. He had received numerous awards presented by The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Press Photographers Association. He was selected as one of the Fourteen “Hong Kong New Generation Photographers” at the Hong Kong Photography Festival 2010. He participated in “Count to 12”, a part of “The Road to 2012” project commissioned by and exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery, London (2011). Yeung opened his first solo photography exhibition “The Flower Show” (2012) at Blindspot Gallery in 2012. His works also exhibited in IC Show, MA Degree Show in Goldsmiths College (2011), "7 Fei: Not accord with the exhibition" Photography Exhibition (2010), "North" Photography Exhibition in Upper Station Gallery (2010) and Imaging Hong Kong Contemporary Photography Exhibition (2008).
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