Recent Work

MUST Doctor Portraits

A recurring assignment this year has been a series of portraits at the Macau University of Science and Technology hospital for MacauINC magazine. The hospital is marketing itself as something of a destination medical facility for vacationing mainland Chinese patients; in the magazine, the doctors at the facility are introduced to those potential patients through a series of stories about their individual practices.

Changsha Travel Story for Air Macau Magazine

Air Macau Magazine asked me to take a ride up to Changsha a couple months ago to photograph a travel feature about the city. Although Changsha is around 700 km north of Guangzhou, the high-speed train network here has made that distance seem significantly shorter; a trip up to the Hunan province city clocks in at around two and a half hours.

Francis Lui Portraits for Macau Inc. Magazine

Macau Inc. magazine asked me to photograph gaming billionaire Francis Lui at the Galaxy Macau hotel/casino complex a few months ago. I often shoot assignments at Galaxy both for the resort and outside outlets; I have literally spent weeks there filming property videos for two of the sub-properties as well as the main resort and have since returned frequently for Galaxy Magazine assignments.

That level of familiarity can make finding good portrait locations difficult; I have either shot imagery in most visually-relevant parts of the property or had abundant exposure to work other people have produced in those areas. The place is also crawling with people, signage and other obstacles (like the Macau government prohibitions on photography on the actual casino floor).

The Sky Casino, where I photographed Mr. Lui, is as close as I've come to an ideal business portrait location at the property.

The exclusive club of sorts resides on an upper floor reserved for gaming high rollers. Even though the areas where I was allowed to shoot lack any obvious gaming paraphernalia, the place still screams casino. Nearly all surfaces are carpeted in polished rock, swaddled in gaudy bangles or sprouting some ornate bauble. The reception counter even features things that somewhat resemble Oscar statues perched below windows patterned to resemble erect peacock plumage.

Canton Fair and New Construction in Guangzhou

A few images from an assignment at the Canton Fair and around a neighboring construction site in Pazhou, Guangzhou.

Guangzhou Architectural Photography for Air Macau Magazine

The Air Macau in-flight magazine commissioned a few photos of prominent Tianhe-district architecture for the June-July issue of their magazine. A number of interesting structures have popped up in Guangzhou's new central business district in recent years, including Zaha Hadid's curvy Guangzhou Opera House and the Canton Tower.

Zen and the Art of Street Photography - an interview with Kale Taylor

Zen and the Art of Street Photography - a chat with Kale Taylor from Forbes Conrad.

Street photographer Kale Taylor was kind enough to take some time out in Guangzhou to sit down for a quick interview of sorts. Kale works primarily with medium format film, which has become a fairly exotic medium in recent years.

Editorial Portraits for Galaxy Magazine, Macau

Galaxy Magazine asked me to make a few portraits of personalities associated with the new China Rouge nightclub in Macau earlier this year. I spent over a week helping film a series of promotional videos at China Rouge around the same time, so I think I may now know my way around the venue (which is a difficult thing to accomplish; much of the club interior is coated in either black paint or mirrors).

Food Photography for Cafe Deco Macau - New Menu Items

Cafe Deco is one of those clients who just keep coming back for more images. I've worked with three general managers at the Macau restaurant over the years photographing food and portraits. The brief is always fairly simple: make it look cool.

The restaurant's marketing materials are thoroughly covered in my images now; from banners, signs, and advertisements to the menu and lunchtime place mats. It's always gratifying to see work put to use like that.

The Pan-seared foie gras above and other images here are from an assignment earlier this year photographing new menu items.

Slow Bake at the Hongyuan Sauna Furniture Factory - Industrial Photos in Panyu

A walk through the Hongyuan Furniture Company factory in Panyu, Guangzhou, for the New York Times.