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His work has been published in numerous international photography books and magazines, including the front cover of Swiss AVA travel photography book and a three-page spread in Digital Photographer June 2005 issue. His work on shooting better portraits was published in the February 2007 issue of PhotoVideoi.

Alec is a Photo.Net patron member (one of the largest internet website for photographer’s images. He travels frequently on assignments, and has participated in many workshops with world-renowned photographers like Mike Yamashita.

Alec has also been an honorary judge to various photographic competitions organised/sponsored by Photovideoi, Canon, Lexar, NEC, Lowepro, ColorVision and Cathay Photo in Singapore. His images are also stocked in image banks and he is endorsed as a Hasselblad professional photographer.

Hailing from a performing arts background, André has been involved in the graphic arts industry since the early stages of the desk top publishing revolution in the late 1980s. He owned a color reproduction house in Australia providing typesetting, drum scanning, color retouching, publishing and color reproduction for the graphic arts industry to customers such as art directors, photographers and advertising agencies.

With over 18 years of experience in the field, André has been actively involved in the industry as a public speaker for companies such as Hewlett-Packard; as an educator in Color Science and Color Management; and as a Color Scientist providing professional color and consulting services to the graphic arts and pre-press communities.

Andy Wee is one of the leading and most sought-after fine-art exotic car photographers in Singapore.

Over the years, he has been entrusted by car companies, distributors, and fanatic car owners to conjure his visual masterpieces that depict cars as expensive and powerful art forms. The list of torque `titans´ is impressive, including the Pagani Zonda, McLaren F1, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Aston Martin, BMW M3, M5 and M6, Mercedes SLK55, etc.

His eye-catching images have been featured exclusively in Nikon Discovery website, BMW Motorsport in the UK, PhotoVideoi, and Goldarths Review, among others.

Since young, Andy’s passion and calling has always been driven by the two "C"s – cameras and cars. Drifting, swirling and warp-speed action shots are his forte. If a picture paints a thousand words, Andy’s exotic car images are mini-epics.

Barrie has been working in the online world for over seven years and at the moment he is the Regional Product Manager for Windows Live in Southeast Asia.

Bob is a photojournalist with a keen interest in people and an acute sense for all things unusual; his appreciation of the ordinary and his striking sense of empathy have enabled him to transform images of everyday life into insightful photographs. This trait – honed over seven years as a news photographer with two of Singapore’s Chinese dailies, Lianhe Zaobao and My Paper – is apparent in his work.

His work was picked as the top Jurors' Choice in the recent Singapore Art Awards 2005. During the "ClickArt: World Photojournalists Meet" held in Singapore in 2003, he beat over 200 top photojournalists from 32 countries to clinch the top award in the "Behind the Scenes" category.

Bob's lens has illuminated numerous social issues that deserve our attention. In his most recent social documentary photographic exhibition "One-Room Flat" held in December 2004, he offered an intimate look at the grim living conditions of the elderly poor, reminding Singaporeans of this forgotten group of people living right in our midst.

In 2003, he trained his lens on two lesser-known communities in Singapore and produced a fascinating insight into the close-knit communities of the Sikhs and Jews.That was his first solo exhibition, entitled "Have a Little Faith". It was sponsored by the Central Singapore Community Development Council and exhibited in the Singapore History Museum .

He has since compiled selected works from the above mentioned exhibitions and published two photography books.

Bryan Peterson has been a successful commercial photographer for over 30 years, shooting annual reports, corporate brochures and advertising campaigns. His clients include American Express, Kodak, UPS, Philips and Citibank. His trademark use of color and strong graphic style of composition has garnered many photographic awards including having his work featured in the Communication Arts Photography Annual seven times, Print Magazine four times, and being awarded the prestigious New York Art Directors Gold Award.

Bryan is a contributing editor at Popular Photography Magazine and has been teaching photography for over 20 years. He has also authored four best-selling books on photography: Understanding Exposure, Understanding Digital, Learning to See Creatively, and Beyond Portraits.

In addition to his boundless enthusiasm, Bryan brings a unique teaching style to every workshop with his numerous “good/bad, before/after examples” that will guarantee a creative and fun-filled experience by all photographers while elevating them to new photographic heights that they had only dreamed of reaching prior to attending his workshops.

As a Singapore-based lighting cameraman and editor with over 15 years’ experience, Chris has worked on a broad range of genres such as news/features, light entertainment, reality shows, sport, music/performance, corporates, ads/promos, and documentaries. Most recently Chris has worked on The Amazing Race Asia for AXN, shot news features for CNBC’s Responsible Business series, and filmed and edited the Mekong Source Expedition video for the China Exploration and Research Society.

In recent years, Chris has moved gradually into wildlife and conservation film making, as reflected in his involvement as a founder member of Filmmakers for Conservation (FFC). In 2002 he set up Wildlife Asia Ltd in Singapore, with the objective of developing wildlife documentary filmmaking in Asia and bringing the conservation and environmental message to Asia. Wildlife Asia achieves these objectives through a series of international events such as the Wildlife Asia Film Festival, Asia’s premier wildlife and environmental film festival.

Chris also has a wealth of experience in editing on non-linear suites like Premiere, Avid Media Composer, and Final Cut Pro.

Chris has been involved in television and film production for over 18 years. He started his career working during school holidays learning the ropes of a clapper loader and focus puller on commercials shot on 35mm film.

After his first full-time job with John Smallman Productions (JSP), Chris turned his attention to film school at Swinburn School of Film in 1990. Upon completion of his course, he joined Ten Network news team in Melbourne as a camera assistant.

Two years later, Chris joined GTV Nine as a member of the camera department. There, he worked on a variety of award-winning shows including Nine news, A Current Affair, Wide World of Sport, Better Homes and Gardens, and Business Week.

With the Asian Professional Golf Association (APGA), Chris found his calling as cameraman and a year later as associate producer. During his tenure with APGA, he also worked on assignments such as special feature shoots with Football Asia, the Asia Sport show and the European Golf Tour.

After seven years with the APGA and over 300 golf tournaments, Chris made his new home in Singapore and turned his hand to freelance camera work. Since 2003, he has worked for ESPN Star, Disney, Sportsbrand, Michelin, World Sport Group, TWI, Reuters, Associated Press, Omega, Black Dog TV, MTV, CNBC and a host of other corporate clients.

Chris has been teaching photography, digital workflow and image archiving for several institutions in Singapore, including the National Archives, Objectifs and Nanyang Technological University, apart from other countries in the region.

He has staged several exhibitions for private collectors as well as public group and solo exhibitions. He has also judged for the Nikon Photography Contest in Tokyo, the Noise Festival in Singapore, and was also part of the inaugural Singapore Biennale, among others.

Besides his fine art endeavors, Chris has many varied projects that include work for Fashion, W!ld Rice’s Second Link and Landmarks – Asian Boys Volume 2, the Ministry of Education, Epson, etc. He has also been invited to exhibit at the Angkor Photo Festival in September 2007 in Cambodia.

As a Master Printmaker, he has produced fine art prints that have been exhibited during the Month of Photography 2004, the SARS exhibition at the Singapore History Museum, Chobi Mela (Asia’s biggest photo festival), The Hasselblad Master show in Indonesia and Singapore and other photography shows around the world.

Chris is also representing Epson Singapore as Epson’s Master Printmaker to conduct and educate digital printing techniques in workshops and seminars throughout the region.

Darwis was brought up in a cultural environment in a traditional Javanese manner and, at an early age, became interested in painting. He particularly admired Rembrandt and his talent for using light, and bought many photo books and took in a long line of seminars.By 1981, he embarked on his own professional photographic career.

Darwis specializes in fashion photography.The most prominent models are within easy reach as his wife runs a model agency. He also often uses natural scenery in his work.

Besides supplying photographs for magazines, posters, company brochures and advertising campaigns, Darwis has taken part in a number of exhibitions and received many distinctions.

Darwis has produced two books, Kembang Setaman, a large coffee table edition, as well as Secret Lighting, a book about lighting techniques.