Fellow’s Tea with Mr William Chua
Host: tFreedom

Well versed in art and painting at a tender age, William Chua has never imagined himself to be a professional photographer. But it was these skills of his that helped him progress rapidly in the World of Photography. Graduating with a degree in Banking and Finance, he spent 6 years in the corporate world before he decided to pursue his passion for travel and photography, and has not looked back since. His works are predominantly weddings, portraits, travel and wildlife photography. Whichever genre of photography he does, he brings with him the same passion and professionalism. It is this dedication of this that has won him many awards from WPPI (US), IPA (New York), MPA (London), PX3 (Paris), PDN, and the Black and White Spider Awards (US)

Other notable awards include the following:

–          top 5 International Wedding Photographer in AGWPJA (US) in 2010

–          first place in the Rangefinder Wedding contest (US) for both 2013 and 2014

–          MPA 2011 Far East Convention Grand Winner

–          PX3 Wildlife Category Gold Award winner in 2014

–          3rd placed winner for Singapore in the Sony World Awards in 2015

–          consistently been placed with the Natgeo Editor’s favourites through the years

His works have been published in various publications (including SilverKris Magazine, Asian Geographic, Geographic Magazine (UK), Lux Magazine etc) And they are also being represented by Modern Art Etc (Los Angeles, California)  for sale as Fine Art Prints. Having led Photography workshops to Morocco, Mongolia, Scandinavia, Iceland, Bhutan and Africa, and given numerous talks on photography, he hopes to be able to help photo enthusiast take their photography to the next level.

http://www.williamchua.com/blog/

https://www.instagram.com/william_chua_photography/

6th Sep 2016, 7pm – 8.30pm
Master’s Common Lounge, Tembusu College