Shawna Yang Ryan

Shawna Yang Ryan

Shawna Yang Ryan is a talented hapa Taiwanese American writer whose debut novel, Water Ghosts, was just released on Thursday. This week, I met up with Shawna for a late-afternoon shoot on the UC Berkeley campus. Read the spotlight article we just posted on TaiwaneseAmerican.org and visit Shawna’s website at shawnayangryan.com to learn more. Last,…

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Henry Chu

I seem to have let myself get backlogged with all my daily adventures! These images are from last week when actor Henry Chu came up from Los Angeles to do a second photo shoot with me. I met Henry over Thanksgiving dinner at Jon Lee’s; Henry’s one of the killers in Formosa Betrayed– Taiwanese American…

Ho Chie

ho chie tsai. regular everyday superhero, taiwanese american celebrity. he founded taiwaneseamerican.org; knows pretty much every taiwanese person on the face of this planet; oh, and being a doctor at three different sites is just his day job. lucky for me, i’ve known him since i was 10, a brand new camper at TAF. in…

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Henry

police officer, gang member, hip college student, slacker, intern… i can’t guarantee any of the photos will be usable headshots as intended. but it was a really fun 3 hours! there were close to 400 images, so these are just some of my initial picks: Check him out at www.henrymchu.com

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Paola

happy new year! and what better way to begin 2009 than with one last shoot in cincinnati before i head back to california. paola’s a soprano about to finish her master’s. i had a great time with her in a very empty ccm.

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Caroline Part Three

it was a beautifully sunny day in columbus– except i had forgotten what windy 3° weather actually feels like. but not to worry, i finally got to meet and work with caroline in person. we stayed warm and took over weigel hall at ohio state. here’s a bit of what we came up with.