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#PhotogFeature: On film photography and its recent revival

#PhotogFeature will appear on Cold Tea Collective every other Friday, putting a focus on Asian photographers from around the world who inspire us. As fellow Asian creatives, we want to showcase our favourite photographers, artists, cinematographers, and those in the creative space. This week’s feature is on photography using

#PhotogFeature: On film photography and its recent revival

#PhotogFeature will appear on Cold Tea Collective every other Friday, putting a focus on Asian photographers from around the world who inspire us. As fellow Asian creatives, we want to showcase our favourite photographers, artists, cinematographers, and those in the creative space.

This week’s feature is on photography using film — an art that has recently been back in the limelight. And for younger fans of Stranger Things, welcome to the world of dark rooms.

If you know a creative photographer you feel should be featured, reach out to us at info@coldteacollective.com

Phoebe Wong – @pho.oebe

Since moving to Vancouver from Hong Kong five years ago, Wong’s work runs the gamut from fashion, portraiture, architecture, street, to fine art photography.  

“I mostly focus on how lighting, shadows, and composition can create stories and emotions,” she said.

Photo credit: Phoebe Wong
Photo credit: Phoebe Wong
Photo credit: Phoebe Wong

Nirav Patel – @niravphotography

“Creating imagery is the only way I’ve ever known how to share my story with others,” Patel wrote on his website.

Specializing in fine art portraits, the San Francisco-based photographer’s work invokes a heavy sense of nostalgia through the use of immaculate lighting and composition.

Photo credit: Nirav Patel
Photo credit: Nirav Patel
Photo credit: Nirav Patel

Johnny Yi – @stronaut

“The medium is the message.” Yi’s feed is life through the eye of the Taipei photographer, done in analogue.

Photo credit: Johnny Yi
Photo credit: Johnny Yi
Photo credit: Johnny Yi
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Jasper Lau is a first generation Hong Kong immigrant to Canada and Asian millennial. He is a musician, photographer and occasional writer. He is fluent in dodgeball, as well as a whole lot of puns.