About me

To Whom It May Concern:

The enclosed Curriculum Vitae will highlight my career accomplishments and

showcase my expertise to effectively communicate photographic information in

both traditional and creative formats.

My tenure at Image Factory Ltd in Hong Kong consisted of working as fashion

and portrait photographer in a studio environment as well as on

photojournalism assignments. This included interviewing Artists, Writers and

Directors. The concept of Image Factory was very much founded on a

collective working ethic, where all team members regardless of their position

were given the artistic freedom to exchange duties, according to situation or

circumstance, flexibility was implicit. Timing was essential as we contributed

to a weekly, and monthly publication and therefore no commitment to rigid

working hours. Being the only overseas employee for Image factory

contributed to my knowledge of being moderately fluent with the Cantonese

language.

In I was nominated by Epson Asia to judge and select the category

winners for Epson South East Asia photography competition, along with three

other nominated judges.

After several years of working in publishing, I took the decision and the

invitation by Tsui Hark (Director) to work on a Hong Kong film production. I

spent several months on location in China working as the stills photographer,

poster designer (that would later be displayed at Cannes Film festival), and

editing distributing materials for publicity. This led to further

collaborations with other directors including Wong Jing po's recently

completed (and as yet untitled) feature film, where I was given the

opportunity in consulting scenes, lighting and camera direction.

In the time spent in Asia I was invited by the Robert Ho foundation to instruct

and construct a photographic curriculum titled 'Through our eyes' for

schools in the Guangdong province of China. Prior to the assignment I was

trained in photographic lesson planning by Julia Winckler, senior lecturer in

Photography at the University of Brighton and the San Francisco based writer

Mimi Lok. Subsequently the foundation worked with nearly 200, 12 to 18 year old pupils using creative photography techniques. Two exhibitions featuring student work have already taken place: Through Our Eyes: My Light was exhibited in the Hong Kong Central Library. Wanchai in a Different Light, an installation of large-scale projected images on Lee Tung Street explored the students' heritage and memories and attracted over 30.000 visitors. While working in Hong Kong, I was drawn to anthropology and pursued a Masters degree at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

I would welcome the opportunity to meet and discuss how my extensive

experience and skills would be of benefit. Thank you in advance for your time

and consideration, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Benjamin Childs

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