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Bill Tchui: Visions of Paradise |
| Section: THE ARTS / GALLERY |
| Author: Editor |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2004 |
| Size: 825 Words, 4,790 Characters |
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Either by the quality of his work or his life's story, one could say Bill Kwok Tchui is a born photographer. From his early training under his uncle's tutelage in his native Vietnam to his work as a retoucher in his family's photo studio at age fifteen, the budding photographer was always developing his technical skills and keen eye. After the fall of Saigon, he jumped at the opportunity to join the many "boat people" who escaped Vietnam in 1978. Following an eight-month stay at a refugee camp on a Malaysian island, Tchui came to the United States in 1979 and settled down in San Francisco, wh...
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...e to travel to these places but can enjoy them through my photography," Tchui says. "Some people have told me they visited the same locations I shoot, but they are not able to take pictures that do the scenery justice. My pictures help them to preserve their good memories," he notes.
Additional works by Bill Tchui can be seen at the artist's Web site at www.billtchui.com.
----The Editor
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