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Tom Ang is a photographer,[1] author, traveller, and academic.
In 1979, he was a founding member of Wandsworth Photo Co-op, which grew into Photofusion, London's largest independent photography resource.[2]Template:Better source A specialist in travel and digital photography, he has photographed extensively in Central Asia. He won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for Best Illustrated Travel Book.[3] He won the HIPA Content Producer Award 2019 Hamdan International Photography Award 2019. [4] He is a Sony New Zealand digital imaging ambassador.[5]
He is the author of 35 books on photography.
Life and work
Ang was a senior lecturer in photographic practice at the University of Westminster from 1991 to 2004,[6] teaching the undergraduate photography programmes, as well as the Masters in Journalism Studies. He also created the MA Photographic Journalism course. For over 10 years, he specialized in photographing Central Asia, extensively travelling in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, with a few visits to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. He led a Know How Fund project (within the REAP (Regional Academic Partnership) scheme)[7] that helped equip a radio studio for radio students and reformed the journalism curriculum for the Kyrgyz Russian Slavonic University in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Ang is a founding member of the World Photographic Academy and helped set up the Student Focus element of the Sony World Photography Awards.[8] He juried for the Czech Press Photo in 2009,[9] the Hamdan International Photography Award[10] and Wildlife Photographer of the Year.[11]
Ang was the presenter of the BBC series "A Digital Picture of Britain", first transmitted in 2005 on BBC4. A second series, entitled "Britain in Pictures" was transmitted in 2007. He presented an 8-part TV series for Channel News Asia in Singapore, which was broadcast in August 2009 (Bronze World Medal, Educational / Instructional, New York Television and Film Awards, 2010).[12]
Books
- Photography: A Visual Companion (DK Ultimate Guides) 2023 ISBN 978-0241635087
- Photography: The Definitive Visual History (DK Definitive Cultural Histories) 2022 ISBN 978-0241515877
- Photography Judging: for photographers photojudges picture editors 2021 ISBN 978-0473559205
- Picture Editing: Discover your best images, improve your photography 2021 ISBN 978-0473559052
- Digital Photography Month by Month: Capture Inspirational Images in Every Season 2020 ISBN 978-0241437520
- Photography: History. Art. Technique, 2019 Template:ISBN
- Digital Photography Essentials, 2016 Template:ISBN
- The Complete Photographer, 2016, Template:ISBN
- Photography – the definitive visual history, 2015, Template:ISBN
- Digital Photography Masterclass, 2017, Template:ISBN
- Digital Photographer's Handbook (now in 7th edition), 2020, Template:ISBN
- How to Photograph Absolutely Everything, 2019, ISBN 978-0241363584
- Fundamentals of Photography, 2008, Template:ISBN
- Eyewitness Companion: Photography, 2005, Template:ISBN
- Picture Editing, 2000, Template:ISBN
- Tao of Photography, 2000, Template:ISBN
- Advanced Digital Photography.
- Digital Video Handbook.
Awards
- Winner, Photography Content Creator Award, Hamdan International Photography Award 2019. [4]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sharma, Parul (10 May 2009). "Jamia team does the country proud". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ [1] Photofusion site.
- ^ ". Objectifs, Singapore. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ a b [2]. HIPA. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
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- ^ "A Digital Picture of Britain – Judges". BBC. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Don's Diary". 30 June 2000.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tom Ang". Archived from the original on 2014-07-13. Retrieved 2014-05-22. World Photographic Academy members.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jury 2009". Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-05-22. CPP jury 2009
- ^ [3] HIPA Beauty of Light judges
- ^ [4] Wildlife Photographer of the Year jury members
- ^ [5]. List of Award Winners, New York Festivals Television & Film Awards, 2010.
External links
- Official website
- "How to take good photos: Tom Ang presents top tips on how to get the most out of your digital camera". BBC, 2007.
- artmatc4U Tom Ang page
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