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Oliver Au-Yeung | He was born in Hong Kong. First
he worked as a news and feature writer and photographer for United
Press International, later as a commercial photographer, and
finally as a senior technical officer at the Hong Kong Space
Museum, responsible for the production of video programmer on
astronomy, using photography, models, computerized animation
and synchronizing sound effects.
In the 1960s, Oliver studied
photography under the renowned photographer, Chan Shau-u.
His international salon record
is impressive. For five years from 1973-1977, he was among the
world's top 10 photographers in the monochrome print division.
The Photographic Society of America awarded him with the five-star
Exhibitor title, and the Photographic Salon Exhibitors Association
awarded him a Fellowship.
Oliver is an Associate of the
Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. He holds the honourary
exhibitor titles of the following institutions: Del Foto Club
Argentino, the Hong Kong 35mm Photography Society and the Chinese
YMCA Photographic Association of Hong Kong. Also he holds honorary
fellowship of the South East Photographic Society of Singapore
and The Chinese Photographic Society of Toronto. He is a Fellow
of the Photographic Society of Hong Kong, the Photo Club of KBC
of Vietnam, and the International Exhibition of Photography of
India, respectively. His most treasured title is the Fellowship
of the British Institute of Professional Photography, which has
been awarded to very few Hong Kong photographers.
From 1973-1987, Oliver served
the Hong Kong Photographic Salon Exhibitors Association as salon
director, salon judge and vice-president. The Association awarded
him an Honorary Fellowship.
Oliver moved to Canada in 1988.
He assisted a Chinese television station to organize a competition
of 60th century-old (1960 to 1969) Hong Kong photographs, and
was a judge of the competition. He has also served as an adviser
and judge to the Chinese Canadian Photographic Society of Toronto.
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