ALMOND CHU

Photographer/artist. Graduated from the Tokyo College of Photography. He sets up his own studio in 1993 and work on art and commercial projects.

He has been invited to exhibit his work in various countries such as Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, USA, Canada, Russia, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand. Besides, his work has been featured in numerous international publications.

In 1993, he was awarded Agfa Fellowship Young Photographer Award by Asian Culture Council (branch of Rockefeller Foundation). In 2004, he was invited to be one of the prominent speakers of the Internationally Literary and Aesthetic Symposium organized by Bonn University and the Art & Exhibition Hall of Deutschland, Germany. In 2005, he founded the art photography organization pH5 Photo Group which focused in promoting art photography in Hong Kong. He is also the founder of Hong Kong International Photo Festival. In 2015, he has been nominated to Prix Pictet in France, and in 2108, he has been nominated to The Shpilman International Prize of Excellence in Photography in Israel.

His works have been collected by The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia; M+ Museum, Hong Kong; Hong Kong Museum of Art; Hong Kong Heritage Museum; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou; University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong; OCT Art & Design Gallery, Shenzhen; Osage Gallery, Lee Hysan Foundation, Deutsche Bank Collections; Peninsula Hotel Hong Kong; Mandarin Oriental Hotel Taipei; Hotel LKF; New World Development Co Ltd; Cathay Pacific Airways; Agfa-Gavert (HK) Ltd and private collectors including Collection Uhoda in Belgium and William Lim Living Collection in Hong Kong.

He is represented by Yoko Uhoda Gallery in Belgium and La Galerie Paris 1839 in Hong Kong. He is also the exhibition artist of Blindspot Gallery and Osage Gallery in Hong Kong.

朱德華

攝影家／藝術家。畢業於日本東京綜合寫真專門學校藝術攝影系。1993年開設朱德華攝影工作室至今，從事藝術創作及商業企劃。

其作品曾於德國、法國、比利時、瑞士、意大利、丹麥、美國、加拿大、俄羅斯、日本、中國、香港、新加坡、新西蘭等地展出。亦被多份國際攝影刊物收錄及介紹出版。

1993年獲亞洲文化協會 (美國洛克菲勒基金分會) 頒發愛克發基金青年攝影家獎。2004年應德國波恩大學邀請出席 Art & Exhibition Hall of Deutschland 所舉辦的國際藝術研討會為主講者之一。2005年創立攝影組織pH5攝影連動，致力推動香港藝術攝影文化。他亦是香港國際攝影節創辦人之一。2015年被提名百達世界環保攝影獎及2018年被提名以色列博物館舉辦的The Shpilman International Prize of Excellence in Photography。

作品獲 俄羅斯莫斯科國立普希金造型藝術博物館、香港M+ 博物館、香港藝術館、香港文化博物館、廣東美術館、香港大學美術博物館、 深圳華．美術館、奧莎畫廊、利希慎基金會、德意志銀行、香港半島酒店、 台北文華東方酒店、蘭桂坊酒店、 新世界發展有限公司、國泰航空公司、愛克發吉華 (香港) 有限公司及私人收藏家收藏包括比利時Collection Uhoda和香港林偉而生活收藏。

他的代理畫廊包括比利時的Yoko Uhoda Gallery 和香港的La Galerie Paris 1839。他亦是香港的刺點畫廊和奧沙畫廊的展覽藝術家。