| VINCENT YU 余偉建 |
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| 1964 |
Born in Hong Kong |
| 1984-85 |
Studied in Kwun Tong Vocational Training School |
| 1987-89 |
Studied in Hong Kong Polytechnic Evening Course |
| 1985 |
Darkroom technician in Ching Pao |
| 1985-89 |
Photographer in Hong Kong Standard |
| 1989-93 |
Photographer in Associated Press |
| 1993-94 |
Photo Editor in M. Photo |
| 1995-PRESENT |
Photographer in Associated Press |
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| EDUCATION |
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| 1985- 1986 |
Vocational training in photography, Kwun Tong Vocational Training Centre |
| 1989 |
Higher Certificate in Applied Photography, Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
| 1989 - |
Senior Photographer, The Associated Press |
| 2011-2012 |
Advisor, Hong Kong Press Photographers Association |
| 2010-2012 |
Founder, The Upper Station photo gallery |
| 2006 |
Chairman, Hong Kong Press Photographers Association |
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| MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS |
| 2012 |
North Korea |
| 2012 |
China Communist Party 18th Party Congress, Beijing |
| 2011 |
Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster |
| 2010 |
Pakistan floods |
| 2010 |
Thailand political crisis and Red shirt protest |
| 2005 |
Tsunami, Phuket, Thailand |
| 2005 |
WTO ministerial conference and protests, Hong Kong |
| 2005 |
Anti-Arroyo protests, Manila |
| 2004 |
Olympic Games, Athens |
| 2003 |
SARS outbreak, Hong Kong |
| 2002 |
FIFA World Cup, Seoul |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
| 2010 |
“The Vanishing Coastline” The Upper Station Photo Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2007 |
“Our Home, Shek Kip Mei” Shek Kip Mei Estate, Hong Kong |
| 2007 |
“Cosplay” The Hong Kong Art Center |
| 2007 |
“HKG”, marking the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China Pacific Place, Hong Kong |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 2012 |
“Beyond the Portrait”, Hong Kong Heritage Museum |
| 2012 |
“Luminous Harbour, Hong Kong Contemporary Photography” Tokyo |
| 2010 |
“City Flaneur - Social Documentary Photography” Hong Kong Heritage Museum |
| 2009 |
“Representations Burdening, Lumenvism, Hong Kong |
| 2007 |
“Refabricating City, The Hong Kong and Shenzhen Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, Central Police Station, Hong Kong |
| 2007 |
Made in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Musum of Art, Hong Kong |
| 2005 |
Lianzhou International Photo Exhibition, China |
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| MUSEUM COLLECTIONS |
| Hong Kong Heritage Museum |
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| BOOK |
| AKTUELL - new works by 20 photographers from Hong Kong. Published by Agfa Gallery |
| IN THE EYES OF THE PRESS Published by Hong Kong Press Photographers Association |
| ESTATE REMINISCENCE Published by Breakthrough. |
| HKG - A collection of black and white photographs documenting the effect of change in Hong Kong during the handover period Published by Vincent Yu |
| OUR HOME, SHEK KIP MEI: 1954-2006 - the documentary photo project serves as a library of collective memory in remembrance of the oldest public housing estate in Hong Kong, due to be demolished in 2007. Publised by MCCM creations |
