Date of birth: Nipawin, Canada
Website: www.normyip.com

CREATIVE DIRECTOR | Born in Canada, Norm received his B. of Arts degree (cum laude) in 1984 at the University of Saskatchewan and his B. of Architecture degree in 1989 at the University of Toronto. Moving to Hong Kong in 1994, he worked as a project architect for Wong & Tai Associates Ltd and RTKL International Ltd before pursuing his interest in art and photography. In 1999, he co-founded the organization art collective Meli-Melo Artists Alliance (MMAA), to which he curated numerous art exhibitions with artists from Canada, Thailand and Hong Kong.

Norm currently teaches portrait photography at Hong Kong's Open University LiPACE and has been a guest lecturer at Hong Kong Art School. As a photographer, Norm's work has appeared in HK Magazine, WHERE, Global Investor and American Express' Centurion magazine. Celebrities he has photographed include Zhang Yimou, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Destiny's Child and Korean pop-star Rain. In 2005 and 2007, Norm published two photography books entitled 'The Asian Male - 1.AM' and 'The Asian Male - 2.AM'.

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