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Walter Chin

Jamaican photographer

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About Walter Chin

Walter Chin was a photographer.

Walter Chin is a fashion and celebrity photographer of Chinese descent who currently lives and works in New York City, U.S.

Career Walter Chin was born in Jamaica to a Chinese family, and grew up there and in Canada, where he served an apprenticeship in Toronto, Ontario.

After graduating with a master's degree in photography, He has also photographed advertising campaigns for designers such as Chanel, Valentino, His inclusion on the list cited his modernism, use of colour and graphic form, and tight image cropping and the way in which his sitters appeared to constantly be in motion, drawing parallels with David Bailey and Martin Munkácsi. In 2010, the Bündchen image was still cited as one for which Chin was "especially well known."

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Who was Walter Chin?

Jamaican photographer

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Walter Chin was born in Jamaica.

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Walter Chin was a photographer.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Walter Chin

· Wikidata: Q7964552

· DBpedia: Walter Chin

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