AAJA NOTICE OF ELECTIONS & CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Asian American Journalists Association is accepting nominations for National Secretary and National Vice President for Print beginning June 3, and ending June 17. These volunteer positions are for two-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2014.

Click here for the nomination form.

Duties of Each Office

NATIONAL SECRETARY
The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, a book of minutes at the principal office or such other place as the board of directors may order, of all meetings of the directors and membership. Minutes shall include time and place of the meeting; whether regular or special, and if special, how authorized; the type of notice given; the name of those present at the directors’ meetings; the number of members present; and the proceedings of the meeting.

NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR PRINT
In the absence or disability of the president, the vice presidents in order of their rank, if any, as fixed by the Governing Board, shall perform all the duties of the president, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to, all the restrictions upon, the president. The vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the Governing Board under the bylaws. The holder of this office shall be a member of the corporation’s Governing Board.
The Vice President for Print shall represent the interests of the general members employed within the newspaper and magazine industries.

VOTER ELIGIBILITY AND VOTING INSTRUCTIONS

ELIGIBILITY. Only full and student AAJA members are eligible to vote in AAJA elections. If you have questions regarding your membership, please contact the AAJA National Office: Support@aaja.org or 415-346-2051, ext. 105.
INSTRUCTIONS. Electronic ballots will be submitted through the online service Balloteer.com. Ballots will be accepted from 8:00 A.M. PST, August 1, 2013 to 12:00 P.M. PST, August 23, 2013. Eligible voters will receive an email notice with secure credentials to cast their electronic ballot.
ELECTION RESULTS. Election results will be announced during the AAJA Gala & Scholarship Awards Banquet on August 24, 2013, at the 2013 AAJA National Convention in New York City.

ELECTION TIMELINE

All deadlines are set at Pacific Standard Time.

Questions or concerns? Please contact AAJA National Secretary Theodore Kim, this year’s elections officer, or AAJA National Treasurer, Gautham Nagesh.

The Attorney General invited AAJA to an off-the-record policy meeting.  The meeting is one of a series of meetings with media and other organizations that the Attorney General is conducting as part of the policy review directed by the President.

While AAJA welcomed the invitation to meet with the U.S. Department of Justice on media policy, AAJA will not be attending the meeting.

We advocate for fair and accurate media coverage on behalf of our 1,700 members. An off-the-record conversation would not allow us to inform our full membership about the meeting.

Transparency is key to building trust between the news industry, our government and the public. Should there be a future on-the-record meeting, AAJA would gladly join the conversation to help shape media policy in a way that best serves the public and diversity in news media.

Paul Cheung
President
Asian American Journalists Association

We asked aspiring and award-winning photographers to reflect on their careers and share some of their best work.

Whether they are parachuting into war zones or documenting local communities, check out the stunning photos taken by AAJA photographers from around the world.

A student from West Portola Elementary School makes her way down the street during the Chinese New Year parade on Saturday, Feb. 23. (James Tensuan | The San Francisco Chronicle)

May 1: Dai Sugano

May 6: Maya Sugarman

May 8: Conner Jay

May 10: James Tensuan

May 13: Charles Dharapak

May 15: Julie Jacobson

May 17: Vino Wong

May 20: Stephen Yang

May 23: An Rong Xu

May 29: Michael Schennum 

Michael Schennum is a staff photographer at The Arizona Republic. Before that he interned at the Appleton Post-Crescent and the Palo Alto Daily News. He has also taught photojournalism at ASU.Michael graduated from UC Santa Cruz and took photojournalism classes with Ken Kobre at San Francisco State University. He is an active member of AAJA, and has sat on the board of the local Arizona chapter for seven years. He has done freelance assignments for many magazines and newspapers across the country. In 2005 he attended the Eddie Adams Workshop and won the Sports Illustrated Assignment award.

Michael Schennum How long have you been in photojournalism? 8 years professionally. How and why did you decide to become a photojournalist? After I first took an Intro to Photography class and I was hooked. I spent a lot of time shortly after doing street photography around the Bay Area, and on vacations. What do you love most about photography? The ability to meet people of all walks of life. How has being an AAPI helped/hurt your photojournalism career? AAJA has been essential to my career. Through networking, I was able to land my current job. What advice did you wish someone gave you when you were starting out? Learn multimedia, and do what you want. Your future job can be anything you want it to be.

A floodlight illuminates a fire from a small plane crash in the Superstition Mountains in Apache Junction on Wednesday, November 23, 2011. (Michael Schennum | The Arizona Republic)

 A run-down trailer park where many registered sex offenders have moved into in Miami on Wednesday, September 26, 2012. (Michael Schennum | The Arizona Republic)

Motti Lavyan, of Brea, CA, takes a photo of the leaves at the West Fork of Oak Creek during peak fall foliage season in Sedona on Friday, October 22, 2010. (Michael Schennum | The Arizona Republic)

Surfer Mike Brumet goes “over the falls” during the first heat of the 2004-2005 Mavericks Surf Contest in Half Moon Bay, CA. During the contest waves ranged from 25 to 45 feet tall. (Michael Schennum | The Arizona Republic)

A couple gets caught in a dust storm at the Burning Man festival in Nevada. (Michael Schennum | The Arizona Republic)

A joshua tree at Hidden Valley Campground on Thursday, March 22, 2012. (Michael Schennum | The Arizona Republic)

Lil Miss Rodeo Queen Berlinda Ben (Cq), 9, of San Carlos Apache Reservation. (Michael Schennum | The Arizona Republic)

One of the students in the 3rd grade curiously looks into the camera during recess at the School for Children of Migrant Workers in Nanjing, China. (Michael Schennum | The Arizona Republic)

Laronda Simmons grieves alongside family and friends at a street side memorial for her uncle Al V. Griffen, who was murdered the night before.  He is the 93rd murder this year, which Oakland City Officials believe will reach well over a hundred by the end of the year. (Michael Schennum | The Arizona Republic)

In observance of Dia De Los Muertos Color Guard Staff Sergeant Ric Reynolds finishes folding the flag at a performance at Estrella Mountain Community College on Wednesday in Avondale. The flag fold is typically done for a funeral and the crosses are a symbolic representation of Arlington National Cemetery. (Michael Schennum | The Arizona Republic)

Ankur Dholakia is an award winning photojournalist and a Multimedia Producer at The Detroit News. He has covered a wide variety of assignments in and around the Motor City. He was born in England and raised in southern California. Ankur was stationed in Anchorage, Alaska with the U.S. Army and considers Alaska to be his second home. He finds the Motor City to be a fascinating place. There is never a dull moment.

Ankur Dholakia How long have you been in photojournalism? I have been in photojournalism since 2002. I currently work at The Detroit News where I started out as an intern. How and why did you decide to become a photojournalist? After I left the U.S. Army, I was pondering my next move. When I was in college, I joined the newspaper staff as a photographer. I then started to shadow the local newspapers’ photojournalist and I thought to myself, This would be an interesting profession. I gathered my pictures, sought advice and charged head-on. I was able to get an internship with The Detroit News through the Chips Quinn Scholarship program. What do you love most about photography? I love how the light and shadows play off each other to create visually stunning pictures. How has being an AAPI helped/hurt your photojournalism career? As an Asian photographer, it has helped me understand where I come from and how other cultures are similar. What advice did you wish someone gave you when you were starting out? If you really want to become a photojournalist then put your passion into photojournalism. Learn by perusing photo books and see how they approach each assignment. Go out there and start making pictures. Find an issue you care about or look within your family or friends and document their lives. Go explore!

A villager in the Kabini area of India, sets a coracle in the water.  A coracle is a small lightweight circular boat used for fishing and transporation. (Ankur Dholakia )

A villager watches the waves go by in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, India. (Ankur Dholakia )

Posh Spice, aka, Victoria Beckham, entertains the Palace crowd. (Ankur Dholakia | The Detroit News)

Detroit firefighters come out of thick smoke as they climb back down from a house fire. (Ankur Dholakia | The Detroit News)

Tiger Woods waits for his turn on the 18th hole in the final round of the 2006 Buick Open in Grand Blanc, Michigan on August 6, 2006. (Ankur Dholakia | The Detroit News)

Actress Ashley Judd, who is married to Indy Car driver Dario Franchitti (not pictured), talks to a member of his pit crew before the start of the Firestone Indy 400 race at Brooklyn, Michigan on July 30, 2006. (Ankur Dholakia | The Detroit News)

 A boy cools off in the rain during a break in action at the Firestone Indy 400 race in Brooklyn, Michigan on July 30, 2006. (Ankur Dholakia | The Detroit News)

A photographer takes a picture of a model with a Ferrari in the background at the 2009 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, MI. (Ankur Dholakia | The Detroit News)

Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby, left, levels Detroit Red Wings’ Brad Stuart during game one of the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. (Ankur Dholakia | The Detroit News)

Causey is an enterprise and investigative reporter at the Las Vegas Review-Journal in Nevada.  He was an award-winning investigative reporter and enterprise team leader for The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, FL and covered crime and government for The Times in Shreveport, LA. He has been a mentor/editor for VOICES, an AAJA program for college students to develop multimedia and reporting skills.

Hoang is a business reporter at the Yakima Herald-Republic in Yakima, WA. Her beat includes a wide range of topics including agriculture, aviation, retail and economic development. Hoang currently serves as president of AAJA-Seattle. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, running, cooking and watching Korean dramas.

Howard is a CNN media coordinator who leads colleagues on projects to improve the department’s methods of acquiring and disseminating the latest video elements.  She freelances as a CNN international associate producer, field produces and writes for CNN.com. Howard has been AAJA-Atlanta’s president for three years.

Lin is the assistant editor for CivilBeat.com, an online investigative news website based in Honolulu. She was previously on staff at The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times.

Tanglao is a homepage editor at ABCNews.com in New York.  She handles programming for the network’s website/mobile devices. She previously worked at KCBS2/KCAL9 in Los Angeles, CA and The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, CA.  She received her graduate degree from the University of California Los Angeles in Asian American Studies in 2010.

Questions?  Contact Marcia Santillan, Professional Programs Coordinator, at MarciaS@aaja.org or 415-346-2051, ext. 107.

About the Dinah Eng Leadership Fellowship

The Dinah Eng Leadership Fellowship widens opportunities for mid-career AAJA members to enhance their skills and advance in news management. Fellows get financial assistance for programs such as AAJA’s Executive Leadership Program, university-level management programs and leadership courses at institutions that include the Poynter Institute and journalism schools that charge tuition.

Read the announcement about 2013 Dinah Eng Leadership Fellows.

Learn more about the first 2013 Dinah Eng Leadership Fellow.

Image courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net

AAJA is proud to announce the following individuals who will be attending a special combination of the ELP Introductory Session and the National Convention in August 2013 in New York:

Learn more about the Executive Leadership Program.

See the announcement of the 2013 ELP Class.

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Getting the Story Right

Many years have passed since the attack and death of Vincent Chin, yet many needed changes remain. Adequate representation in the media is still out of reach for many communities, and many groups lack equal access to American media.

One cornerstone of the Asian American Journalists Association’s (AAJA) mission is to provide the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community with an awareness of news media and an understanding of how to gain equitable access. Toward that goal, AAJA created MediaWatch. MediaWatch holds news media organizations to standards of accuracy and fairness in the coverage of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and AAPI issues. If you know of a news media organization that you believe has strayed from these standards, we encourage you to bring the issue to the attention of MediaWatch.

Lily Chin holds a photo of her son, Vincent Chin.

Additional media watch and media access resources include:

AAJA’s Media Access Guide (PDF)

AAJA Handbook to Covering Asian America

AAJA MediaWatch on Facebook

Develop your Media Access skills at the 2013 National Convention

Submit an item for review by MediaWatch

Do you want to know more about Vincent Chin? If you are a college student, you can write an essay and compete for a scholarship.

Read Additional Resources and Articles on the Chin Case

AAJA encourages everyone to pursue a deeper understanding of the issues surrounding the violent death of Vincent Chin, its aftermath and this turning point in Asian American history. If we do not study our past and reflect on what we must do today, we risk of allowing such injustices to happen again. Below is a small sample of resources for those interested in learning more about the Chin case and the movement it started. There is a wealth of work on this topic, and AAJA strongly encourages everyone to seek out sources beyond this list.

Books

• Yellow: Race in American Beyond Black and White, by Frank H. Wu, Basic Books, ISBN 978-465-00639-7
• Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of Asian American People, by Helen Zia, Farrar Straus Giroux ISBN 0-374-14774-4

Videos

• The Killing of Vincent Chin Trial Reenactment Performed at
• Who Killed Vincent Chin? an Academy Award-nominated documentary film, directed by Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña
• Vincent Who? a documentary by Tony Lam, featuring Lily Chin and  Helen Zia

Articles

• Vincent Chin’s Murderer Still Sorry by Emil Guillermo
• The Man Who Killed Vincent Chin by Michael Moore
• Why Vincent Chin Matters by Frank H. Wu
• 1983 Flashback: The ordeal of Vincent Chin’s mother, Lily Chin from Detroit Free Press
  
• Killing Spawned Asian American Civil Rights Movement by Roland Hwang in the Michigan Bar Journal

Other Organizations With Information Online

• American Citizens for Justice
• Asian Pacific Americans for Progress
• Fred Korematsu Institute

AAJA thanks Joe Grimm and Frank H. Wu for their contributions and input on this project. This page made possible by the Ford Foundation.

A note on the photo captions: AAJA’s license to use AP Images requires us to post the caption, byline and source for each photo. The captions that appear with each photo have been provided by AP and are not attributed to the Asian American Journalists Association. 

Asian Americans in the United States: An Overview of a Difficult History

As early as the 1800s, the Asian American community faced significant challenges to exercising equal rights in the United States. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in U.S. history, denying Chinese Americans basic freedoms on the basis of ethnicity. For the first time, federal law excluded an entire ethnic working group from entering the country. The act was repealed in 1943, and in 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives formally expressed regret for the act.

Track work takes place in Nevada as Central Pacific forces build the western link of the first transcontinental railroad, now a part of the Southern Pacific system, on May 10, 1868. Rail layers shown in the foreground were followed by gangs of Chinese laborers who spaced and spiked the rail to the ties. (AP Photo/Southern Pacific News Bureau)

A note on these photo captions: AAJA’s license to use AP Images requires us to post the caption, byline and source for each photo. The captions that appear with each photo have been provided by AP and are not attributed to the Asian American Journalists Association.

Just as Chinese Americans were granted these basic freedoms in the 1940s, Japanese Americans lost many of theirs. In 1942, more than 110,000 Japanese Americans were denied personal justice as they were involuntarily held in internment camps solely on the basis of their ethnicity. In 1988, the U.S. Congress and President Ronald Reagan issued an apology and paid reparations to Japanese American internment survivors. Apologies from government officials and financial reparations go far in addressing wrongdoings, yet many injustices stand uncorrected.

Left: A group of Japanese evacuees moving into this war relocation authority center in Manzanar, California June 19, 1942. They seem cheerful enough. Right: As military police stand guard, people of Japanese descent wait at a transport center in San Francisco April 6, 1942 for relocation to an internment center at Santa Anita racetrack near Los Angeles. They were among thousands of people forced from their homes in the name of national security following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Bottom: The housing barracks, built by the U.S. Army engineer corps, at the internment center where Japanese Americans are relocated in Amache, Colo., are shown on June 21, 1943. The National Park Service is asking Japanese-Americans ordered into internment camps during World War II how it can preserve what is left of the camps and the stories they hold. (Associated Press)

A note on these photo captions: AAJA’s license to use AP Images requires us to post the caption, byline and source for each photo. The captions that appear with each photo have been provided by AP and are not attributed to the Asian American Journalists Association.

Unrest, Unemployment and Unease: Racial Tension Festers in Detroit

In the early 1980s, racial tensions were prevalent in Michigan as American auto companies laid off auto workers due to higher fuel costs and increased competition from overseas automakers. Detroit had long been known as the Motor City. Before the oil crisis of 1979, 99 percent of cars in America were manufactured by the “Big 3″ U.S. automakers: Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. Competition from Japanese automakers led to a decrease in demand for American cars, which led to lay-offs and cuts. Some unemployed autoworkers blamed their misfortune on Asian Americans.

In this photo, members of the United Autoworkers Local 588 of the Ford Motor Co. stamping plant wield sledgehammers and bars on a 1975 Toyota Corolla March 3, 1981, during a rally against buying foreign-made products. Japanese auto and government officials in 2005 are worried about a replay of the “Japan-bashing” trade friction of the 1980s, when Toyota and others were blamed for stealing car sales and U.S. jobs, prompting outraged auto workers to smash Japanese cars in protest. (AP Photo/Str)

Gary auto worker Jim Coleman (left) and Griffith businessman Charlie Cobb (right) strike a blow for American industry in a charity campaign sponsored by northern Indiana steelworkers Friday, Sept. 10, 1982. Union leaders in the economically hard hit steelmaking region allowed people to swing a sledgehammer at a Japanese-made auto for $1 a shot. The money went to help the families of laid-off workers. (Associated Press)

A note on these photo captions: AAJA’s license to use AP Images requires us to post the caption, byline and source for each photo. The captions that appear with each photo have been provided by AP and are not attributed to the Asian American Journalists Association.

Vincent Chin: a 30-year Pursuit of Justice

On June 19, 1982, Vincent Chin prepared to celebrate his wedding, not knowing that his bachelor party would be his last night in consciousness. That night, he was attacked and beaten by two men. Chin was hit with a baseball bat until the perpetrators were taken into custody by two off-duty police officers who witnessed the crime in progress. Chin was taken to the hospital, where he died four days later.

The men who killed Chin were tried in a court where no witnesses were called, and no prosecuting attorney attended. The judge found the men guilty of manslaughter and gave them three years probation, a $3,000 fine and $780 in court fees. Enraged by this lenient sentence, Asian Americans rallied together to decry the lack of punishment for the homicide of a young Chinese man. Asian Americans were moved to speak out together and make their voices heard.

Two weeks after the trial, American Citizens for Justice was formed and began meeting at the restaurant where Chin worked. Chin’s mother, Lily Chin, was one of the founders. Since then, the group has sought justice, having the case tried and retried in several courts. Ronald Ebens, one of the attackers, was cleared of all charges in 1987. To this day, neither killer has served a day in jail or paid the reparations to the Chin family.

Left: Lily Chin is comforted. Right: Protesters march following the verdict in the Chin case.

The Vincent Chin Case was an important moment for the Asian American community. His tragic story led Asian Americans, diverse in culture and language, to come together and make their voices heard through protests, marches and local news media. Due to public pressure, the Chin case was reopened and the killers tried for civil rights violations. The case was eye-opening, bringing light to the fact that up until that moment the Asian American community had been largely mute and unable to deal with local media that were not adapting to the increasing diversity in the United States. In the Chin case, they raised their voices and made themselves heard.

Historically, Asian Americans have made up less than one percent of the Detroit Metropolitan area population.  In 1980, the Asian American population was 0.6 percent of the Detroit population (U.S. Census data). Despite its small size, the Vincent Chin case moved the Asian American community to raise a cry that has reverberated for decades.

The Vincent Chin case has taught us how difficult it can be for communities diverse in culture and language to be heard and heeded by news media. The Chin case brought to light a two-sided problem: Local communities did not know how to speak up, and news outlets did not know how to listen. Chin’s death galvanized Asian Americans to stand up to demand justice. The Vincent Chin case has permanently changed the Asian American community. The public has come to recognize a group of people previously underrepresented in the news media. In 2010, the Michigan Bar Association installed a plaque at the site where American Citizens for Justice held its meetings. The memorial site reminds us of what we stand to lose if we let our voices go unheard.

Amy Lee places flowers at the grave stone of her nephew, Vincent Chin, at a 20th anniversary memorial at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Detroit, Sunday, June 23, 2002. Chin, a Chinese-American, was beaten to death with a baseball bat by two unemployed autoworkers who mistook him for Japanese. Prosecutors said they two men were motivated by anti-Japanese sentiment at a time when the U.S. auto industry was losing ground to imports. The sentences given his attackers, probation and fines, outraged Asian-Americansnationwide. The men were tried later on federal civil rights charges but were acquitted. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Getting the Story Right

Many years have passed since the attack and death of Vincent Chin, yet many needed changes remain. Adequate representation in the media is still out of reach for many communities, and many groups lack equal access to American media.

One cornerstone of the Asian American Journalists Association’s (AAJA) mission is to provide the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community with an awareness of news media and an understanding of how to gain equitable access. Toward that goal, AAJA created MediaWatch. MediaWatch holds news media organizations to standards of accuracy and fairness in the coverage of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and AAPI issues. If you know of a news media organization that you believe has strayed from these standards, we encourage you to bring the issue to the attention of MediaWatch.

Additional media watch and media access resources include:

AAJA’s Media Access Guide (PDF)

AAJA Handbook to Covering Asian America

AAJA MediaWatch on Facebook

Develop your Media Access skills at the 2013 National Convention

Submit an item for review by MediaWatch

Do you want to know more about Vincent Chin? If you are a college student, you can write an essay and compete for a scholarship.

Read Additional Resources and Articles on the Chin Case

AAJA encourages everyone to pursue a deeper understanding of the issues surrounding the violent death of Vincent Chin, its aftermath and this turning point in Asian American history. If we do not study our past and reflect on what we must do today, we risk allowing such injustices to happen again. Below is a small sample of resources for those interested in learning more about the Chin case and the movement it started. There is a wealth of work on this topic, and AAJA strongly encourages everyone to seek out sources beyond this list.

Books

• Yellow: Race in American Beyond Black and White, by Frank H. Wu, Basic Books, ISBN 978-465-00639-7
• Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of Asian American People, by Helen Zia, Farrar Straus Giroux ISBN 0-374-14774-4

Videos

• The Killing of Vincent Chin Trial Reenactment Performed at
• Who Killed Vincent Chin? an Academy Award-nominated documentary film, directed by Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña
• Vincent Who? a documentary by Tony Lam, featuring Lily Chin and Helen Zia

Articles

• Vincent Chin’s Murderer Still Sorry by Emil Guillermo
• The Man Who Killed Vincent Chin by Michael Moore
• Why Vincent Chin Matters by Frank H. Wu
• 1983 Flashback: The ordeal of Vincent Chin’s mother, Lily Chin from Detroit Free Press
  
• Killing Spawned Asian American Civil Rights Movement by Roland Hwang in the Michigan Bar Journal

Other Organizations With Information Online

• American Citizens for Justice
• Asian Pacific Americans for Progress
• Fred Korematsu Institute

AAJA thanks Joe Grimm and Frank H. Wu for their contributions and input on this project. This page made possible by the Ford Foundation.

An Rong Xu is a Chinese-American photographer based in New York City. His work explores identity within the Chinese-American community, and the evolving social philosophy within, while photographing the transition from immigrant to American. Xu graduated with a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in May 2012, he is currently the Artist in Residence at East Meets West, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a Kong Family Fellow.

An Rong Xu How long have you been in photojournalism? I have been photographing for over 6 years and have been invested in photojournalism for 4 years. How and why did you decide to become a photojournalist? When you start, you just worry about making one good photo; it’s easy to make one good photo. It takes a lot more to make a group of photos that tell a story and make a bigger impact. When I realized that, that’s when I decided on photojournalism. What do you love most about photography? I love that everyone sees differently. Photography allows for the ability for me to work on my own and grow as a person. How has being an AAPI helped/hurt your photojournalism career? I believe being AAPI has opened doors for me in making work. Being AAPI allows for me to put my history and my story into perspective and using that to make photographs with meaning. What advice did you wish someone gave you when you were starting out? Photograph what you love and don’t be afraid to go where others have not.

Helen Zia, from the portfolio The Family. (An Rong Xu | Hyphen Magazine)

Nobuko Miyamoto, from the portfolio The Family. (An Rong Xu | Hyphen Magazine)

Charlie Chin, from the portfolio The Family. (An Rong Xu | Hyphen Magazine)

Hunting for Bigfoot in the California Redwoods the cast of Finding Bigfoot. (An Rong Xu | Maxim Magazine)

Hunting for Bigfoot in the California Redwoods with BoBo, from the cast of Finding Bigfoot. (An Rong Xu | Maxim Magazine)

Emma Stone prepping for a scene, on the set of Amazing Spiderman 2.

The band, Run River North, at the New World Mall Food Court in NYC. (An Rong Xu | Run River North)

Brian AKA Buddha, at Grand Park handball courts in NYC.

Backstage with Contestant number 5, of the Miss Model Angel contest.

Mr. Wong, a funeral florist in Chinatown, NYC.