About Stefen
Stefen Chow is grateful to be a witness through his camera as a photographer and film director. He founded Feng Studios, a production studio and he is supported by a team of dedicated producers. Stefen is well versed in minimal to full production setups, and has proven his versatility working across different genres in 40 countries. He has directed, photographed campaigns for a variety of Fortune 500 companies. His work has garnered awards from Tokyo Type Director’s Club, D&AD Awards and World Press Photo. He has served on the jury for ADC New York and British Journal of Photography.
Stefen is part of artist duo Chow and Lin. The crux of Chow and Lin’s practice lies in their methodology of statistical, mathematical and computational techniques to address global phenomena. Their projects have been highlighted by art institutions including Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Arles Les Rencontres De La Photographie and China Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum.
Stefen has always loved the outdoors. Through a meander of opportunities and serendipity, he embarked on 10 Himalayan expeditions, and summited Mount Everest.
Stefen has lived in New York, Singapore, and is currently based in Beijing with his wife, two young children and a cat.
CV
Jury Duty
2023 Nominator for Leica Oskar Barnack Award, Germany
2022 ADC 101st Annual Awards, USA
2022 FutureTense Awards, Hong Kong
2020 British Journal of Photography, OpenWalls Arles, France
2013-2016 Photography Director and Jury, The Other Hundred, Hong Kong
2006 - 2016 The Noise Award, National Arts Council, Singapore
2015 Nikon Photography Awards, Shanghai
2015 LIGHT & LIFE, National Geographic Live and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2014 Head of Jury, Crowbar Awards, Photography, Singapore
2013 Nikon Photography Awards, Tokyo
Lectures
2021 China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2021 Goethe Institute Beijing, China
2020 Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
2019 Singapore Young Leaders Forum, Singapore
2019 Reminders Project Stronghold, Tokyo, Japan
2019 IDEO, Nairobi, Kenya
2018 United Nations, Bangkok, Thailand
2016 Lee Kuan Yew School of Policy, Singapore
2016 IDEO Shanghai
2015 University of Science Po, Paris
2015 BODW, Hong Kong
2015 TEDxKyoto, Kyoto
2015 TEDxTaipei, Taipei
2015 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2015 National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2014 APEC Women Leadership Summit, Beijing
2014 TEDxKL, Kuala Lumpur
2012 School of Visual Arts, New York
2008 TEDxBeijing, Beijing
Awards
2020 Winner of Category: “Science in the Arts”, Falling Walls, Berlin Science Week, Germany
2020 Winner of Landskrona Foto Portfolio Award 2020, Sweden
2020 Finalist, Silvana S. Foundation Commission Award, Singapore
2019 Winner of Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award at the Rencontres d'Arles, France
2019 Wood Pencil, D&AD Awards, London
2019 Merit, Tokyo Type Directors Club, Japan
2016 Honorable Mention, Moscow International Photo Awards, Russia
2015 Outstanding Alumni, Temasek Junior College, Singapore
2013 2nd Prize, World Press Photo, Amsterdam
2013 Finalist, WYNG Contemporary Art Prize, Hong Kong
2013 Winner, AI-PI, Latin American Fotografia
2011 Grand Prize, Arles Open Photography Salon, Galerie Huit, Arles
2010 1st Prize, Shipyards, Advertising, PX3, Paris
2010 Winner, World in Focus, National Geographic, New York
2008 Winner, Eddie Adams Workshop, New York
2008 Winner, PDN Billboard Contest, New York
2008 Honorable Mention, International Photo Awards, New York
2008 Singapore Hero, Fortis, Singapore
2007 Young Outstanding Alumni, National University of Singapore
2006 Named Asia's Finest Photographers, Nikon