Graham Uden

Graham Uden is an award-winning, British born photographer based in Hong Kong. He specializes in corporate and commercial photography, editorial features, reportage, travel and news including the frontlines of the Afghanistan war in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. In 2006 he also began shooting documentary videos on High Definition Video.

He graduated from Ravensbourne College of Art & Design, London, in 1985 with a Degree in Graphic Design / Visual Communications. For the next 7 years he lived and worked in London, New York, Sydney and Singapore, combining photography with design.

On arrival in Hong Kong from New York in 1992, he set to work cataloguing the faces and scenes of Asia. He currently specialises in editorial features, reportage, travel, corporate and commercial photography in the Asia region. Success as an accomplished commercial photographer with work published in publications across the globe has accompanied an unprecedented portfolio. He was awarded Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong Photographer of the Year, 2004/05, for his work on The Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Annual Reports. [ [http://www.fcchk.org/poya/poya-chairmanletter2004_13June2005.htm Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong Photographer of the Year] ]

His editorial work has appeared in publications world-wide, including Arena, Conde Nast Traveler, Elle, FEER, GEO Traveller, Harper’s & Queen, Marie Claire, Maxim, Newsweek, Observer Life, Red Herring, SCMP, Sunday Business, The Independent, The Mail on Sunday, The New York Times, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Times Magazine, Travel & Leisure, Time, Vanity Fair, Vogue and Wallpaper.

Graham's non-commercial and art related work includes three exhibitions. The exhibition in November 2000, held at Hong Kong’s Exchange Square, focused on the plight of Nepali infants born or raised in jail. All proceeds from the exhibition were donated to charity.

His stock library of images covers most Asian countries including: Afghanistan, Cambodia, China, Dubai UAE, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Macau, Mongolia, Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

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External links

* [http://www.grahamuden.com Graham Uden official site]
* [http://www.asiainteractiveawards.com/htdocs/results/winners10.htm Asia Interactive Awards Best Self Promotion Photographers]
* [http://www.ionglobal.com/awards.asp 2006 Web Awards and Recognitions]
* [http://www.hkipp.org/version2/photographers-detail.php?id=142 Graham Uden profile at Hong Kong Institute of Professional Photographers]
* [http://www.fcchk.org/correspondent/corro-feb01/feb-cambodia.htm Uden/Hilditch cross paths with Hollywood in Cambodia]
* [http://www.time.com/time/hongkong/special/readers3.html Time magazine: Graham Uden depicts Hong Kong at night in a way so beguiling you'll never want to stay home]
* [http://www.starwoodhotels.com/lemeridien/property/photos/index.html?propertyID=1826 Le Meridien Cyberport's photos by Graham Uden]
* [http://www.starwoodhotels.com/lemeridien/search/hotel_detail.html?propertyID=1846 Le Meridien Bangkok/Plaza Athénée photos by Graham Uden]
* [http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/aboutus/report/05_06/e00_cover.pdf HK Airport Authority Principal Photography. Graham Uden]