Norm Yip
Visual Artist & Photographer
Norm Yip is a veteran photographer who started out in the days of film. An architect by trade, Norm made the move to venture into photography and the passion for the arts. He is well versed in shooting portraits, to fashion and interiors. In addition, he recently started his NYVA brand, which consists of creative art prints and scarves. If you are looking for a unique photographer with a more sophisticated eye, please feel free to contact him directly with your proposal.
Feature
The seminal work of my Asian male photography started in 1999, years before the advent of digital cameras, where I began shooting fine art nudes. As Asian men in media are just making its mark in the west, my work is a testament to the growing popularity of what I saw coming long ago. The link will take you to The Asian Male Project website.
Posts
Sherman – Undedited
These are few images that I have selected from a shoot with Sherman, a young man that I came in contact with through Instagram. I don't know much about him and asked about where he worked. He...
Soi Con from 2013
Photographed in 2013 and introduced to me by my friend Leandro, I had the opportunity to meet one of the very few Vietnamese guys in my collection of Asian male images. Taken back by his blond hair...
Corey – Full throttle [NSFW]
In all these years of photographing and posting onto Facebook and Instagram, these photographs of Corey should be the ones that are pulled down for breaking their [fucking] community standards....
Filipino model Julius
As I am restructuring my Asian Male website (http://theasianmale.com) to become a website where I showcase primarily photographs that are available as limited edition prints. In looking back at my...
DXP Series
About a week ago I started working on meshes. Tonight, while I was working on fixing up my website, I suddenly felt the inspiration to work on these again, as my mind began selectively picking and...
First Interview Gmagazine – April 2005
Flashback to 2005 when I first published my book The Asian Male - 1.AM and the guys at Gmagazine decided to conduct my first official interview by the now yoga expert Victor...
Ian getting ready for our first shoot
I first met Ian over ten years ago while hanging out in the scene. We met briefly at a mall to talk about a shoot but nothing came to fruition. He left for the Philippines, then Singapore, and now...
Making an UltraColour Tree
I just recently posted on my facebook and Instagram a new Ultracolour Tree, something that I began years ago after spotting a canopy of shapes, light and form in Tai Po. So every now and then, when...
Jun and the flawed Kodak TMax400 film that ruined a few great photos, or did it?
While rummaging through some boxes after moving into my (new?) studio in Kwai Chung, I managed to find some 120mm film negatives. They were images of Jun Li (film director of Tracey). I decided to...
Sneak Peek – Experimental Digitisation
This is a sneak peek into some digital abstract manipulations that I am working on. For the most part, I have not gravitated to this genre of artwork, but only testing and evaluating the aesthetics...
Rango
A set of images of Rango, a guy I met on Instagram last year. It's taken me awhile to get these online, as I was going through some difficult times with the Hong Kong protests, the model chasing me...
Nerol Rosé
Nerol Rose (NerolRose on Twitter) is one of the first models I worked with that would pose fully nude for the camera. Taken in 2010, this is the first time I have ever shown these photographs to...