Yam G-Jun
My name is Yam G-Jun. You can call me G. I’m a documentary photographer based in Penang, Malaysia, available for editorial, NGO and commercial assignments across Malaysia and abroad.
I hold a B.A. from Columbia College Chicago and am an alumnus of the Eddie Adams Workshop XXIV and the New York Times Student Journalism Institute.
These days I also run a gym in Penang as an owner and personal trainer. I’m a BJJ blue belt, and I speak English, Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese and some Malay.
Published in
- The New York Times
- Le Monde
- The Financial Times
- Getty Images
- Rest of World
- The Atavist Magazine
- Asian Development Bank
- USAID
Awards & recognition
- 2023National Geographic Explorer, Level 1 Grant
- 2022POYAsia, Sport Category Award of Excellence
- 2021Eddie Adams Workshop Award
- 2019Smithsonian Magazine 17th Annual Photo Contest
- 2017Fischetti Scholarship
- 2017Studs Terkel Scholarship
- 2016–17Presidential Scholarship
- 2016–17Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship
- 2016Associated Collegiate Press, Spot News Photo of the Year finalist
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