Photographer-partner of the Riviera launch in Singapore

Russel Wong belongs to the elite group of photographers in the world to have photographed covers for TIME magazine. Originally from Singapore, he was educated at the art center college of design in Los Angeles. Based in Singapore after a 10 years stay in the USA, he has photographed such celebrities such as Joan Chen, Isabella Rosillini, Oliver Stone, Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Imelda Marcos, Michael Jackson and Jackie Chan just to name a few. His commercial clients include Singapore Airlines, Nokia, Ritz Carlton and Cartier.

His work with movies include photographing leads such as Chow Yun Fatt and Michelle Yeoh for Oscar winning movie “ Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon “, and the photography on the set and international publicity of two of Zhang Yimou’s movies ; Oscar nominated “ Hero “ starring Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi, Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung, and “House of Flying Daggers” with leads Zhang Ziyi, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro. His photographs of “HERO” appeared all over the world in magazines like Premiere, Entertainment Weekly, Elle. After attending the New York University Film School recently, he won a Clio award for directing a commercial for the breast cancer society - the only commercial that year to pick up a Clio. Asia Week recently voted Russel as one of the few Asians to look out for in the new millennium.

Baume & Mercier Riviera Launch at the Asian Civilisation Museum of Singapore on July 12th, 2007 Project : Proximity | Paradise in the Sun Russel envisioned this unconventional art work using six images, each an individual piece on its own, yet magically transformed when taken as a whole. The big picture evokes the simple, sensual look and feel of the Riviera with the sun, the sky, and the dramatic contours of a woman reflecting the French southern coastal mountain ranges. A fantasy of the Riviera, playful and intriguing, dreamlike and surreal.