Positive Cre(Asians) - Mental Health Through the Lens of Photography

Positive Cre(Asians) - Mental Health Through the Lens of Photography

Sunday, 07/28/2024, 3PM-5PM

Location: BlueStream Gallery, 555 Grant

Tickets: $5

Description of Event:

Join us for a dynamic and inclusive event celebrating the fusion of photography and how it ties into your mental health. The first portion of the program will be a panel and Q&A moderated by nonprofit Dear Community and joined by our photographers and Kaiser Permanente mental health expert. The second part of the program will be interactive, where all attendees are encouraged to bring their own camera as we take photos through Chinatown with our professional panelists to help and provide tips! After taking photos, we will reconvene back at BlueStream Gallery and talk through our photos.

About the Panel of Creatives:

Horatio Jung : 1982 - My passion for photography began at a very early age when I used to go to houses of my friends and look through their parent's album. Many years later, wanting to document my travels with my wife, I entered into the realm of DSLRs.It was not until my first born daughter, Stephanie, that I got serious about photography as well as videography. My second born daughter, Kristen accelerated the photography and videography capture due to her involvement in after school sports. I am very glad that I have so many photos and videos of their childhood as we approach the age of marriage. Who would have thought the Throw-Back-Thursdays would be such a big part of today's social media?

42 years later, my passion is still strong in capturing moments. Meeting and working with Elaine Lee Photography in the recent 16 years has transformed my work into production, event capture, cinematography, and photo booths. 2015 marks my transition to Mirror-less photography and Drones. While Drone photography is not new, it lends to a totally new perspective from totally different angles.

It was not until after working for 45 years in the private, public, and quasi-public sectors as an Assistant Controller, Assistant Food and Beverage Manager, Sign Shop Owner, Group Support Manager for Macy’s, and Purchasing Manger for the OGGYN and Urology Departments of UCSF; that I found out that there was a difference between academic and vocational prowess.I never found any joy or achievement is my work until I delved fully into the creative side of photography.

Meeting people and seldom being in the same place is a real benefit that comes with this territory.Cameras are coming closer and closer to iPhones in use and vice-versa; all welcome changes as we work towards better ways to serve our clients. AI in 2024 will accelerate the capture and post production modes and I look forward to perhaps another decade of capturing those in-between moments.

Zabrina Deng: Zabrina is based in California who travelled the world to do wedding, engagement & portrait photography. She is an SONY Artisans of Imagery and a holder of WPPI master photographer. A processor for over 60 international award winning photos. Zabrina is one of the world's Top 50 World's Best Destination Wedding photographers from Junebug Weddings and has been featured on RangeFinder Magazine's 30 Rising Stars of Wedding Photography. She has accumulated 6 times 1st place winner and two International Image of the Year awards from WPPI since 2011. Her work has been published in International Master Photographer Vol 1, Vanity Fair (USA), Town & Country (Thailand), Cosmopolitan Bride (China), Elle (Hong Kong), Stuff Magazine (UK), Vogue Italia's PhotoVogue. Zabrina has also photographed the Grammy Award winner R&B band All-4-One for their 20th anniversary album CD cover. Zabrina is also a popular speaker for major photographic events across America & Asia to train professional photographers taking their craft to the next level.

Larry Wong:

Our Sponsor, Kaiser Permanente has been providing high-quality health care and coverage for more than 75 years. By connecting care with coverage, we pioneered a new model for health care, where things are designed to work together — and help our members thrive. Our care model enables our teams to think and work as one, coordinating your care seamlessly, so you don’t have to — and delivering better care when it matters most.

🎤🎨 Our Venue

BlueStream Gallery opened in 2023 in San Francisco and present an exhibition focusing on contemporary art. Based on systematic exhibition planning, we would like to discover talented artists and introduce rapidly changing contemporary art. We would like to convey the beauty of art to the public with in-depth works and provide new and diverse opportunities for artists through participation in domestic and foreign art fairs. BlueStream Gallery wants to become a gallery that grows and develops with artists. Learn more here