AFTER more than 15 years at the top of the national photography industry, Wattie Cheung has the scars – and the awards – to show for it.
A child of the 1967 summer of love, his vibrant passion oozes from a rich portfolio of work that embraces a wide variety of genres including the arts, major world news events, sport and corporate work.
His pin-sharp lens has captured a who’s who (and even a Doctor Who) of prominent public figures with much of his work commissioned by respected clients such as The Sunday Times , The Scotsman, Independent on Sunday Review, BAFTA , Nordoff Robbins, Airtricity, The Times , The Sun , The Daily Express , The Herald , The Scotsman , The Independent , Shell , SERCO , NHS Scotland and The Mail on Sunday.
His archive is held by the highly regarded Camera Press photo agency.
A prestigious roll call of awards began in humble fashion when he won the 1985 Oban High School Cup for Photography, albeit as the only entrant! However, the honours that followed since graduating from Glasgow College of Building and Printing in 1988 make for far more impressive reading…
Yet awards don’t tell the whole story of a body of work that truly speaks for itself.
If every picture speaks 1000 words then the portfolio above represents a grand opus of modern life and culture, captured in joyful technicolour or the stark honesty of brooding black and white focus.
Wattie is a Scottish freelance photographer based in Glasgow . Available for assignments here or abroad.