DARYL TONG

daryl tong
NOTEWORTHY COURSES
AP Studio Art
DIgital photography
ap psychology
Ap environmental science
LEADERSHIP & EXTENDED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES
Rustic Pathways: AMAZON AND lunahuana
huadong youth english camp
tacloban: service and rebuilding (kids international ministries)
singapore armed forces
HONORS, AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
Gold key (portfolio entry), scholastic arts and writing award, 2015
Gold key (individual entry), scholastic arts and writing award, 2014 & 2015
silver key (Individual entry), scholastic arts and writing award, 2012, 2014 & 2015
Award of excellence in studio art, 2015
IASAS art, juried entry, 2014 & 2015
HKISAC (Photo competition)

EXPloration of urban space

Personal investigation exploring geometric shapes, texture, color, as well as the juxtaposition of planes.
Hong Kong, 2015

Personal essay exploring the movement and rhythm of

daily-life in conjested cultures. Hong Kong is fast-paced,
where crowds feels like packed sardines. The city itself
is vibrant, rushed and colourful with a predominance of
red. This greatly contrasts with Osaka, which is sedated
and calm, amplified by muted colours such as blue and
concrete grey.

TAIPEI

Photo essay, a continuous narrative

shot in a single role of analog
film using consecutive frames to
convey the storyline. Frame by
frame development. Black and white
harmonizes and unifies the desperate
environments in which the story unfolds
- creating a balance.

EXPloration of TRANQUIL environment

Photo essay, personal investigation on story-telling to evoke a mood or emotion. I was attentive to colour, light, architectural
space and atmosphere. A narrative created through shot selection, camera angles and available light.
Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, 2015

HUAYKEAW WATERFALL, CHIANG MAI

Panoramic view exploring the heroic sense of
nature and the inspiration it provides to men.
Referencing the work of the hudson river
painters, I tried to evoke the vastness and
beauty of nature by juxtaposing the human
figure with the grand and lush vegetation that
spread before him.

DISPOSABLE FILM - Single use kodak camera

CYANOTYPE & VANDYKE

A personal investigation and exploration of
early alternative photographic processes
allowed me to create artistic images
that have a historic feel. By using these
processes, a contemporary image aquires
a historic feel - the image artificially renders
history into an image that essentially has no
historic context.

SCHOLASTIC PORTFOLIO
Awarded a Gold Key for my portfolio by Scholastic
Art and Writing in 2015 validated and encouraged
as an artist. In the body of work, I featured portraits of
local people I encounted while parcipating in Rustic
Pathways Commnity Service Trip (Peru) and a selfinitiated trip to Tacloban to help out with the aftermath
of Typhoon Haiyan. In this personal exploration of
portraits, I focused on natural light, colours, framing
conventions such as doors and windows to elevate
the human emotion in each photograph.

Ap studio art concentration

Exploration of double exposures, using nature and my surroundings to amplify the feelings of the figures. I paid attention
to the juxtaposition of the two images; the placement is used to emphasize specific notions of each image and doubles
the visual impact of the texuture. The double exposure enhances the natural contrast of the two images, light versus dark,
dense vesus thin and solid versus transparent. Each image attempts to evoke an atmosphere through the visual textures
such as the transparency, thorny and ethereal.

Ap studio art Breadth

Exposure to a wide variety of tools,
techniques and art materials allowed
me to expand my knowledge and
understanding as a visual artist.
Broadening my voice as an artist
through the use of a greater diversity of
image-making media such as the Lino
Bloc to the right, and the experiment on
typography on the far right.

38th parallel north

Taken at an observation post near the border between
South and North Korea while on a community service trip.
This image uses black and white contrast, rhythm, and
repetition to convey a long, bleak tension that is palphable
in the location. The image provokes thoughts of the passiveaggressive political conflict that divides the two Koreas.

EXploration of natural surroundings

DARYL TONG
Email: tongdaryl@gmail.com