My name is Yam G-Jun, you can call me (G). I’m a documentary photographer based Penang, Malaysia
(I’m currently available for commission internationally)
Fun fact: a fitness geek, and big foodie, bjj white belt, speak English, Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese and a bit of Malay.
Holds a B.A. from Columbia College Chicago, an alumnus of Eddie Adams Workshop XXIV and the New York Times Student Journalism Institute. Published work can be found at The New York Times, Le Monde, The Financial Times, Getty Images, Rest of World, Asian Development Bank, USAID, etc.
Quaterly Update
National Geography Explorer - Level 1 Grant (2023-2024)
Started a gym business in Penang, Malaysia
Recently published: Atavist Magazine
What Am I Reading
Agent Sonya: Moscow Most Daring Spy by Ben Macintyre
Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town by Barbara Demick
What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael Sandel
The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
War by Sebastian Junger
In Other News
Based in Penang, Malaysia
2. A gym owner and personal trainer
Awards & Recognitions
National Geography Explorer 2023
POYAsia Sport Category Award of Excellence - 2022
Eddie Adams Workshop Award - 2021
Smithsonian Magazine 17th Photo Contest - 2019
Fischetti Scholarship - 2017
Stud Terkel Scholarship - 2017
Presidential Scholarship - 2016-2017
Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship - 2016-2017
Associate College Press - Spot News Photo Excellence Award Finalist - 2016
