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Nike challenged me to walk on air so I jumped off a skyscraper
As a child, I always wondered what it would feel like to run on air. Martial art epics such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon had me dreaming of what life would be like if I could just defy gravity. As an adult, I began to realize that the laws of physics didn’t care much for […]
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October 3, 2017
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Capturing the invisible problem of first world child hunger
Last year, I stood on a stage offering to help anyone make a difference in the world. I was approached with a question: Can you recognize Hunger? I thought I could, until I had a conversation with the folks from the Second Harvest Food Bank. They told me that in the heart of Silicon Valley which houses dozens of […]
vonwong
June 5, 2017
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Walking on lava for charity
How close can I safely get a model to molten lava? What if the ground breaks under our feet? Will our shoes melt or catch on fire? These were a few of the many questions I had for lava expert and photographer CJ Kale as I was planning my first ever photoshoot on the constantly changing lava flows on the Big […]
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October 19, 2016