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Alan Chin
1987⚠
WA-00161746
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- Is PublishedAuto Publish· 100%✓
- Birth yearArtsy· 85%
- LocationArtsy· 85%
- NationalityArtsy· 85%
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- Artsy (bulk)Tier 1 · Institutional85%
About
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Alan Chin is an American photographer, professor, and writer. Since 1996, he has worked in China, the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Central Asia, and more recently in Egypt and Tunisia as a freelance photojournalist. Domestically, Chin followed the historic trail of the Civil Rights Movement, documented the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and covered the 2008 United States presidential election. Chin's career as a photojournalist began when he photographed the Tiananmen Square crackdown that began the night of June 3, 1989.
Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago
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