los angeles men's fashion and beauty photographer ronald n. tan

My “unofficial” mentor Mr. Jerry Avenaim authored an article at http://blog.avenaim.com/2009/11/19/photographer-fellowship/ encouraging photographers to exemplify camaraderie, rapport, and collaborative spirit. I’d like to re-echo his practical teachings to my entries, hoping that it would cascade this fundamental pedagogy of unifying and strengthening our artistic community.

The concept of “fellowship” isn’t foreign to me because I came from academia. We were drilled and conditioned from the first day of our laboratory courses–the productive collaborative spirit. However, the only individual responsibilities are submitting our lab report. We synthesize our own hypothesis, formulate and arrive at our conclusions. I was glad to read Mr. Avenaim’s thoughts and encourage my blog readers to amplify the spirit of building-up each other.

I want to preface this note with an introduction exhibiting reverence to the photographers I respect and admire: Misters Brooks Ayola, Jerry Avenaim, Richard Reinsdorf, Francois Rosseau, Bell Soto, Mark Segal, and Karl Simone.

Here are the opening pages 1-2: http://ronaldntan.com/images/Scan-081113-0002.jpg

I recently had my good friend translate an article on me which appeared in a Spanish magazine called “Vanity” in Spain. I’ve got these foreign articles on me that are left to be translated. I’d like additionally post-mention and acknowledge Mr. Brooks Ayola. I sought his wisdom and insights on my first experience at rear nudes. He advised me not to be mindful and allow my photographic eye to take control.

These images were my tribute to BW photography and the photographers whom I admire and respect.

“The Perfect Imperfection – Ronald N. Tan”

By Julio Rosales, Editor-in-Chief

Vanity Magazine (Spain).

[Translated from Spanish by Hugo J. Avila]

Ronald Tan was born in Yangon, Myanmar in 1981. As any other self-respecting artist, he seeks inspiration and in this case he has found it in the main character of the photographs shown in our September issue, model Justin W. Adamson. In his photographs, he explores the male sensuality trying to get into the own skin of the models when photo-shooting.

Coming from a well-to-do and well-educated family, Tan was capable of giving up a comfortable life and his career in Applied Physics and Microbiology (Pre-pharmacy) for embarking himself on making his dream come true, being a photographer.

It was at the age of 25 when he admitted his homosexuality and was reconciled with that part of himself that he had been fighting against for so many years. He started searching for male models to work with in future projects and just then, Justin appeared.

Ronald Tan always “blames” the model to have pushed him to take risks and make his illusions reality in the world of photography, putting on it all the passion and energy he is capable of.

His knowledge on the world of image has been produced in an autodidactic manner, specializing himself in male fashion and beauty, developing works for international magazines from Spain, France, United Kingdom, and Germany.

Tan considers that photography is the best means to combine Science and Art. Each one of the models he has photographed throughout his career has had something of himself and that has helped him to learn and grow in that particular vision of reality that he nowadays have.

Among the photographers that he most admires and on which he has encountered (found) inspiration are Jerry Avenaim, Sean Armenta and Richard Reinsdorf and he started admiring masculinity through the lenses of Francois Rosseau, Bell Soto, Mark Segal and Karl Simone.

Now you are the ones who must judge his work, it is for sure that you are going to rank him among the best.