Norman Wong (photographer)

Norman Wong is a Canadian photographer and music video director.[1] He is most noted for receiving a Juno Award nomination for Video of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022, for his video for Charlotte Cardin's single "Meaningless".[2]

Wong began his career as a photographer for Broken Social Scene and Arts & Crafts Productions.[3] In 2013, alongside the release of the anniversary compilation Arts & Crafts: X, the label also staged a public exhibition of 10 of Wong's photographs.[4] He has since had other photography credits for brands and celebrities, notably a pop-up portrait studio at the Juno Awards of 2015[5] and the cover for Drake's 2018 album Scorpion.[1]

As a video director, his most noted credits prior to Cardin were the videos for "Crater" by Gord Downie and The Sadies[6] and "The Bells" by Lowell.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Chris Dart, "For over 15 years, the director and photographer Norman Wong has shown us what Toronto music looks like". CBC Arts, May 9, 2022.
  2. ^ "Here's the full list of 2022 Juno nominees". CBC Music, March 4, 2022.
  3. ^ Ben Rayner, "Crafting the art of making music: Groundbreaking Toronto indie label Arts & Crafts celebrates 10th anniversary". Toronto Star, June 1, 2013.
  4. ^ Aaron Brophy, "Broken Social Scene's Proudest Moment: Inside Look At Photographer Norman Wong's Arts & Crafts Exhibition". Huffington Post, May 28, 2013.
  5. ^ Michael Barclay, "Photo gallery: Pop-up portraits from the 2015 Juno Awards". Maclean's, March 16, 2015.
  6. ^ Alex Hudson, "Gord Downie, the Sadies, and the Conquering Sun — "Crater". Exclaim!, April 15, 2014.
  7. ^ Melody Lau and Gregory Adams, "Exclaim!'s Best of 2014: Top 10 Canadian Music Videos". Exclaim!, December 11, 2014.