On his recent trip to his wife Chrissy Teigen’s hometown of Thailand, singer John Legend has clicked a picture of his daughter Luna, 3 sitting on a rock in Phi Phi Island. She was wearing a swimsuit and appeared to be posing as a model for it. Mother Chrissy was overwhelmed and tagged the cute photo to Editor of Sports Illustrated magazine MJ Day. Father John pitched in to claim that he was the one who had taken the wonderful photo. He tagged his post to photographer Andy Yutsai Wang. So who is this famous photographer whom John Legend has addressed in his social media post? Let us find out.

Andy Yutsai Wang-his fame

Andy Yutsai Wang is a famous photographer of architectural designs and interiors. He is based in Los Angeles in California. He is known for his pictures of interiors, architecture, and other products such as building fixtures, furniture, decorations, and appliances. But he does not limit himself to these and does all sorts of photography. He has great mastery over his work and one can rely on his lens which does the communication between the architects and their clients. His pictures bring out the intentions of the designer and highlight the beauty of the architecture.

Andy Yutsai Wang-childhood and education

The great photographer Andy has Chinese ancestry and knows English as well as the Chinese language. His father is a Chinese from Mainland China while his mother is a Taiwanese native. He was born in Taiwan and spent part of his childhood in Taipei. At 12, his family migrated to Indiana and later to Chino in California.

Andy was small when the glossy and excellent pictures in National Geographic inspired him to consider photography as a profession. But life had other things in store for him. He pursued art, design, and culture. Andy first studied for a Diploma in Architecture Engineering at the China Junior College of Industrial and Management Engineering. He started in 1989 and completed it in 1995. Andy also joined National Taiwan Institute of Technology in 1994 and finished his Bachelor in Architecture degree in 1997.

Further, he went on to join the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology for two years. From here, he completed his Master’s in Architecture in 1999. He did a double Master’s. The second qualification he obtained from the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Metropolitan Research, and Design in 2002.

Andy Yutsai Wang-his career

Andy kicked off his career as an architectural designer with Langdon Wilson. This was in 2004 and he worked there for a year. But Andy never let go his passion for photography. From 2000 to 2008 he worked as a freelance architectural photographer in Taiwan and Los Angeles. After leaving Langdon Wilson, Andy joined Tetra Design Inc in Los Angeles, CA in 2005. Here his post was that of an architectural designer as well as an interior photographer. He gave three years of his life to this organization.

In 2008, Andy set off on his own. He founded his W Architectural Photography center. He does a lot of work in architectural and interior photography here and his portfolio is vast. Andy does high-standard photography and brings out the meaning and beauty of the work of the architects. He is now concentrating on photography and has cut down on designing.

He also works on TV and is the creative consultant and judge on America’s Next Top Model and Asia’s Next Top Model.

Source: LinkedIn, Revolvy