Mr Singapore 2009 aka Chan Wai Teik
who’s currently back in Singapore between photography assignments in Shanghai,
China to talk about bodybuilding and winning the coveted title at the National
Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships.
Chan Wai Teik boarded October issue cover "Muscle
& Fitness" magazine China version. Wai Teik used the perfect fashion photography
and unique camera angles capture every moment of beauty and movement. he won
the international photography awards, but he has vowed to workout in the end.
Having picked up photography in his
teens, Wai Teik is today one
of Singapore's best known names in the industry and has garnered awards from
Singapore to Paris, the most recent being an Honorable Mention at the
prestigious PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2009 and also in 2008,
as well as five Honorable Mentions at The International Photography
Awards 2008.
The 37-year-old, who goes simply by
Wai Teik, might otherwise be better known to some as the photographer behind
the book Hypertrophy in which he photographed six Asian body-builders. We catch up with Wai
Teik, as he is currently shuttles between Singapore and Shanghai where he
is shooting editorials for fashion and lifestyle magazines such as Harpaar's
Bazaar Men’s Style and Men’s Health.
