Michelle is a Canadian photographer now focused on cinematography projects in the UK.
After eight years as a freelance photographer she is bringing her experiences, imagination and technical skills as a Second AC and Camera Trainee on HETV productions in the UK while bringing her vision as a DoP on short form stories.
She is drawn to telling intimate stories on the theme of cultural identity and girlhood which resonate with her lived experiences. She is drawn to working with those who prioritise informed representation and duty-of-care in their work.
Michelle began as a news photographer who developed a stregnth in documentary and portrait photography. She was often assigned for her ability to capture difficult stories with sensitivity. She has taken assignments for international publications including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal and has been nominated for Canada's Photojournalist of the Year and World Press Photo's Joop Swart Masterclass amongst others.
She has a long-standing love for analogue photography which extends into her mixed media projects.
She is Canadian based in the UK and a proud member of Diversify Photo and Women Photograph.
Contact
+44 7908 050010
michellewsiu(at)gmail(dot).com
SELECT AWARDS:
- 2020 Winning DoP- ARRI Filmmaking Challenge-Watersprite Film Festival
- 2020 Winning Director-NAHEMI Kodak 16mm Film Student Competition
- 2019 Aesthetica Short Film Festival - NAHEMI Showcase"Creative Visions"
- 2019 Joop Swart Masterclass- World Press Photo Awards- Nominated
- 2017 & 2016 Magenta Foundation Flash Forward winner
- 2015 Photograph of the Year, Canada's National Pictures of the Year
- 2014&2015 Canada's Photojournalist of the Year, nominated
- 2015 Pictures of the Year International Award of Excellence- Feature Picture Story
- 2015 NPPA Best of Photojournalism- First Place, Portrait and Personality
- 2015 National Newspaper Awards Project of the Year
- 2014 Lens Culture’s Emerging Talent Award
FILM/PHOTO INDUSTRY TRAINING
- 2023 Sara Putt Associates Trainee Scheme
- 2023 Becoming A Camera Trainee: Intensive hands-Samara Addai & Lou Macnamara
- 2022 Davinci Resolve certificate short course
- 2017 Ed Kashi, Vii Photo Agency & Jim Estrin, New York Times mentorship program
- 2017 + 2015 New York Times portfolio review
- 2014 Missouri Photo Workshop + Scholarship
- 2014 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop + Scholarship , Guatemala
- 2012 Eddie Adams Workshop, New York