Finding his calling through the lens


Chong has no regrets turning his photography hobby into a full-time job. — Photos: NORAFIFI EHSAN/ The Star

GROWING UP, Gilbert Chong Min Jin never dreamt that he would one day be a photographer.

“It was a subject I hated in college, I didn’t like it at all and could not understand why my friends found so much joy through it,” he said.

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