A nice little portrait I found of Hot Shot Ka-Man as Creative Director of dirtypop magazine

I may have been advised to delete the word beautiful from my vocabulary when it comes to describing works of art, but HS Ka-Man Tse's work is insanely so. Take a look at her ingeniously named URL: www.TseWhat.com and brace yourself to lust after these shots. Panelist Eileen Gittens says, "This is my favorite work from the entire group. Rich, sophisticated, lots of depth. I could look at these every day and not tire." Agreed.

When + where were you born?
Kowloon, Hong Kong 1981.

Where were you trained, if anywhere?
Bard College

What do you do to pay the bills?
I work in arts education by day, and as Service Manager of a restaurant at night.

What led you to photography over other mediums?
Hey I'm not hating on other mediums at all. I just can't paint.

What is your guiltiest tech pleasure?
you tube. gadget? the snooze button on my multiple alarm clocks.

Do you have any other creative talents?
I draw and I cook

What image is permanently etched into your brain and thank goodness for it?
Usually they are shots that I couldn't make. One time in 2001 I was walking with my friends and it was the summer and we were getting out of dinner just walking around and there was a gust of wind that blew all of these styrofoam packing peanuts all over the sidewalk through our feet dancing like popcorn and then it went away so quickly like we had all imagined it.

Who are three of your favorite living artists?
Kara Walker
Kiki Smith
Tsai Ming Liang

What does the spring and beyond have in its forecast for you?
Yo, it's the year of the pig, so it's a going to be a good year for me. Life changes, so way!

Share your favorite links with us.
www.chowhound.com
www.dirtypop.org

What led you to enter Hey, Hot Shot!?
mad street creds

Anything about you: Exciting news, oddball facts, or otherwise that we should know?
My name has a hyphen. I have 11 toes in the 7 and 4 combo. I was raised in the electric city.