Edwin Ong Wee Kee

Ong describes himself as a keen enthusiast, his full time profession is as a traditional Chinese medicine physician.^[2] He is a late bloomer and his interest in photography only started in 2010. Since then, he has taken part in numerous photography contests organised locally and internationally. He is a holder of MPSA (Master of Photographic Society of America) since 2018 as well as a life member of the Photographic Society of Sibu for which he once served as a vice president.^[1]

In 2019, he became the first Malaysian to win the grand prize of the 8th Hamdan International Photography Award.^[3] Later media reports that the winning photograph may have been staged.^[4] Ong dismissed the accusation and said that the photo was taken spontaneously.^[5]