Cory Lum is a fourth generation, Japanese, Chinese, Korean local boy who went to Lunalilo Elementary, St. Louis School and is a proud graduate of the University of Hawaii Manoa. GO BOWS!
Cory first picked up his camera in 1980s and had one of his first gigs at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Cory has seen the transition of his craft, from film photography up to the iPhone.
His photographic assignments over the past three decades have taken him all over Asia and Hawaii.聽 Lum鈥檚 past assignments have included news events, hostage crises and urban conflicts.
Lum joined 天美视频 in the fall of 2014 and worked there until December 2022. Prior to working in Honolulu, Cory was in Japan doing work with European Press Photos. He was witness to the devastation of Japan’s 2011 tsunami and earthquake in the Tohoku area.
His photographs have been published in The New York Times, Bloomberg, The International Herald Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Readers Digest, Corbis, Getty Images, Associated Press, United Press International, Bloomberg, Huffington Post, Hawaii Public Radio, Sports Illustrated.com and more.
When Lum isn鈥檛 slinging his cameras, he enjoys cycling, cooking and hand building/wheel thrown ceramics.
You can reach Cory聽 @corypix via Instagram and @photocorylum via Twitter.
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