This entry is part 26 of 30 in the series Asia

Report: Expat Designers, Expat Arts People
Editor: Peter N Orange

Bill Bensley is the founder of Bensley Design Studios – a 45-member firm that specializes in exotic luxury resorts based in Bangkok, Thailand. Though raised in Southern California and educated at Harvard, he has spent little time on his homeland’s soil. He has in fact spent two decades in Asia, originally starting his career with Belt Collins & Associates in Singapore before starting his firm in 1989.

Four Seasons Resort, Koh Samui ~ …

This entry is part 25 of 30 in the series Asia Report: Arts Management, Expat Artists, Expat Fine Arts
As the only professional contemporary art gallery director in the country, Quynh Pham is Vietnam’s first port of call for museum curators around the world. Before she established Galerie Quynh in 2000, the American Viet Kieu worked as a freelance art writer and curator. She decided to move back to Vietnam in 1997 after her preliminary visit revealed a contemporary art scene on the cusp of taking off.
“Contemporary art is work related …

This entry is part 24 of 30 in the series Asia

Report: Expat Filmmakers, Famous Expats
Editor: Peter N Orange

Christopher Doyle is known for his distinctive cinematography on movies such as ‘Hero’ and best known for his collaborations with Wong Kar-wai on films such as ‘Chungking Express’, ‘Happy Together’ and ‘In the Mood for Love’. He is on of the most sought-after cinematographers in Asian cinema today.
He was born in postwar Australia, in 1952 and as spent much of his life away from his homeland. He left Sydney aged 18 and been …