While attending CUNY as a Cinema Studies major, Tinx Chan was drawn to the art form of photography and its technical intricacies, which “set the foundation of how I think about and create images today.” Still photography was the hands-on outlet that opened his eyes to the artistic possibilities of the motion-picture . “It was the idea that you’re creating something — or discovering a feeling, a concept, or point of view with what’s in front of you through a camera lens — that really made me want to become a Director Cinematographer, a story teller.”