CHI'EN LEE SHOWCASES HIS EXTRAORDINARY AND ACHINGLY BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS IN VIVID COLORS OF THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE RAINFORESTS AT RAINFOREST FRINGE FESTIVAL AT OLD COURT HOUSE, KUCHING, SARAWAK. NOW ON TILL 16 JULY 2017. COME AND BE MESMERISED!

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WITH A CHINKY NAME LIKE CHIEN LEE, I ASSUMED THE PHOTOGRAPHER IS A CHINAMAN SO WAS SURPRISED TO SEE A MAT SALLEH. 

Chien Lee is half American and half Chinese as his mother is from San Francisco. His photos are so brilliant and impressive I had to ask him if they were real or photoshopped! Lucky he did not slap me for such impertinence though he admitted a handful were taken in his studio but the vast majority were photographed on site. 

"I never know what I would be photographing. I might venture into the jungle to take photos of birds and ended up taking photos of frogs or amphibians and animals without an avian in sight! The sense of unexpectedness makes my sojourns more interesting."

www.chienclee.com 

NOW ON TILL 16 JULY 2017. FREE ENTRANCE 

 CHIEN LEE EXPLAINING HIS PHOTOS TO MINISTER OF TOURISM, ARTS, CULTURE, YOUTH AND SPORTS OF SARAWAK DATUK ABDUL KARIM RAHMAN HAMZAH

LIGHT IN THE FOREST!

 SO WELL BLENDED, NO WONDER I NEVER SAW ANY BIG CATS IN JUNGLES

 STUNNING BIRD'S EYE VIEW

 DINNER TIME! GROTESQUE BUT LIFE'S A JUNGLE

 CUTEST

 THIRSTY

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 WOW

 HOW THIS IS TAKEN I DUNNO

 DROWNED INSIDE

 MAN OF THE FOREST

 I HAVE NEVER SEEN A PHOTO OF THIS RARE, OCTOPUS-LIKE RAFFLESIA! 

 AMAZING AS IT LOOKS LIKE IT CAN WALK!

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 PHOTOGRAPHER CHIEN LEE EXPLAINING HIS WORKS TO MINISTER OF TOURISM FOR SARAWAK DATUK ABDUL KARIM RAHMAN HAMZAH

 THERE IS SOMETHING ALIVE SOMEWHERE HERE!

 THIS INSECT CARRYING MINIATURE LOGS I HAVE NEVER SEEN ALSO

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 A FROG HERE

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 ROYAL VISITOR THE SECOND PRINCE OF NEGRI SEMBILAN

 HIS HIGHNESS TUNKU ZAIN AL-ABIDIN TUANKU MUHRIZ  TAKES HIS HAT OFF FOR THE TABBY

 SARAWAK'S MINISTER OF TOURISM WITH HIS WIFE, PHOTOGRAPHER CHIEN LEE AND HIS AMERICAN MOTHER

 WORLD CLASS PIXMAN CHIEN LEE WITH HIS CHINESE FATHER AND AMERICAN MOTHER

CHIEN LEE AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE AT 'LIGHT IN THE FOREST' PHOTO EXHIBITION