Surf photography Chang worked in
Waikiki taking pictures of tourists at luaus at the Royal Hawaiian and on boat cruises. and put Chang on staff at the magazine in 1979. In the 1980s, the photography industry saw new motor drives, improved lenses and higher-quality film stock. Chang applied these techniques to shooting the sport of surfing. He was one of the early photographers to use a camera in the water to capture surfing photography. his photos were selected for 38 magazine covers. His shot of an arcing wave at the
Banzai Pipeline appeared on the cover of
Surfing Magazine in 1985; it was the first significant empty wave shot with no person featured. Chang has traveled to 50 countries for book projects, films, and travel journalism assignments. He has shot a variety of subjects, including poets, surfers, bikini models and Nobel scientists, and elephants in the
Namibian bush. Chang was selected as one of the photojournalists for seven "Day in the Life" book projects. His work has been included in illustrated surfing books, including
Pure Stoke (1982),
The History of Surfing (1983), and
Surfing: The Ultimate Pleasure (1984).
Fine art photography In 2009, Chang shifted to work in fine art photography with a focus on arcing waves, the sea and light. Chang's photography has been included in the
San Diego Natural History Museum at an exhibit called
On The Trail of Ansel Adams. This exhibit highlighted black and white, nature-based imagery from multiple photographers that were inspired by the photographer
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