Bio
Tif Ng (She/Her) is a Cantonese-American photographer and cultural worker based in New York City. Her research and photo practice explore myth-making, Chinese celebratory and mourning rituals, and Cantonese family histories and archives.
She is currently the Programs Coordinator at Magnum Foundation. She has curated exhibitions at Paris Photo, Photoville, and in grassroots organizing spaces across NYC. Her work is deeply rooted in community engagement and cultural storytelling.
Contact
✉ Personal Email: tifng22@gmail.com
✉ Work Email: tif@magnumfoundation.org
*CV upon request
Updates
2026
Tidal, published by Zug Press
2025
Photo Kathmandu 6, South Asia Incubator- Facilitator
Enduring Ecologies, featuring: Zumrad Mirzalieva, Ofoe Amegavie, Farhana Satu, and Kunga Tashi-Lepcha, Magnum Foundation
Baxter St Camera Club- Be Like Water Fellow
Heritage in Focus, World Monuments Fund in collaboration with Magnum Foundation, Photoville
2024
A Tapestry of Aliveness, featuring past grantees from the Magnum Foundation NYC Fellowship Program
Heritage in Focus, featuring: Eric Gyamfi, Yael Martínez, Fracisca Angela, Victor Zea Diaz and Diego Cassseres , co-curated by Kristen Lubben and Tif Ng for World Monuments Fund in collaboration with Magnum Foundation, at Grand Palais, Paris Photo
Borough Based Liberation Project: Chinatown is a Site of Resistance, co-curated by Tif Ng and Sonia Tsang, Immigrant Social Services community space
Moonsongs for Earth by Prasiit Sthapit, co-curated by Tif Ng and Sarah Perlmutter for Magnum Foundation, Photoville
Counter Histories: Exhibition of Works by Christopher Gregory-Rivera, Abdo Shanan, Prasiit Sthapit, and Agata Szymanska-Medina. Magnum Foundation
2023
Counter Histories: Exhibition of Works by Tamara Abdul Hadi, Alan Chin, Naomieh Jovin, and Qiana Mestrich
Gay Space Agency by Mackenzie Calle, co-curated by Tif Ng and Sarah Perlmutter for Magnum Foundation, Photoville
2022
Rendering Real, by AAIFF (Asian American International Film Festival)
Bridging Futures Window Installation, WOW Project in collaboration with Magnum Foundation, Cooper Square Committee Space
Wishing Well, Solo Show, Land to Sea
2021
Magnum Foundation Fellowship, Fall Fellowship at Magnum Foundation
