about:
A graduate student pursuing his passion in linguistics, Calvin Tang finds himself
continually transfixed on new hobbies, which include language, photography, and
motorcycles. Growing up in Torrance, California, he found himself studying in
San Francisco, but with an itch to travel and continue his self-taught French
lessons, studied abroad for a year in Southern France. He is currently attending
school in Long Beach for his master's degree in linguistics. After graduating,
he plans on applying his academic skills to computational linguistics.
language:
With his master's focus and bachelor's being in linguistics, language is an
obvious and continuous passion of Calvin's as he analyzes language on a daily
basis. After studying for years and a year-long study abroad trip to Marseille,
France, he became fluent in French, speaking in the Southern French accent native
to the region he studied. Being surrounded by different languages in his younger
years but never being formally educated spurred a pursuit to further educate
himself with languages, breaking them down to its very basic structure.
photography:
Though his educational focus is on language, one of Calvin's favorite hobbies
is street photography. With one of his favorite photographers and greatest
influences being Fan Ho, he emulates this influence and focuses on mundane
scenes to make them appear extraordinary. Calvin also has a small collection
of film and digital cameras, the main two camera bodies being a Sony A72 and
Olympus 011.
motorcycles:
Once he graduated with his bachelor's and moved away from San Francisco,
Calvin found his third passion: motorcycles. After receiving his motorcycle
license, he bought his first motorcycle, a red 2001 Suzuki SV650, lovingly
named "Rat Bike". He enjoyed all its quirks and follies until recently deciding
to invest in a newer and more reliable vehicle, a blue jewel-toned Triumph
America.