CONTRIBUTORS

DINO BUSCH is a Croatian photographer who alternates between Asia and Europe for advertising and fashion shoots. His portfolio is studded with stunning visuals that have been published in myriad magazines around the world. A former model and self-taught lensman, Busch photographs David Klar for this month’s issue

(First Person, page 10). MATHEW SCOTT has been writing for 25 years, focusing mostly on his twin loves of cinema and sport. In the course of his work he’s met a lot of fascinating personalities, including, for this issue of Prestige, women’s tennis numberone Caroline Wozniacki (“Break Point” page 92). New York-based photographer MIKE RUIZ is best known for his high-impact celebrity photography and glossy fashion shoots for major international magazines. Ruiz has also shot advertising campaigns for brands including Sean John, M.A.C Cosmetics, Reebok and Bongo jeans, as well as CD covers. In recent years he has branched out as a director, creating music videos for artists such as Kelly Rowland, Traci Lords and Kristine W, as well as the campy independent film Starrbooty. For this issue of Prestige, Ruiz travels to Monaco, to shoot our cover personality Caroline Wozniacki (“Break

Point” page 92), as well as a fabulous fashion spread (“Meet Me at the Metropole”, page 62). Writer ANDREW DEMBINA has focused mostly on food and drink, and art and design in 25 years of print and radio media in Hong Kong. Until recently an editor at Prestige, prior to that he was deputy managing editor of wine and luxury-lifestyle magazine Le Pan. In this month’s issue he interviews Chinese painter Ai Xuan (“Rice and Realism”, page 102). STEPHEN MCCARTY is a former literary editor of the South China Morning Post and ex-editor-in-chief of the Asia Literary Review. Having appeared at literary festivals in Bali, Hong Kong, Jaipur, London, Melbourne, Shanghai and Singapore, he would be delighted to work exclusively as a moderator if he could find someone to pay him to do it full time. He is a vegetarian, an animal-rights advocate and a musician of questionable quality. And like any knowledgeable, football-loving Mancunian, he supports Manchester City. This month, he delves into the mystery behind a satirical Russian novel, and its ramifications

(“Stop Press”, page 106).