OC guys appear in 2010 Asian Pacific Male Calendar

November 10, 1:44 PMOrange County Ethnic Community ExaminerCorin Ramos

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Darren Domingo appears in 2010 Asian Pacific Male Calendar, proceeds go to Asian Pacific Health
Jeff Sheng Photography

Three OC residents are models in the new 2010 Asian Pacific Male Calendar, a charity volunteer project with 100% proceeds going to the Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, a non-profit community health center that provides low cost medicine to the working poor and uninsured in over ten languages.

The calendar is available on Amazon.com (keyword: 2010APM) or by calling the APHCV at (323) 644-3880.

The OC guys (Daniel Ichikawa, Christopher Kim and Anthony Nguyen) were featured in last week's Orange County Register

At a time when Asian males continue to be either under-represented or stereotyped in the mainstream media,, the 2010 Asian Pacific Male Calendar offers a rare look at a diverse group of Asian-American men who are fast becoming the newest “objects of affection” in American mainstream culture.

The sexy side of Asian men
The calendar’s creators say the reaction to the project has been extremely positive, with orders coming from 25 states, D.C., and seven other countries on four continents.

“It was incredible to see such an enormous grassroots fan base build up during the production of the calendar,” said Jeff Sheng, the calendar’s internationally re-knowned photographer and one of its three creators, along with Nareth Chuon and Jason Peers. “People we didn’t even know quickly promoted us on their social networking sites and the buzz and excitement over the release really encouraged us and gave us confidence. This calendar is a great way to increase the visibility of Asian American men's bodies in a society that disproportionally focuses on "white" beauty, or Asian American women.”

The calendar features some of the most popular Asian Pacific American male actors and models, who are already familiar with showcasing their physical side. Yet, they all agree that working on the 2010 APM Calendar goes beyond just skin deep.

“This project is important because it showcases and glamorizes Asian American males in a light that they are not often portrayed in; models in this calendar show the more masculine and intense face of the Asian American male,” said Darren Domingo (“Mr. March”).


Giving back to the community
The 2010 APM Calendar is available on Amazon.com (keyword 2010APM) for $15. Internationally, the calendar is available for sale on www.Fridae.com.

All of the production proceeds from the calendar are being donated to the Los Angeles-based Asian Pacific Health Care Venture (APHCV), a non-profit community health center that provides low cost medicine to the working poor and uninsured in over ten languages.

"Legendary Bingo and Fundraiser"
On November 18, the 2010 APM Calendar will be hosting the “Legendary Bingo” fundraiser for APHCV with celebrity ball caller James Kyson Lee of Heroes at Hamburger Mary’s Bar and Grill in West Hollywood, starting at 9:00 pm.

About Jeff Sheng (www.jeffsheng.com )
Photographer Jeff Sheng is most widely known for his activist arts projects FEARLESS which integrate photography with social activism. Jeff tours the country speaking and has exhibited his work at the ESPN Studios and most recently at the International LGBT Human Rights Conference in Copenhagen. It was recently announced that Jeff will be speaking and exhibiting his project at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Jeff graduated from Harvard in 2002 and received his MFA in Studio Art from UCI in 2007.

About Asian Pacific Health Care Venture (www.aphcv.org )
Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Inc. located in Hollywood and serving the greater Los Angeles area, is a Federally Qualified Health Center that provides culturally competent health education and primary care services to 12,400 patients annually, more than 77% of whom were uninsured in 2008.