Commercial / Editorial Photographer based in Sarawak, Malaysia, Borneo.

Muhammad Rais Sanusi a.k.a. RAIZ the Photographer was born and raised in Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo. The beginning of his career as a Graphic Designer at one of the local tabloid newspapers in 1991 as soon as he finished high school.

Ten years of gaining knowledge in the field of Graphic Design and having a deep interest in the field of photography, he was given the opportunity as a Program Instructor at one of the local colleges for the Graphic Skills program under the Malaysian Skills Program (MLVK) in addition to teaching he also continued to be involved in design work graphics, multimedia and photography to meet the needs of the institution.

With a deep interest in photography since 1997, he took a big step to make photography his main career after receiving an offer as a News Photographer in one of the local Newspapers from 2008 until 2023. In addition to working as a Newspaper Photographer for 16 years, he was also offered a part-time Photographer for several overseas agencies and involved in a series of commercial photography campaigns published abroad such as Brunei, Singapore, Taiwan and Japan.

In 2012, he was trusted and appointed as one of the instructors under the supervision of the giant Canon camera company for the photography program under the Canon EOS Academy - Malaysia, in which he was involved in organizing photography workshops throughout Sarawak. With experience in the field of journalistic, commercial photography and Skills teaching, he was also offered as an Instructor at one of the photography Skills institutions under the OPEN University Malaysia program.

With the experience he has, he now serves as a photographer at the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (UKAS) under the Department of the Premier of Sarawak who is responsible for taking photos involving ceremonies and milestone events organized by the Sarawak Government involving the Gavenor of Sarawak and the Premier of Sarawak.

In addition, he is also active in local photography activities and is trusted to hold several important positions in local photography associations such as Secretary for the Sarawak Press Photographer Association (SPPA) and Deputy Secretary for the Sarawak Photographic Society – Malaysia.

Among his achievements and successes in the field of photography, he is the recipient of the Sarawak Hornbill Tourism Awards 2009/2010 for the Media Photography category, second and third place in the Commonwealth Photojournalist Competition 2011, Top 10 Borneo Fashion Photographer Awards 2017 and Top 10 Malaysian Photographer - 9th 35Award International Photography 2024.

bighugelabs.com/flickr/dna.php?username=31747706@N00