Chiang, a columnist and photo editor of the Kingston Whig Standard, was born in China and grew up in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the National University of Taiwan, and his Masters degree in journalism from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Jack Chiang's photos appear frequently in all major Canadian newspapers, as well as in Reader's Digest, the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times, and he has won numerous photographic awards for his work.