Wife of Francis Wu, Daisy Ching 吳程玉湖 was born in the United States. She was the first female Hong Kong photographer to achieve international success, and is better known in the United States than in Hong Kong.
Daisy Wu won first prize in the colour slide division of the competition run by the Popular Photography magazine in 1954. The prize was U.S.$2,500, equivalent to four years' wages earned by a female factory worker in Hong Kong in those days. In winter the same year she went on a speaking tour of the United States. at the invitation of the Photographic Society of America, which also organized a touring exhibition of her works. In 1956 Daisy Wu won first prize in the open competition run by Marshall Photo Oil Co.; the winning entry was a portrait of the film star Li Lihua. The prize was a trip to San Francisco and a gold cup. In June the same year Ilford Company sponsored a solo exhibition of Daisy Wu's photographs.
In addition to her outstanding achievements,
Daisy Wu had a record of service to photographic societies. She became vice-president of the Hong Kong Camera Club in 1966, and was president from 1967 to 1970, probably the first time a woman was elected president of a photographic society in Hong Kong. She was not only a distinguished photographer, but also one who highlighted the achievements of Chinese women photographers in the world.