He studied economics at Kansei University in Japan and earned a master's degree in sociology from the University of Illinois, but Ken Huang ended up becoming the founder and leading practitioner of food photography in Japan.
在日本關西大學念的是經濟，留學美國專攻社會，獲伊利諾大學碩士學位；如此背景，黃建勳結果竟成為日本食品專業攝影的開創者。