Hsieh Meng-hsiung, who studied medicine, fell for photography at young age. When he was just 13 he got his first camera--too cool! --from the husband-to-be of his aunt, who was an amateur photographer. This uncle would become Hsieh's first master-teacher in his study of this art.
學醫的謝孟雄很早就愛上攝影，那年他只有十三歲，就有一台相機，十分拉風，是後來成為他三姨父的業餘攝影家送的，三姨父自然也成了他的攝影啟蒙師父。