I felt lost in a world of perfect, hollow images. As a photographer, I was tired of "stalking" subjects; I wanted to witness them. By looking at the radical collaborations of Bruce Davidson and LaToya Ruby Frazier, I found my answer: the "Shared Glitch." Now, in my Hong Kong studio, my subjects aren't just faces—they are co-authors. We are using the camera to prove we exist before the screen erases us entirely.

What if a photo essay worked like a symphony? Most photographers edit with their eyes. I tried editing with my ears. Inspired by Christopher Anderson, I sequenced this eight-image essay like a musical score—listening for tempo changes, recurring motifs, and the silence between frames. Then my mentor suggested an even bigger risk: put the sunset in the middle and the mountains after the divine has already appeared. The result is a sequence that refuses to follow the rules. For photographers ready to take creative risks.

What happens when your 'closest' people are half a world away? I recently tackled a challenge to photograph the familiar while living abroad. It started with a fear of rejection and ended in a beautiful collaboration with my colleague, Pia. Here’s the full story of how we 'found the light' (literally and figuratively).

What does the "soul" of a place actually look like? For my latest ICP director’s fellowship assignment, I stepped out of the storefront and into the liminal space of a family-run backroom—a world of dormant neon, ancient abacuses, and family ghosts. Join me and my "Chinese Alice in Wonderland" as we explore the bridge between heritage and the modern world.

What actually separates a good photo from a story that resonates? For me, it always comes down to the "Big Three": Light, Frame, and Moment. I’ve just published a deep dive into how I use these three principles as a compass to navigate the chaos of the streets and find the quiet, cinematic stories hidden in plain sight. In this post, I’m breaking down three of my recent images and—more importantly—sharing the Creative Process Insights behind each one.

Ready to share your journey? This blog post takes you inside a creative process that transformed my photography project into a personal journey of self-love. If you're a visual storyteller, an artist seeking your voice, or someone who's felt lost and alone, this is for you. Learn how I found my power by embracing my pain and turning the lens inward.

I just had a creative breakthrough that changed everything about my long-term project, "Love Like a Monster." Guided by the brilliant Sarah Blesener, I went on a deep, personal journey to uncover the true heart of my work. What I found wasn't just about the art I was making, but about my own path to self-love. If you're a creative looking to find your true voice and elevate your storytelling, read about this mind-blowing process and the epiphany that followed.

We dive into the lore of ancient Chinese mythology to help you forge a powerful new identity. Inspired by gods, demons, and guardians like Mulian and Yama, this guide is a reference for our upcoming identity creation workshop, offering you a path to channel their raw power and create a Voidsona that is uniquely and fiercely your own. Discover how to transmute societal rejection into strength and take pride in your transcendent self.

Here’s a new visual strategy: deliberately breaking a photographic rule to reveal a deeper truth. By shooting on film and presenting the unedited fluorescent negatives, I'm transforming Hong Kong's liminal spaces into dystopian dreamscapes—a perfect backdrop for the Voidpunk community. Read on to see how this "failure" became a powerful method for exposing the city's hidden energies and the fiction of "proper" representation.

Want to see the future of visual storytelling? My latest exploration shares how collaboration and narrative agency are bringing a truly unique story to life. Witness how a "pregnancy shoot" with Hong Kong's Voidpunks isn't just about images, but about reclaiming identity and sparking change. Read more to discover this exciting evolution in my long-term project!

Here’s the fascinating story behind a recent shoot for my project, We Are the Things Monsters Love. Discover how an academic challenge ignited an unexpected collaboration, allowing me to explore speculative fiction and redefine documentary photography by capturing defiant acts that shape reality. It's a personal look into why these powerful images came to be.

"We Are the Things Monsters Love" reimagines documentary practice by fusing ancient Chinese mythology, notably Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs" and the Weitou tribe's bridal laments, with Hong Kong's Voidpunk counterculture. This innovative project documents how marginalized youth transcend societal abandonment, transforming into powerful, cybernetic gods and goddesses through diverse visual strategies to create a living archive that redefines human identity.

Fellow Voidpunks and Co-Creators of 'We Are the Things Monsters Love,'

As we embark on this transformative workshop, prepare to delve deeper into our shared long-term project. This is where your defiant identities ignite, channeling ancient power to reshape what it means to exist. For every visionary collaborator – from those living the counterculture to the documentary photographers pushing the limits of storytelling – this stage is about embracing archives, AI, and most importantly, your own powerful transmutation. Step into the void; unleash your monster.

Archives aren't relics—they're invitations to reimagine the future. When I transformed 18th-century Japanese monster scrolls into futuristic identities for Hong Kong's Voidpunk community, the archive became a living collaborator. This project reveals how documentary photographers can breathe radical new life into historical materials, creating space for marginalized communities to rewrite their own narratives. For anyone who believes images can change how we see the world—this is what happens when we treat archives as launchpads instead of time capsules.

What if you couldn’t visualize the images you wanted to create? As a photographer with aphantasia, I’ve always relied on the world around me to guide my work—until I discovered how AI could transform the blank canvas of my mind into vivid, tangible visions. This is the story of how I found a new way to see, to plan, and to collaborate, unlocking a future where technology and creativity dance together. Click to explore how this discovery is reshaping not just my art, but the very essence of visual storytelling.

Discover how to turn photographs into powerful stories with this guide to creating a photo essay. Learn the art of sequencing through my eight-image series on Hong Kong tourists shot with a Konica S3 and Cinestill 400D film. Perfect for emerging photographers ready to captivate audiences with their work!

Discover how to transform ordinary places into extraordinary narratives through “Sense of Place” photography. This blog post dives into the creative process behind a black-and-white film series that I shot in a local mall, revealing themes of isolation and neglect. Packed with tips on observation, storytelling, and technique, it’s a must-read for emerging photographers. Click to learn how to tell deeper stories with your camera!

Discover the art of visual storytelling through my latest exploration of the LFM principles: Light, Frame, and Moment. Join me as I share three captivating images, each revealing the secrets behind crafting evocative photographs that resonate with emotion and depth. Uncover how these foundational concepts can elevate your photography and inspire your creative journey—click to dive in!

I had lost the desire to photograph, and it felt like the end of the world. I am not exaggerating. Being a photographer is part of my identity, so losing that desire meant losing a part of myself. I couldn’t figure out why it was happening. I didn’t like any of the creative work I was producing, it felt fake, it felt unreal, it felt digital. So I did something senseless, imprudent, and totally irrational, which changed everything.

Kleios with Kameras is a series of portraits, to celebrate the people who inspire me, galvanize my spirit, and influence my creative work. Each muse in this series is holding a camera, it’s my camera, a symbol that connects them to me.