7 Hong Kong photographers who’ll make you fall in love with the city

As so many films and photographs have attested, our home city is a visual playground for image-makers from all walks of life. You can hardly swing a camera in this metropolis without hitting another photographer. While there’s a long list of talented landscape, portrait and street photographers who call Hong Kong home, we've handpicked some of our favourite visual artists for you below.

Kelvin Yuen 

Best for: sublime landscapes 

Light, shadow, cloud and mountain are just a few of the elements in Kelvin Yuen’s photographic arsenal, with the Hongkonger snagging multiple awards from the likes of National Geographic – especially for his dramatic landscapes. Capturing jaw-dropping vistas rich in colour detail, Yuen transforms sites like Lion Rock and Kowloon Peak into places out of a Shackleton journal. Full of wanderlust and curiosity, he’s since cast his net even wider to capture lightning storms and sunrises in Patagonia, Guilin and Scotland. 

Victor Cheng

Best for: Wes Anderson vibes 

Better known as @veeceecheng on social media, Cheng is one half of Hong Kong’s biggest social media couple alongside his partner @samishome . As the man behind the lens of her internet-breaking shots and videos, he also shares his own photography and tutorials on social media. The pair shot to fame for Cheng’s cotton-candy-hued photos of spots like Wan Chai Fire Station . These days, their portfolio spans stunning travel photography across cities including Tokyo and Toronto – though they always return home to the 852.

Jessica Li  

Best for: colour-drenched scenes 

As a Sony ambassador and award-winning Hong Kong photographer, it’s no surprise that Jessica Li has racked up the accolades for her stunning work. Li, better known as @jessica.lkw on Instagram, has an eye for the rainbow palettes of Hong Kong – whether snapping mesmerising periwinkle-blue tears on hidden beaches, fireflies or sun-drenched views of birds migrating in Long Valley. Though she prefers to focus on the natural world, she’s equally drawn to capturing manmade structures. 

Leungmo 

Best for: moody, stylish editorials 

As a go-to photographer for local publications including Vogue Hong Kong, Men’s Uno and Hypebeast, as well as luxe brands everywhere, Leungmo’ s work speaks for itself. While most of her photography focuses on fashion editorials or Canto stars like Mirror’s Keung To, you’ll still find HSBC’s lion statues and intriguing details of city life on this Hongkonger’s Instagram feed. Recently, she’s started using AI to expand her range, which includes creating cosmic album art for musician Terence Lam. 

William Furniss

Best for: conceptual views of the city 

After three decades in Hong Kong, this city remains a fount of inspiration for the British-born photographer William Furniss. With a dynamic and abstract style, Furniss takes overlooked elements and exaggerates them in his series Liquid Metropolis – focusing on light reflections in Hong Kong waters to create hypnotic shots, some of which are showcased in our Gallery in the skies on the new Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. A beautiful sense of the unreal permeates his work .

Edas Wong

Best for: tongue-in-cheek street shots 

With an eye for playful composition and a childlike wonder for extraordinarily quotidian moments, Edas Wong captures the joy and humour in everyday Hong Kong scenes. In Wong’s aptly titled photo book, Re-Form , he’s spent over a decade seeking out shots like those of a model sleeping on a bed of ladders , or billboards that transform passersby into kings, anime characters and salmon-haired rockabillies . 

Elaine Li

Best for: the magic of daily life 

The most exciting thing about Elaine Li is that her work is ever-changing, shifting from high-octane roof-topping for the perfect shot to her more recent transition as an evocative Hong Kong street photographer. Through her lens, scenes like uncles gossiping away in Victoria Park and commuters passing through empty night markets become cinematic moments full of emotion and awe. You’ll also find her flair for architectural city elements throughout her work, as nothing escapes her attention.