Hong Kong In Pictures: Local Photographers To Keep An Eye On

These Hong Kong photographers take some of the most stunning images of the city and beyond. Come see this hustling and bustling city that never sleeps through their camera lens.

There is no denying that the vibrancy of Hong Kong, its culture, nature, and architecture, makes it the perfect playground for photographers of all genres. Be prepared to be wonderstruck by the work of these local artists specialising in different types of photography including in fashion, cityscape, sports and adventure, and lifestyle.

Who knows, they might even inspire you to pick up photography as a new hobby!

Architectural and cityscape

Victor Cheng

Using what he calls a “whimsical style” photography with a lot of natural light and clean composition, Victor captures his audience on Instagram with his colourful depiction of Hong Kong cityscape, earning him over 274K of followers. Apart from being IG famous, Victor’s work are also featured on various publications including Forbes, CNN, Vogue, The Telegraph, and GQ.

Kevin Mak

As a registered architect and owner of 1km Studio (architecture design and photography think tank), there is no doubt that Kevin has keen eyes for shapes and designs. With almost 90K followers on Instagram, this urban photographer enjoys capturing the city’s imperfections and informalities using warm tones to create emotional visual stories for his audience.

Gary Ng

Gary is another IG famous photographer with over 41K followers to date. With a passion in architecture and what he calls frozen geometric photography, Gary uses minimalistic style and colours to capture bold architectural shapes from interesting angles. A lot of his work are circulated on famous architect Instagram pages including Arquitecturamx, TV Buildings, and Point of View.

Fashion and products

Cheuk-Yin To

Cheuk-Yin of Yinstudios is a fashion photographer specialising in both products and portraits photography. Cheuk-Yin honed his craft in New York where he previously worked with brands like Chanel, Givenchy and BALLY, and captured images of iconic celebrities including Kendrick Lamar and Zombie Boy for Hypebeast Magazine.

Kiva Huang

Graduated with a Degree in Digital Photography from Vancouver Institute of Media Arts, Kiva started taking photos since he was only 15 years old. Specialising in commercial and fashion photography and videography, his techniques for high end fashion photography have earned him projects with global brands like Hermes and VOGUE!

Ken Ngan

A truly Hong Kong born and bred artist, Ken studied Fashion and Visual Communication at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His career took off when he started working for Lane Crawford before landing projects with brands like Nike. You can also spot his editorial pieces for various magazines such as Jet, i-D, MINGS and Manifesto.

Sports and adventure

Karen Chan

Karen is a photographer and videographer, specialising in a niche sector of sport photography, rock climbing and bouldering. Her work often displays athletes’ moments of intense focus or action shots that requires precision and patience to capture. In 2020, Karen also did a collaboration on a climbing documentary film production called “6.87 INCHES” shot in Hong Kong.

Patrick Leung

Even though he graduated with a degree in Urban Planning, Patrick’s passion is in sports and events photography using shutter burning technique and minimalist style. Some of Patrick’s work are for competitions arranged by Teach for Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, and Bandai Namco.

Brian Ching

Brian is an esteemed photographer based in Hong Kong that has been honing his craft since the early 2000s. While his passion is in capturing the raw emotions of sportsmanship in action, he occasionally changes gears and takes breathtaking images of Hong Kong’s skyline and nature.

Candid and lifestyle

Justin Wong

Apart from running his own freelance UX/UI Design and content creation business, Justin is also passionate about street, drone, and cityscape photography, winning him over 88.4K of followers on Instagram. Justin’s street photographs often feature Hong Kong and Toronto (his new home base), during sunset golden hours, playing with the contrast between light and shadow.

Emily Tse

AKA Emily Drinks Chocolate, Emily is a fashion photographer specialising in editorials and portraits for magazines including KEYI, PAP, Modic and JellyBaby. However, it is her street photography with a mysterious undertone that captures our attention. Inspired by the local supernatural stories, Chinese fairy tales and futuristic theme, her work will leave you seeing Hong Kong in a different light.

Jeremy Cheung

Jeremy is an urban freelance photographer with a passion in capturing candid moments with a focus on mood. His photographs often feature people going about their daily activities from a raw and subtle, or even poetic perspective. The fusion between abstraction vs. reality, minimalism vs. complexity, and symmetry vs. imperfection in his work has won him collaboration with brands like Canon, RedBull, National Geographic, and HK Design Centre & HK Tourism Board.

These pictures got you itching to see more of Hong Kong? What about an off the beaten path adventure outside of the city? Or keep things simple and visit Sai Ying Pun or Tin Hau this weekend with your flatmates.