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"The 5x lens on iPhone 15 Pro Max was indispensable when trying to zero in on the details and textures of the aged buildings around me." Vivien Liu, photographer based in Hong Kong Vivien Liu is a photographer based in Hong Kong. She received her Master of Architecture degree at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, where she was awarded the prestigious Clifford Wong Prize in Housing Design. After 15 years in architecture, Liu discovered a passion for photographing the urban scenes of Hong Kong and other cities around the world. Because of her professional background, she is known for portraying space and subjects with a trained architectural eye. The synergy between people and space is a consistent theme in her work, which has brought an international spotlight on the cultural identity of Hong Kong, highlighting its architecture, people, and natural landscape. “iPhone first became an integral part of my process when I started traveling and snapping scenes from my journeys,” Liu recalls. “I’ve come to rely on it for my commercial work at various stages in the creative process with its wide array of focal lengths and shooting modes. The 5x lens on iPhone 15 Pro Max was indispensable when trying to zero in on the details and textures of the aged buildings around me. Combined with the abundance of natural lighting, I was able to create images that are full of contrast between light and shadow.”