Bio
Vanessa Li (b. 1995) is a self-taught travel and documentary photographer from Hong Kong, a colonial city where the East meets West. After graduating from university in 2018, she started capturing 100 individuals working different street jobs across Hong Kong as her first street photography project. （Hong Kong: 100 people, 100 street jobs) Apart from documentary photography, she is also passionate about human rights stories.
Best described as approachable and tenacious, Vanessa’s innate ability to cross language barriers and curiosity to new cultures further drive her to travel solo, befriend locals, and capture many’s stories through intimate portraitures. In 2019, she landed a job as cabin crew in an international airline to stretch her opportunities to photograph on a global scale. In 2020, she started working on a photo project “Markets Worldwide” as she is fervent about understanding different cultures through looking at people's daily life and environments and believes that local markets are the true reflection of that.
"It is not right, it is not wrong, it is just different."
Equality is the foundation of Vanessa's open-minded and judgment-free approach to photography and human interactions. She combines both aesthetics and authenticity in her work to unravel cultural stereotypes and social issues. Instead of solely highlighting tragedies and troubles, she aspires to help her audiences to see the world without prejudice and encourage them to challenge injustice by seeking out solutions and taking actions. She also wants to use her work to embrace and celebrate the beauty of diversity.
If not exploring the world for new stories, Vanessa can usually be found spending time with her friends and family in Hong Kong. She is available for commissioned work and assignments globally.
李凱晴（Vanessa），1995年出生於香港。2018年大學畢業後，自學成才，成為旅遊和寫實攝影師。同年，開始她第一份攝影項目，「一百種人 一百種工作 一百種生活 」，拍攝在香港從事不同街頭工作的人。除了寫實攝影，她還熱衷於人權故事。
Vanessa對不同文化的好奇心和克服語言障礙的勇氣，促使她開始獨自旅行；她的親切友善使她能在短時間內結識當地人，與他們建立關係，並透過鏡頭拍下他們的肖像，紀錄故事。2019年，她成為一家國際航空公司的空中服務員，以擴展自己的拍攝機會，從香港推到世界。2020年，她開始另一項攝影項目「世界市集」。她熱衷於通過觀察人們的日常生活和環境來了解不同的文化，並認為本地市集是文化的真實體現。
「沒有對，沒有錯，只是不同。」
平等是Vanessa對攝影和人際交流時持開放態度且無批判的前設。為了闡明文化偏見和社會問題，她在作品中結合了美學和真實性。Vanessa不只是提出問題或強調不幸，還希望幫助人們在沒有偏見的情況下看到世界，鼓勵他們通過尋求解決方案和採取行動來挑戰社會的不公義現象。此外，她還想用作品來擁抱和欣賞多元文化。
除了在世界各地發掘新故事，Vanessa大部分時間會在香港與她的家人和朋友共度時光。