Photographer / Art Director / Stylist / Retoucher
Intro
Hello, I’m Lillian Liu.
I’m a young image maker from Vancouver, Canada.
I love marrying digital elements with fine art photography for my personal work, and am also familiar with fashion and lifestyle photoshoots for clients.
I shoot, style, edit, and direct all of my projects in Canada, EU, and USA.
Select Works
My C.V.
Features/Clients Include:
Marie Claire Taiwan
Vogue Taiwan
Penguin Random House
HarperCollins
Paris Hilton
Adobe
Atlantic Records
Blanche Macdonald/Curlique
Domestika
HBO Max’s Craftopia, Season 2
My Modern Met
CTV News Canada
Brasserie La Debauche
Enchanted Living
Fstoppers
Fete Chinoise
and many more
Awards
38th ARTS 2022, Arts Council of Surrey and Surrey Art Gallery, New Media Category, 3rd Place Winner
National Gallery (London, UK), NG200 Creators Shortlist, 2023
2021, Muse Photography Awards, Professional Category First Place Winner- Digital Enhance Photography
2020, WPPI, Grand Award, Creative Division
2020, WPPI, Open Creative, First Place
2020, 6th Annual Fine Art Photography Awards, Professional, Second Place, Photomanipulation
2019, Beautiful Bizarre and Stocksy Photography Award, Finalist
2018, 5th Annual Fine Art Photography Awards, Second Place, Photomanipulation
Sponsorships
Adobe (Photoshop v. 25.0, Express, Firefly, Generative Fill, Max), 2022-Present, Ambassador
Nanlite, 2023-Present, Promotor
Infinite Tools, 2022-Present, Infinite Skin, Promotor
Elinchrom ONE, 2021-Present, Promotor
The Backdrop Studio, 2021-Present, Ambassador
Composite Nation, Oniric, 2021-Present, Promotor
Lume Cube, 2019-present, Ambassador
Affiliations/Artist Groups/Teams
Team Canada, World Photographic Cup, 2023-present
Free Spirit Foundation, United Nations Affiliate, Paris, 2016-present
Exhibitions and Displays
Times Square billboard, Art Innovations, New York City, USA, 2023
Art On Loop Amsterdam, Studio Sarphaat, Netherlands, 2023
Canadian Imaging Conference, WPC tour, Canmore, Canada, 2023
Route 22 Artist Collective Gallery, WPC tour, Cochrane, Canada, 2023
Calgary Stampede, WPC tour, Calgary, Canada, 2023
Vancouver Convention Center, Art Vancouver, Canada, 2023
Javits Center, New York City, USA, 2023
ARTS 2022, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, Canada, 2022
Arch Enemy Arts Gallery + Boutique, “2022 Spotlight Showcase,” Philadelphia, USA, 2022
Place Des Artes, “Modern Fine Art Photography from the Female Gaze,” Solo Exhibition, Leonore Peyton Salon, Coquitlam, Canada, 2021
Paris Hilton, “Empowered Women Empower Women,” digital exhibition on SevensGrant, 2021
“Distorted Reality,” digital exhibition on SevensGrant, 2021
Speaker Experience:
Canadian Imaging Conference and Expo, Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC), Guest Speaker: “The ABCs of Fantasy Photography,” 2022
Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences, Photography Lecture, 2020
The Social Hour with Nicole York, Podcast, 2020
The A-MEZ-ing Live show, Episode 49, Podcast, 2020
Art Focus Exchanges, Podcast, 2020
Unplug, Episode 6, Podcast, 2020
Jury Panel:
European Photography Awards, Jury Panel, 2023
London Photography Awards, IAA, Jury Panel, 2022
European Photography Awards, Jury Panel, 2022
Resources Created:
Domestika, Fantasy Photography Course
The Color Lab, Contributor, “The Fairytale Collection” colour actions
The Digital Alchemists Library, Contributor, debut season, “Dodge and Burn.”
Fun Facts
I’m a self taught photographer.
I have a Masters Degree in piano performance from the Royal College of Music in London, UK, and am on faculty at the Vancouver Academy of Music/S.K. Lee College.
I opened “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” for the first time when I was five, and was lost ever since.
I co-founded Enchanted Asian Day, and utilized online auctions and cryptocurrency to fund initiatives that fought Covid-19 fueled Asian racism.
I enjoy modeling on occasion when I’m not playing games.
Say hello:
peculiar@live.ca
lillian.liu@rcm.ac.uk
or DM: @lillianliuphotography on Instagram
Website: lillianliu.squarespace.com