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.

(myself with wolves, Prague, Marketa Novak)

Say hello:

peculiar@live.ca
lillian.liu@rcm.ac.uk
or DM: @lillianliuphotography on Instagram

Website: lillianliu.squarespace.com