Category: China / Hong Kong

Mirror Image

Lip Seng

I was one of the lucky seventy photographers invited by the Mayor of Beijing in 2000 to participate in the “World Photographers Focusing On Beijing” (a project for China’s 2008 Olympic application). One of the events that we covered during our stay in Beijing was that of Beijing Opera. This was one of the favourite images that I captured during the make-up session backstage. I was able to capture handheld, the mirror image of the well-lit performer with ambient light.

Mount Tai at Dawn

Lip Seng


One of the must-dos at Mount Tai in China is to watch the spectacular sunrise there. Unfortunately, I did not get the chance to do so during my visit in 1983 because of poor weather conditions. Instead, I managed to capture this magnificent landscape from a higher altitude. I think that it is a photographic challenge to capture the different layers of the image with good exposure accuracy.