Wong Yuet (she/they) is a Canadian-Chinese film photographer, born and raised in Hong Kong. Her journey began when she moved backed home during the pandemic, where she utilised the camera to rediscover the place she moved away from at the age of 15. Her early images document the city during and post-pandemic, illustrating its changes since the 2019 extradition bill. Her candids depict people in their natural state, documenting how the underlying progression of the political turmoil has woven into the bustling urban fabric that stitches her identity.
Wong Yuet (she/they) is a Canadian-Chinese film photographer, born and raised in Hong Kong. Her journey began when she moved backed home during the pandemic, where she utilised the camera to rediscover the place she moved away from at the age of 15. Her early images document the city during and post-pandemic, illustrating its changes since the 2019 extradition bill. Her candids depict people in their natural state, documenting how the underlying progression of the political turmoil has woven into the bustling urban fabric that stitches her identity.
She sees the confines of analog photography as a challenge for her creativity, in its necessity to be intentional but also its simultaneous element of unpredictability that relieves every shot from being entirely premeditated. Her fascination for the medium has only grown with her desire to work with physical materials; she is now trying her hand in the darkroom. Although she has since expanded her lens beyond her ethnocultural roots, her hometown remains her primary setting. Rejecting her heritage in her youth, she now recognises the value of one's culture and attempts to reclaim hers through street photography. She regards photography as a method of inquiry; she hopes to explore documentary photography as a way to navigate her (part-time) position in the Hong Kong diaspora.
She sees the confines of analog photography as a challenge for her creativity, in its necessity to be intentional but also its simultaneous element of unpredictability that relieves every shot from being entirely premeditated. Her fascination for the medium has only grown with her desire to work with physical materials; she is now trying her hand in the darkroom. Although she has since expanded her lens beyond her ethnocultural roots, her hometown remains her primary setting. Rejecting her heritage in her youth, she now recognises the value of one's culture and attempts to reclaim hers through street photography. She regards photography as a method of inquiry; she hopes to explore documentary photography as a way to navigate her (part-time) position in the Hong Kong diaspora.
Her work has been featured in the McGill Daily, the McGill Tribune, as well as in the multi-media exhibit Per/severe in 2022 and 2023. She has also guest starred in Yiara Magazine's podcast, Curated.
Her work has been featured in the McGill Daily, the McGill Tribune, as well as in the multi-media exhibit Per/severe in 2022 and 2023. She has also guest starred in Yiara Magazine's podcast, Curated.