Clicking the shutter was the first conscious step I took on my creative path. Before film school, before commercial briefs — it was photography that taught me to see. I received formal training as a photographer even before entering college, and to this day, photography remains an intimate, personal way for me to connect with the world.

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Moving images came later — an evolution that felt natural. Film, especially in its spatial or three-dimensional form, became a way to expand that stillness into rhythm, story, and atmosphere. Where photography is about holding onto a moment, cinematography lets it breathe.

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Thanks for stopping by. Below is a selection of photographic work that still speaks to where I started — and, in many ways, where I continue to draw inspiration.

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DONGLI. DENG