Lean Lui snapped her relatives at home as a kid, now she’s shooting for Gucci and Alexander McQueen – and asking questions about gender and power
Lean Lui appears at the door of her sunny Kwun Tong studio wearing a purple-and-black chequered raw-silk dress. Its neckline and torso are fashioned after a cheongsam, buttoned and fitted until the waist where it gives way to a voluminous skirt.
Much like her photographs, the garment is feminine, balancing old-world charm and a contemporary edge.
Lui is equally equipped with a self-starter mentality. She is best known for her soft, sensual compositions, which often appear blurred or hazed, evocative of innocence, fantasy and something slightly more sinister. Her subjects are usually her sister, cousins or friends. In one shot, two girls are caught laughing between flowers; in another, a girl’s neck and shoulders are covered in bow-shaped wounds. Another shows legs in intertwining white knee-high socks.
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