Kwei Shun-Yu (b. 1999, Chongqing, China) is a self-taught photographer. He began practicing photography in the streets of Chongqing. In 2019, he moved to Budapest, Hungary, to pursue a B.A. in Sociology. As it was his first time out of the country, he approached everything with a fresh and curious perspective. Influenced by photographers Joel Meyerowitz, Alex Webb, Ernest Cole, and sociologist Erving Goffman, he began reading more photography books, often spending entire days at the only English-language photo-bookstore in Budapest. Having lived and studied abroad for many years now, he is particularly interested in the lifestyles of people from different social strata, and how they cross paths on the street.
He is currently a master's student in documentary filmmaking at the University of Cape Town. He is working on his first autobiographical documentary film exploring home and identity. He is also making his first printed zine, which includes an essay by writer Emily Freedman, curated by director Luca Smith.
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Kwei Shun-Yu (b. 1999, Chongqing, China) is a self-taught photographer. He began practicing photography in the streets of Chongqing. In 2019, he moved to Budapest, Hungary, to pursue a B.A. in Sociology. As it was his first time out of the country, he approached everything with a fresh and curious perspective. Influenced by photographers Joel Meyerowitz, Alex Webb, Ernest Cole, and sociologist Erving Goffman, he began reading more photography books, often spending entire days at the only English-language photo-bookstore in Budapest. Having lived and studied abroad for many years now, he is particularly interested in the lifestyles of people from different social strata, and how they cross paths on the street.
He is currently a master's student in documentary filmmaking at the University of Cape Town. He is working on his first autobiographical documentary film exploring home and identity. He is also making his first printed zine, which includes an essay by writer Emily Freedman, curated by director Luca Smith.
