OK Chan (b. 1993) is a Hong Kong–based architect with an artistic practice centred on analogue photography.
Working primarily with large‑format and medium‑format film, Chan’s approach is defined by slowness and deliberation. Her photographs observe built environments in everyday life that quietly change. Rather than iconic buildings or striking moments, she pursues subtle changes, everyday structures, and understated human imprints. With a measured visual style, her work considers how the city continually evolves through use, adaptation, and passage of time.
Trained as an architect, Chan brings a sensitivity to spatial relationships and lived experience to her photography. She has worked professionally as a project architect on commercial and institutional projects in Hong Kong, including Two Taikoo Place and the Elevated Walkway System at Taikoo Place. Reflecting her belief in the fluid boundaries of urban life, she co-founded Walking Slow in 2022 to focus on community engagement, art curation, and public education.
Her photographs have received international recognition, including Silver Awards at the Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3), the Budapest International Foto Awards, and the Analog Sparks International Film Photography Awards (2024-2025). She has also received Honourable Mentions from more than 30 photography awards, including the International Photography Awards, Tokyo International Foto Awards, Chromatic Photography Awards, Monochrome Photography Awards, Neutral Density Awards, and the MonoVisions Black & White Photography Awards (2023-2026).
Her multi-disciplinary work has been exhibited locally and internationally, including the “HKIA Annual Award Exhibition 2021” (2022), “Detour 2023 - New Know How” (2023), “HKIA Kuala Lumpur–Nanjing–Hong Kong Roving Architecture Exhibition” (2023–2024), “Hong Kong International Photography Festival exhibition: Hak to Hak – Villagers’ Portraits” (2025), solo exhibition “As Days Go By: A retrospective on everyday life in Hong Kong” (2025), the “Prix de la Photographie Paris 2025 Winners’ Exhibition” (2025), and the “Budapest International Foto Awards 2025 Winners’ Exhibition” (2026).
Education
2026 - Present // Master of Arts in Arts and Cultural Enterprise, Central Saint Martins, University of Arts London, London (London & Hong Kong)
2016 - 2019 // Master of Architecture, School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
2012 - 2015 // Bachelor of Social Science (Hons) in Architectural Studies, School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
Awards & Honors
2026 January // Monochrome Photography Awards 2025
Honorable Mention in Architecture Category - "The Scaffoldings in Vanish"
Honorable Mention in Landscapes Category - "Tiny Trees"
2025 December // Chromatic Photography Awards 2025
Honorable Mention in Travel - "Sunrise in Mongolia"
Honorable Mention in Travel - "Traces in the Dunes"
2025 November // Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) 2025
Honorable Mention in Analog / Film / Architecture - "Pan Hoi Street"
Honorable Mention in Analog / Film / Architecture - "The Scaffoldings in Vanish”
Honorable Mention in Analog / Film / Architecture - “Urban Mirage”
2025 November // Neutral Density Photography Awards (ND Awards) 2025
Honorable Mention in Architecture: Others Category - “The Scaffoldings in Vanish”
Honorable Mention in Special: Analog / Film Category - “On the Road”
2025 September // Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA) 2025
Silver Winner in Film / Architecture Category - “The City at Night”
Bronze Winner in Film / Architecture Category - “The Scaffoldings in Vanish”
Bronze Winner in Film / Architecture Category - “Pan Hoi Street”
Honorable Mention in Film / Architecture Category - “The Walkway”
2025 August // Prix de la Photographie, Paris (P×3) 2025
Silver Winner in Architecture / Cityscape Category - “Walled City Reaching the Sky”
Bronze Winner in Analog / Other Category - “Solitude”
Bronze Winner in Analog / Other Category - “On the Road”
Honorable Mention in Architecture / Bridge Category - “The Walkway”
Honorable Mention in Architecture / Cityscape Category - “Urban Mirage”
Honorable Mention in Analog / Architecture Category - “Inside Out”
Honorable Mention in Analog / Architecture Category - “Pan Hoi Street”
2025 August // Analog Sparks International Film Photography Awards 2025
Bronze Winner in Architecture / Cityscape Category - “The Downtown”
2025 August // International Photography Awards (IPA) 2025
Honorable Mention in Analog / Film - Architecture Category - “The City at Night”
Honorable Mention in Analog / Film - Architecture Category - “Brutalism”
Honorable Mention in Analog / Film - Architecture Category - “Last Days of Swiss Building”
Official Selection (Finalist) in Analog / Film - Other Category - “Dai Pai Dong”
Official Selection (Finalist) in Analog / Film - Photojournalism Category - “The Buskers”
Official Selection (Finalist) in Analog / Film - Architecture Category - “Last Days of Swiss Building”
2025 July // MonoVisions Black & White Photography Awards 2025
Honorable Mention in Architecture Category - “The Scaffoldings in Vanish”
2025 January // Monochrome Photography Awards 2024
Honorable Mention in Architecture Category - "Walled City Reaching the Sky"
2025 January // Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) 2024
Honorable Mention in Architecture / Bridges Category - "The Walkway"
Honorable Mention in Analog / Film / Editorial / Journalism - "His Duty"
Honorable Mention in Analog / Film / Architecture - "Last Days of Swiss Buildings"
Honorable Mention in Analog / Film / Architecture - "Layers"
Honorable Mention in Analog / Film / Architecture - "Solitude"
Honorable Mention in Analog / Film / Architecture - "Stairway"
2024 November // Neutral Density Photography Awards (ND Awards) 2024
Honorable Mention in Architecture: Cityscapes Category - “Walled City Reaching the Sky”
Honorable Mention in Special: Analog / Film Category - “Solitude”
2024 September // International Photography Awards (IPA) 2024
Official Selection (Finalist) in Architecture / Cityscapes Category - “Walled City Reaching the Sky”
Official Selection (Finalist) in Analog / Film - Other Category - “Solitude”
2024 September // Analog Sparks International Film Photography Awards 2024
Silver Winner in Architecture / Bridges Category - “The Walkway”
2024 January // Hong Kong Photo Contest (National Geographic) 2023
Finalist in Historic Architecture Category - “翰林院庶吉士”
2023 July // MonoVisions Black & White Photography Awards 2023
Honorable Mention in Architecture Category - “Walled City Reaching the Sky”
Exhibition
2025 September // Hong Kong Green Week Photography Exhibition - “The Beauty of Green Buildings Through the Lens of Architects”
// Selected Entries //1/F, Two Taikoo Place, 979 King's Road, Quarry Bay // 8 September 2025 - 14 September 2025 //
2025 June - July // Solo Exhibition 2025 - “As Days Go By: A retrospective on everyday life in Hong Kong”
// Solo // Coffee Hermosa, G/F, 6 Whitfield Road, Fortress Hill, Hong Kong // 27 June 2025 - 6 July 2025 //
2025 May - June // Hong Kong International Photo Festival - Koon Man Space One Year Anniversary Exhibition //
// “Hak to Hak” Exhibition - “Villagers Portraits” // As Bobby K H SHAM (Bobpin)’s Team //
// Koon Man Space, 338 Route Twisk, Chuen Lung Village, Tsuen Wan // 24 May 2025 - 30 June 2025 //
2023 July - 2024 March // HKIA KL-NJ Roving Exhibition - “Harmony in Diversity - Connecting the Metropolis by in-betweens” //
// Selected Exhibitor // Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur & Nanjing //
// Shop L110 - L112, 1/F, AIRSIDE, 2 Concorde Road, Kai Tak, Hong Kong // 23 February 2024 - 11 March 2024 //
// 7/F, Golden Eagle Tiandi, No.888 Yingtian Avenue, Jian Ye District, Nanjing, China // 22 October 2023 - 6 Nov 2023 //
// Rumah Tangsi, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia // 22 July 2023 - 7 August 2023 //
2023 May // HKIA Annual Award Exhibition 2021 - “The Central’s Hub” //
// Selected Design Team // 1/F Central Market Event Space // 20 May 2022 - 29 May 2022 //
Interview
2025 October // Lomography HK - “Film Prototype's Review of LomoChrome Classicolor ISO 200”
2025 May // Lomography HK - “Featured Interview & Film Review of LomoChrome - Metropolis & Turquise & Purple”
2024 January // Metro Radio - 體藝文情《體藝文情紅日祭》
Contribution
2022 Autumn Edition // Being Hong Kong - The Hong Kong’s Character (字在香港)