The Potala Palace in Lhasa beneath white summer clouds

Through My Lens

Gary Lyu · Photography

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About the photographer

Looking closely
is a form of care.

I began taking photographs to remember where I had been. I continued because the camera taught me how to be present while I was there.

Moving between schools, cities, and cultures made me attentive to details that are easy to overlook: a window lit after rain, the geometry of a crowded street, or the silence of a road with no visible end. My photographs are less about collecting destinations than understanding how people inhabit them.

This portfolio is an evolving record of curiosity—about geography, community, and the stories that appear when I wait long enough to notice.

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Cycling journal · December 2023

Miles teach me
to notice.

Long-distance cycling changed how I see a place. At the speed of a bicycle, endurance and observation become part of the same journey—from training roads in Shenzhen to the coast of Hainan.

300kilometers · Sanya to Haikou
400kilometers · Hainan–
26.9km/h average · longest ride

Explore by time

The timeline

Follow journeys across China and the United States, from quiet roads and open landscapes to architecture shaped by memory and place.

Explore by place

The places
I have seen.

Three continents, eight countries. Select a point to see the photographs and stories connected to that place.

Country outlines adapted from Natural Earth. Markers show photographed locations.