Axel Ling (b. 2000, French Guiana) is an artist photographer who works and lives in Hong Kong.  
Ling's interest lies in dissecting the unfolding of life, with the nature of photography to create a temporal space where light (time) is tamed and spirits merge. 
The sensibly cropped and framed 'realities' in Ling's photographs aim to strike, guide, and serve as a navigational map for others. This forms the foundation of his artistic practice, utilising solely photography as a medium.

Education

  • 2024 BFA, Major in Photography, The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), Czechia

  •  2021 CertHE, Major in Design, Media, and Screen, UAL London College of Communication (LCC), United Kingdom

Solo Exhibition

  • 2024 Ye’s kafe | studio, ‘A Case of Eclosion’, Prague, Czechia

Selected Group Exhibitions

  •  2024 HYB4 Galerie, ‘Fotofutures 2024’, Kampus Hybernská, Prague, Czechia

  • 2024 Creative Prague Gallery, ‘Tree of Eyes’, Skautský institut, Prague, Czechia

  •  2022 OFF Bratislava, ‘Between Anywhere and Nowhere’, Bratislava, Slovakia

  • 2022 Medium Gallery, ‘Battery’, Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava (AFAD), Slovakia

Publications

  • 2025 Make Zine 3 (A Case of Eclosion), co-published with Photobooksmallsell (Hang Tam), Hong Kong

  • 2021 Hold Everything, Dear, self-published, Hong Kong

Award

  • 2020 Laureate of Connection Through Images - The Master (Wingshya) vs Young Creatives, PHVLO HATCH, Hong Kong