Title: KL

Artist: Alex Qian

Edition: 1/1

Story: How I ended up in Kuala Lumpur was a pretty crazy story. I had entered an Air Asia x Sony Malaysia art competition and made it to the top ten finalists. It wasn't until the closing days of the contest that they told me I was ineligible to be the Grand Prize winner as a non-Malaysian citizen...but I could opt for a runner up prize in a Sony camera...if I picked it up locally. As I was (relatively) close by in China, I decided to send it to KL to pick up my prize. While there, I emailed one of the resorts with a rooftop view to photograph cityscape images from. I asked if I could fly a drone from the deck and to my surprise they did. In a time where drone laws were still non-existent, this remains one of my best stories behind an image.

“Creative Evolutions” is a series of creative digital photographic compositions from various cities across the world in 3 years. An expansion of Alex Qian's origin story through a phase of exploration, experimentation, and creative growth in the pursuit of something greater. In addition to learning more about the world and himself, this collection of photographs showcases the often unseen progression in the process of developing intention and creative confidence behind the photograph and artist.