Richard Li

Country: United States 🇺🇸

I started photography after I retired from the finance industry about 15 years ago. I have since traveled around the world to numerous famous landscapes in more than 50 countries. Eventually I found my passion in wildlife photography, as the best way to expresses my heart. In recent few years I went to Africa more than 20 times and have captured so many stunning moments of the wildlife there. I was the overall champion winner of 126th Toronto International Salon of Photography in 2019. I won two gold, three silver and one bronze medals of the Px3 Prix de La Photographie Paris 2020. and a Runner-up of the 2020 Travel Photographer of the Year. In the 2020 Tokyo International Foto Awards, I won the first place in Nature section, a gold medal in Aerial Photography, a silver medal in Landscape Arts, as well as a top 5 ranking of the entire competition. I was own one Gold , one silver and one honorable mention of Moscow International Foto Awards 2021. And Jury Top 5 selection; Best of Show Curatorial Selection; Pro-Nature/Aerial Second place and Pro-Nature/other Honorable Mention of the International Photography Awards 2021. Also in Monochrome Photography Awards 2021, I won the 1st Prize in Pro Abstract ; 3rd in Pro Nature; Honorable mention in Pro Wildlife.