An image from her Second Dimension collection.[Photo provided to China Daily]

Snapping into focus

Liu's art education started from her childhood when she learned dancing, drawing and flute. She studied in London for her bachelor's degree, then obtained her master's degree at the University of Technology, Sydney, and graduated with a major in communication management. When she came back home, she tried to figure out what she wanted to do for a living.

For a year or two, she traveled with her friends to different countries, during which time she bought her first camera. She found that photography would relieve her nerves and anxiety. That was where her career really started.

Preferring solitude, she began to use the camera to record her life.

Every day, after visualizing an image that she wants to create in her mind, she takes pictures, usually by connecting her smartphone to the camera wirelessly and controlling it remotely.

Among dozens of images, it may be just one picture that will satisfy her.

Many of her shots are reflective, with a mirror. But the camera is never seen. Her rule is to "never point your camera directly toward a mirror".