About Me
Hi! This is Huibo. I'm a landscape photographer based in San Diego, California. My interest in photography started back in 1999 as a hobbyist while working in the wireless communication industry. Then life got in the way and I had to give it up for quite some time. In early 2015 I rekindled my love for photography and gradually became more serious.
Landscape photography, especially in black and white, is the art medium that I'm passionate about. I use it as a creative outlet to express how I observe, interpret, and connect with nature.
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News, Awards, Publication
2022
Podcast Interview: Great Big Photography World (GBPW) with Taya Iv, Episode 103, Interview with Huibo Hou;
Featured photographer, On Landscape Magazine, Issue 252;
Published in Elements Photo Magazine, Issue 12, Progressing Towards Personal Expressive Landscape Photography;
One of the featured speakers at Outsiders Photography Conference, March 4-6,2022, Kanab, UT
2021
Podcast interview: F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Matt Payne, Episode 239, Refining Our Vision for Consistency in Landscape Photography - A Conversation with Huibo Hou;
9 photos from "Enchanted Rocks" portfolio are published in Lenswork Magazine No. 154, August 2021 Issue, Image Suites;
Excellence Award, Black & White Portfolio Contest 2021. 6 images are published in Black & White Magazine Special Issue #147;
9 photos from "Nature's Botanical Sand Art" portfolio are published in Lenswork Magazine No. 151, February 2021 Issue, Image Suites;
2020
Included by Capture Landscapes as part of Top Inspirational Landscape Photographers of 2020;
2019
Monochrome Awards International Black & White Photography Contest 2019:
• Monochrome Discovery of the Year 2019 ;
• 1st Place, Landscape, Amateur category and Landscapes Discovery of the Year 2019 ;
Featured and interviewed by Shades of Grey photography magazine, February 2019;
Featured and interviewed by the curated photography art gallery 1x.com, January 2019
“Huibo Hou: Landscape Photographer Embracing Natural Rhythms”;
2018
Monochrome Awards International Black & White Photography Contest 2018:
• 2nd Place, Landscape, Amateur category ;
International Landscape Photographer of the Year (ILPOTY) 2018:
• Two images are selected into Top 101 Landscape Photographs
Sony World Photography Awards 2018:
• Commended in Open, Landscape & Nature category ( Morning Glory, Yellowstone National Park )
Interviewed by World Photography Organization, April 2018
“Exploring the poetic impact of black and white photography”
Interviewed by the Vision and Life Blog, March 2018
"Interview with Huibo Hou, USA";
2017
International Landscape Photographer of the Year (ILPOTY) 2017:
• 3rd place, International Landscape Photographer of the Year;
• Two images are selected into Top 101 Landscape Photograhs
Monochrome Awards International Black & White Photography Contest 2017:
• Four Honorable Mentions, Landscape, Amateur;
• Three Honorable Mentions, Fine Art, Amateur;
2016
Exhibition in San Diego Natural History Museum for the Best of Nature Photography Show (2016)