Curating
Photography


Landscape Photography
Landscapes have been a constant since my university years, shot wherever travel leads. Since 2018, the work has grown into an extensive archive spanning China, the United States, and countries across Europe.








Portrait Photography
Portrait photography began during my master’s programme in the UK and has since grown into commissioned work, from photographing friends and family to strangers who book sessions, with a practice now based in Stockholm, Sweden.






Documentary Photography
Rooted in a love for life and a quiet insistence on documenting it, this practice began during my undergraduate studies in China and has followed a simple instinct ever since: to catch the beautiful, fleeting moment as it happens. From exhibitions to large-scale outdoor gatherings, the lens has since turned toward Stockholm’s small and mid-sized events and exhibitions.






Still-life Photography
A fascination with museum objects and artefacts, first kindled during undergraduate studies. It grew into a habit of quietly documenting what museums preserve, and, in time, extended to art exhibitions and still-life scenes found in everyday life. The same care for composing an object carries over easily into commercial product photography.






Street Photography
Born from the same love and passion for life and quiet persistence in documenting it. This practice took shape during my stay in the UK, where travels across Europe became a chance to capture each place’s customs and character through my lens.















Profile

Letian Lois Ding
(she/her)


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Letian Lois Ding
I am a curator and photographer based in Stockholm, working between Sweden and China.

My practice moves between two ways of looking closely: 
Curating — across exhibitions, events and platforms, where I work with objects, artists and audiences to shape how a story unfolds;
Photography — where I work one frame at a time, often with people encountering a place for the first time.
These two aspects come from the same instinct: paying attention to what a place or an object means to the person standing in front of it, and finding a way to make that meaning visible to someone else.

I hold master’s degrees in Art Curating and Museum and Artefact Studies, along with hands-on experience across museums, galleries and cultural institutions in China, the UK, and Sweden. Photography grew alongside this — first as part of documenting exhibitions and events, then as its own practice, working directly with locals and international visitors here in Stockholm.

I move comfortably between Mandarin, English, and (increasingly) Swedish, and between institutional and independent ways of working, which, I think, is where most of the interesting questions in my work live.




Education
M.A. Curating, including Art, Management, and Law
Stockholm University    2024-2026

M.A. Museum and Artefact Studies
Durham University    2021-2022

B.A. Cultural Relics and Museology 
Shandong University    2017-2021



Employment Freelance Photographer
Self-employed
2026

Event Photographer & Social Media Content Curator
East Bridge Culturescape AB
2025-2026

Institution  Operation Intern
Index - The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation
2025

Assistant Curator
China Three Gorges Museum
2022-2024




Skills
  • Exhibition concept development & research
  • Project coordination
  • Public programming
  • Digital platform curating
  • Object handling and documentation
  • Exhibition production & on-site installation support
  • Event documentation
  • Client-facing shoots (briefing, shooting, delivery)
  • Photo and video editing
  • Visual storytelling across formats 
  • Bilingual content creation & audience communication 
  • Cross-cultural project coordination 
  • Intercultural mediation



Exhibitions
听见，看见：汉字里的中国文化展
Listen and See: Chinese Culture in Characters
Chongqing, China
2025-2026

《壮丽三峡》 基本陈列改陈项目
The Great Three Gorges (Permanent Exhibition Renovation Project)
Chongqing, China
2023-2024

卓卓康巴·传奇昌都——西藏自治区昌都市文化旅游专题展
The Special Exhibition of Cultural Tourism in Changdu
Chongqing, China
2023

乡土圆梦——重庆中国三峡博物馆藏中国农民画展
Dream of the Homeland: Exhibition of Chinese Peasant Paintings
Beijing, China
2023

一见钟琴：从宫廷礼乐到文人雅兴
Meet the Chime and Guqin: From Court Music to Literary People
Chongqing, China
2022

Picturing the Romans: Daily Life through Tableware
Durham, the UK
2021-2022

不栉进士——女性考古学者专题展
The Talented Women: The Special Exhibition of Female Archaeologists
Shandong, China
2019









Last Updated 26.10.07





Letian Lois Ding

Curating
Photography
CV & Contact


I am a curator and photographer based in Stockholm, working between Sweden and China.

My practice moves between two ways of looking closely:
Curating — across exhibitions, events and platforms, where I work with objects, artists and audiences to shape how a story unfolds;
Photography — where I work one frame at a time, often with people encountering a place for the first time.
These two aspects come from the same instinct: paying attention to what a place or an object means to the person standing in front of it, and finding a way to make that meaning visible to someone else.

I hold master’s degrees in Art Curating and Museum and Artefact Studies, along with hands-on experience across museums, galleries and cultural institutions in China, the UK, and Sweden. Photography grew alongside this — first as part of documenting exhibitions and events, then as its own practice, working directly with locals and international visitors here in Stockholm.

I move comfortably between Mandarin, English, and (increasingly) Swedish, and between institutional and independent ways of working, which, I think, is where most of the interesting questions in my work live.
© Letian Ding 2026