YUANZHE CUI.崔远哲
A tuft-eared lynx sits above moss-covered rocks against a softly blurred orange-brown background.
YuanZhe Cui / Wildlife photographer & filmmakerA living archive

STILL
WILD.

A living world.
A little closer.

↓Enter the archive
01 / The still imagePhotography02 / The moving imageDocumentary
An ongoing observation

One world.
Many ways to see it.

I’m a wildlife photographer and documentary filmmaker. My work follows animals and the people who share their landscapes.

Meet the filmmaker
Selected collaborations

A SHARED
perspective.

Brands I’ve worked with.

01 / Selected photographyView the archive

THE ART OF
paying attention.

PRESENCE
INSTINCT
BELONGING
Two Pallas’s cats sit on a rock ledge outlined by warm light; one looks back toward the camera.
The last lightView series ↗
Look closer. Stay longer.A tan, long-eared animal faces the camera, with snow on its face and its lower body hidden by white foreground.
PresenceView photograph ↗
02 / Featured documentaryEnter the screening room

SOME STORIES
ask us to stay.

A film by
YuanZhe Cui
A snow leopard crossing a dark mountain slope in golden light.
2026 / Documentary short / 14:47

AFTER
THE HUNT

Explore the film ↗
A quick look at my camera work and editing.Watch showreel
From hunter to protector

A search for the snow leopard. A life changed by the mountains.

YuanZhe Cui photographing in grasslandBEHIND THE FRAME
03 / The person behind the work

Out there.
Looking closer.

Repeated visits to Qinghai and time at a wildlife conservation station have shaped how I look, listen and work. Photography and documentary are two ways of staying with a subject: one holds a moment; the other lets a story unfold.

About me & experience