DPI Jerry Li ('26)
Jerry Li ('26), a Chinese American photographer based between the Bay Area and NYC, has been recognized as a 2025 HEAR US Awardee. His work blends documentary and fine art to explore the Asian American diaspora and address lost histories.
Li's project, To Relive Old Dreams (重温旧梦), honors his mother’s family history, focusing on the lost memory of his great-grandparents and the transformation of his ancestral city, Suzhou. Through self-portraits, portraits of relatives, and archival layering, he aims to restore family spirits and shed light on suppressed histories from the Cultural Revolution era. His large format landscape portraits seek to preserve disappearing stories within the rapidly modernizing city.