About

De Sheng Lim is an Australian-born lawyer, analyst, and award-winning photographer whose career bridges international justice and visual storytelling. He studied filmmaking at the Victorian College of Arts (2004–2005) and photography at the Photography Studies College, Melbourne (2005–2007), before running a commercial and documentary studio from 2007 to 2014. His early achievements included silver medals at the Canon AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards, finalist placements in the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize and Sony ACMP Projections, and in 2015 he was a finalist in the Ballarat International Foto Biennale’s “One for the Books” Prize.

Awards and Exhibitions

2007 – ‘Celestial Avenue’: Melbourne Chinatown Photographic Exhibition, Australia.

2008 – ‘Sony ACMP Projections’ | Double Finalist (Commercial and Documentary categories), Australia.

2008 – Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize | Double Semi-Finalist, Australia.

2008 – Canon AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards | Double Silver Medal, Australia.

2015 – Ballarat International Foto Biennale, ‘One for the Books’ Prize | Finalist, Australia.

2015 – Asia-Europe Foundation, ‘On the Go Photographic Competition’ | Double Finalist.

2015 – Boeung Kak Group Exhibition, Bophana Center, Phnom Penh Cambodia.

2024 – ‘We Make The Hague Exhibition’, Anna Space, The Hague, Netherlands.

2025 – ‘Coastal Landscape’, Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.

2025 – ‘We Make The Hague Exhibition’, Kunstbar, The Hague, Netherlands.

Contact

Instagram: @cartesdevisite_infrared

Email: deshenglim@gmail.com