Xiao Cai

Close-up portrait of a middle-aged man with gray hair, wearing glasses and a blue and white striped collared shirt, against a plain background.

I am an Artist with a camera, specializing in environmental portraits, fashion, and commercial photography. In November 2022, I started to do bird photography. In August 2023, I also started to do some Macro Photography.

In my childhood, I had five years of training in drawing and painting, but I never had a chance to pursue Art as my career, and after graduated from high school, I started to pursue Science instead. I got a Bachelor's degree in Mechanics in 1982 and then taught Mechanical Engineering at a university for 13 years. In 1995 I came to the United States of America from China to study Ocean Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, and finally got a Master's Degree in Computer Science in 1999. Since then, I had worked as an Internet developer for 12 years.

In 2006, I accidentally got to know a fitness model Julian Fantechi, which triggered me to learn photography. Started to learn photography in 2007, I have taken some classes in the International Center of Photography, New York, New York.

Since 2012, I started to do photography work.

Black and white photo of a shirtless man with short hair, raising one arm above his head and using his other hand to touch his forehead, outdoors with blurred trees in the background.
Black and white photo of a young man sitting on a bench, with other people in the background.