Born in 1942 in Chongqing, Chinese celebrity photographer Li Shaobai was an editorial board member of magazines such as Popular Photography and Chinese Photography, a visiting professor of Minzu University of China and Nanjing University of Science & Technology, as well as a photographer for magazines, including Chinese National Geography and Civilization.

Li has held several exhibitions including The Mysterious Forbidden City (Beijing, 1992), The Invisible Forbidden City (Beijing, 2007) and The Forbidden City (Shenzhen, 2007). Li’s works on the Great Wall and the Forbidden City have been exhibited in the United States, France, Germany, Estonia, Switzerland and other countries.