Terrorism
My way of saying no to terrorism and violence.
Immigrant
Melancholy, depression and resilience are what I see in these images, and behind these images is the bumpy road as an immigrant in a new country. Still life objects are often contrived to please the viewer in a painting or a photograph. In creating these images, all I see is the process of decontextualization and recontextualization, my experience as an immigrant.
People
Ingmar Bergman supposes that the human face is one of the most complex subject matters for his film making. When photographing people, I always think of Thomas Cooley’s quote: “I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think you think I am ”
On the Fringe of Chinese Metropolitans
Karl Marx observed the 19th century French society and concluded that French presents could not represent themselves. “They must be represented,” Marx said, by the aristocratic elite in their political struggle. Same thing can be said to the people on the fringe of China’s cities. This series of photographs were taken during my visit to China in 2010, in which I zoom in the “subaltern” people. These people are not aware of who they are as a political group. The panoramic format and black and white reminds a film still that document the epic of urbanization movement in China.
