28th November 2011

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Project: Chinese “Local” Roman “Local” Like many other large cities, Rome has a great population of Chinese immigrants. The population mainly concentrates around area near Piazza Vittorio and Termini. In this Roman “China-town”, they sell goods imported from China and open up Chinese restaurants. This project consisted of 10 diptychs is intended to compare Chinese immigrants to locals in Rome-their community activities, their business/occupations, and their daily life. Through dyptyched photos, the isolated and awkward cultural situation of Chinese immigrants in its Roman context is revealed.

Project: Chinese “Local” Roman “Local”

Like many other large cities, Rome has a great population of Chinese immigrants. The population mainly concentrates around area near Piazza Vittorio and Termini. In this Roman “China-town”, they sell goods imported from China and open up Chinese restaurants. This project consisted of 10 diptychs is intended to compare Chinese immigrants to locals in Rome-their community activities, their business/occupations, and their daily life. Through dyptyched photos, the isolated and awkward cultural situation of Chinese immigrants in its Roman context is revealed.

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Self Portrait | Portrait of Mom

My mom was visiting Rome during the week I was doing portrait assignment. By doing both self portrait and portrait of my mom, I found it really interesting to pair up the portraits, and it reveals the difference between daughter and mom.

For self portrait, I did a serie of me putting on skincare and make-up in the morning. I used the cream bottles and mascara to frame the portrait. 

For the portrait of my mom, I used the window light of our apartment. I like how the light shows the profile line of her.

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2011.10 fall break | Copenhagen

Good morning Copenhagen. Thanks for the gold and blue.

6th October 2011

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2011.10.04|St.Maria Madalena,Roma It was taken in front of the church of St.Maria Madalena. The church is facing a piazza, with fancy restaurants and decent-looking people. But she leaned on the black iron gate of the church. When there were tourists coming out of the church, she looked up to beg for money. When they left, she looked down to count the coins.

2011.10.04|St.Maria Madalena,Roma

It was taken in front of the church of St.Maria Madalena. The church is facing a piazza, with fancy restaurants and decent-looking people. But she leaned on the black iron gate of the church. When there were tourists coming out of the church, she looked up to beg for money. When they left, she looked down to count the coins.

3rd October 2011

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2011.09.26|Northern Italy Trip Venezia I remember taking the vaporatto at night-the city was dead; no portico occupied and restaurants were closing. I wondered if I could actually find some people who actually live in Venice. So I stayed at a campo on the other day and waited. Around dusk, several kids came out with their moms, playing on the piazza. In the photo, one of them was dancing, and the other was  chalking on the ground. It was a nice moment. Through this little glimpse of the kids, I tried to imagine the life of local people in Venice. Another thing about street photograph, or maybe photograph in general, is that, it is really genuine, and sometimes purely documentary, since moments cannot be constructed or thought in advance, unlike what Takashi Homma’s “half-genuine and half-invention” photographs. Subjects are not posing, and sometimes I just wish my eyes can be my camera so that I can capture when I blink.

2011.09.26|Northern Italy Trip Venezia

I remember taking the vaporatto at night-the city was dead; no portico occupied and restaurants were closing. I wondered if I could actually find some people who actually live in Venice.

So I stayed at a campo on the other day and waited. Around dusk, several kids came out with their moms, playing on the piazza. In the photo, one of them was dancing, and the other was  chalking on the ground. It was a nice moment. Through this little glimpse of the kids, I tried to imagine the life of local people in Venice.

Another thing about street photograph, or maybe photograph in general, is that, it is really genuine, and sometimes purely documentary, since moments cannot be constructed or thought in advance, unlike what Takashi Homma’s “half-genuine and half-invention” photographs. Subjects are not posing, and sometimes I just wish my eyes can be my camera so that I can capture when I blink.

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2011.09.26| Northern Italy Trip Venezia

After dismissed from our large group visit, a couple of friends and I were enjoying the dusk of Venice. Wondering around and visiting shops by random decisions, I felt like I was actually talking to the city by knocking open those doors. We went into a really cute antique bookstore. The cat, as welcoming as its owner as I later discovered, welcomed us by napping on the newspaper and magazine stand outside the store. One of my friend had spend her summer time in Venice and paid constant visits to this store. The owner recognized her and they had an interesting conversation about Italian guys. I was flipping through the postcard collections, as most tourists do. But the postcards were very unique-one had a pizza collection printed, one had italian leather shoes collection, and one had fenestration collection, etc. I bought a handful of postcards and a book on shoes from the shop, and in the end I asked him if I could take a photo of him. Usually I’m pretty shy about asking to take photos of strangers. But the homey feeling of this little store gave me courage. He was really shy too. So my friend helped me by talking to him. I like his wrinkles-he reminded me of my own grandpa, who is a book mania, and who wears the same kind of checkered shirt with pens sticking into the pockets. Looking back to the whole trip, the afternoon spend at his store is the most relaxing, pleasant and unforgettable part of the journey.

12th September 2011

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2011.09.12|Piazza Venezia|The Bus and The Crowd

2011.09.12|Piazza Venezia|The Bus and The Crowd

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2011.09.11|Streets in Roma|Views+Collages of Street Scenes Although the upper picture was taken at night and the lower was taken during the day, as the photos were tuned into b/w, the characteristics of day and night do not really show. However, on the other hand, the texture, the pattern, the different combinations of materials of the street facades of Rome are shown. I find it particularly interesting that, the elevations of the streets, in those photos, can be read as collages of different materials, patterns and textures, without even knowing what they actually are.

2011.09.11|Streets in Roma|Views+Collages of Street Scenes

Although the upper picture was taken at night and the lower was taken during the day, as the photos were tuned into b/w, the characteristics of day and night do not really show. However, on the other hand, the texture, the pattern, the different combinations of materials of the street facades of Rome are shown. I find it particularly interesting that, the elevations of the streets, in those photos, can be read as collages of different materials, patterns and textures, without even knowing what they actually are.

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2011.09.12|Fontana di Trevi|Isolation With her white dress, white-framed sunglasses, and cute haircut, this little girl caught my attention right away. As a site like Fontana di Trevi, it is extremely hard to isolate a single character from his/her surroundings. This little girl, although still surrounded closely by the huge crowd, at the same time, I feel she is somehow distinguished and isolated, by the outstanding color of her outfit, as well as being a small kid among tall-adult tourists.

2011.09.12|Fontana di Trevi|Isolation

With her white dress, white-framed sunglasses, and cute haircut, this little girl caught my attention right away. As a site like Fontana di Trevi, it is extremely hard to isolate a single character from his/her surroundings. This little girl, although still surrounded closely by the huge crowd, at the same time, I feel she is somehow distinguished and isolated, by the outstanding color of her outfit, as well as being a small kid among tall-adult tourists.

A nice image

2011.09.12|Trastevere|Birds eye view+Interaction People interact with the piazza environment in different ways. Both in the same piazza, the lady in the left photo was alone, quiet and was not paying attention to her surroundings but her cell phone; the little girl in the right photo was lively and dancing along with the music from the accordion, while her mom was watching her at a corner. 

2011.09.12|Trastevere|Birds eye view+Interaction

People interact with the piazza environment in different ways. Both in the same piazza, the lady in the left photo was alone, quiet and was not paying attention to her surroundings but her cell phone; the little girl in the right photo was lively and dancing along with the music from the accordion, while her mom was watching her at a corner. 

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