An artists photographic introspective turned viewer reflection

Twenty-three year old Lee Chang Ming (creator and editor of Nope Fun) uncovers the compelling and curious from seemingly mundane life events. In her own words, as "an attempt to elevate the everyday," she aims to remain hyper-sensitive to her surroundings in order to "make sense of it." As a result, Ming's photographs are a bit of an oxymoron: intuitive and vulnerable yet also vague and imprecise. One can sense the significance of Ming's work--her images offer a quiet introspective in to her own life. Yet we, as the viewers, lack a personal connection to Ming and, therefor, cannot form the same connectivity with her photographs as the artist surely has. Yet this feeling of distance between the viewer, the art, and the artist dos not reflect negatively upon Ming's work. On the contrary, our unfamiliarity makes the artist's photographs all the more interesting as viewers are left to construct their own narrative and relevance. If anything, we find a way to connect to something we don't truly understand and, in effect, form our own introspective alongside Ming's.

This is an artist submitted post. To submit your own work to be featured on OH!, visit the submit page here.

Image credit: Lee Chang Ming