ILLUSION IN RUINS

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I'm fascinated by the man-made environment. There are some topics I’m especially into, like abandoned sites, brutalist architecture, mass concrete monuments, towers, bunkers, underground tunnels, and many other urban structures. Those places are empty and eerily quiet at night in darkness. But the existence of them actually speaks for themselves, waiting for us to discover and listen to their stories - no matter sad, absurd, heartbroken, or beautiful, they are all shinning in the dark, waiting for us to reap.

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As a traveler, I never witnessed those places during their flourishing time in the past, and in the future, I also have no control over how they will become, whether they get abandoned, renovated, or even completely demolished. So the only thing I can do is appreciate the very moment I visit them and witness the current status in their life circle.

Simply documenting those places is not the only thing I want to achieve. By controlling the light and time via light painting photography,  I want to re-create them and build the connection between us. They are transformed on my photos and generate unique scenes that only belong to me.

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Eternity is the thing people always pursuit, but never get it in real life. Many times when I’m at those places shooting at night, I do feel I have built a connection between them and me. While feeling how insignificant and lonely we humans are when facing eternity, by doing all this, all I can do is prove that we used to have each other.

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If I have to put into words what I wanted to tell through my photos, ‘The Romance of Eternity’ is my answer.