-- Artist statement
My series TA(Her): Meaning “her” in Chinese is a collaborative photographic project with Chinese female artists who are currently living in the west but originally born and raised from China - a similar to the artist's which ignited this project. “TA” aims to share Chinese modern femininity and our individuality to say, we are here and we are not alone.
My artistic approach for this project has been very therapeutic for me as it is my personal work thus I collaborate with people that I find intriguing and interesting. I photograph them use my medium format film camera and discuss location that they feel more intimate to prior to actual photoshoot. Most of them are in fact fashion designers - in this case, I would often ask them to wear their own design to feel more senses of self.
Ye Fan 范晔 (Chinese, b.1986) After earning a degree in Marketing from Pepperdine University in 2010, Fan began working in the live entertainment industry in Asia, overseeing regional sponsorship for acts including the Rolling Stones, Jennifer Lopez, Katy Perry, Sir Elton John, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, and others. During this period, she also photographed Metallica on their second tour of Asia in 2017.
In 2016, Fan relocated to New York City, where she studied photography at Columbia University and the School of Visual Arts. Fan was named one of the new generation Chinese photographers by Artsy.net for her project on Chinese modern femininity and her work has since been featured in VOGUE Italia, Harper’s Bazaar, Teen Fashion, Artsy.com, LEICA LFI, LensCulture.com, PEOPLE Magazine, Glen Campbell Museum in Nashville and Fan was included in “About Us: Young Photography from China” which will be published by Hirmer Verlag spring 2021.
Fan’s portrait work has been recognized with awards including Photo Chronicles, Best of PHOTOVOGUE with Vogue Italia, Julia Margaret Cameron Honorable Mention; and her landscape series “Noir” was awarded Face of the Earth by Life Framer in 2018. In May 2018, she held her first solo show, “Letters to PRC,” at 7s Art in New York and was part of the group show “Future Forward” with International Center of Photography in 2019. She graduated from International Center of Photography Photojournalism and Creative Practice Program in 2018. Fan works and lives between New York and Los Angeles, as a photographer as well as North America producer for Harper’s Bazaar China and contributor to VOGUE ITALIA.
More information: www.yefan.co
