The interest accumulated from 2 Polaroid photo albums was blocked by parents and teachers. Shen, a student majoring in photography studying abroad, has learned about the history and significance of photography from the casual photography Xiaobai to the carefully conceived photography preparatory students. In the process of simultaneous growth of skills and insights, she has won offers from six American colleges and universities, all of which have been recognized with scholarships!

　　 Shen classmate: Photography major studying abroad

Shen student, offer of photography major for studying abroad: New York Institute of Visual Arts/SVA, scholarship 20000 dollars; Rochester Institute of Technology/RIT, scholarship $40000; California Academy of Arts/CalArts, $24000 scholarship; California Academy of Arts/CCA, scholarship 72000 dollars; Maryland College of Art and Design/MICA, scholarship 15000 dollars; Preet College of Art /Pratt, scholarship $80000.

01. "My parents and class teacher are against photography. It is natural light that helps me"

In fact, I usually like to go out for a walk. I also like to record some subtle moments when I am with my friends. I like the photos recorded in this way. During the holidays, when you are free, you can go to places where there are few people to feel the comfort brought by nature. It is really very comfortable to walk and shoot.

Until my brother came back from abroad and brought me a Polaroid, which made me fall in love with this instant recording machine. After taking two photo albums in a row, I want to know more about photography.

However, when I proposed to study photography abroad, my parents did not approve. At that time, my parents thought that photography was a photography profession, which did not require great attainments and would not have a bright future. When I arrived at the school, the head teacher was strongly opposed when she learned that it would take a lot of time to do a photography collection.

The reason why I was able to successfully complete my collection of works in the later stage is that I should thank my teacher of natural light. It is the teacher who has always helped me communicate with my parents and teachers to tell them that photography is not just a matter of picking up a camera to shoot, but a subject that needs artistic thinking.

02. "Campus bullying, family silence, experience before you know how to think!"

At the beginning of my study, the photography teacher of natural light not only taught me photography skills in class, but also helped me sort out various experiences in my life. In fact, I don't know that these experiences can bring so much thinking. But it was in the process of discussion that I was inspired to take photos on campus bullying and family silence.

I have two friends who have suffered from campus bullying. Although I am not a party to campus violence, I still feel very helpless and don't know how to help them. So I chose to record. I invited my client friend to be a model. I tried to capture his emotions and record some real situations during the shooting process.

The theme of family photography is also based on my own experience. I have always had a bad relationship with my parents. Although I have always lived under the same roof, I still feel very estranged.

After I decided to shoot the family theme, I went to find a vacant land. Let everyone stay in their own area without communication. The lighting arrangement means that the dark environment is selected to make the whole atmosphere more silent. So this group of pictures of emotional wind was born.

03. "Designers who can't make clothes with liquid medicine are not good at photography"

In the whole collection, the most difficult thing is to connect with natural light Studying Abroad in Fashion Design The students of the interdisciplinary cooperation project. I'm only interested in fashion design, but I don't know much about design and tailoring. However, the students I worked with happened to be the students in the class next to our school, so it was very convenient to communicate. I also gained a friendship!

This project is to use a kind of photographic liquid to bleach and dye the cloth with clothing dyes, and then cut it into clothes. For me, the main thing is to learn about an ancient photo printing method - blue printing. On the white cloth, you can use the liquid medicine to dye green. The liquid medicine will gradually turn blue after being exposed to the sun, and finally leave a blue pattern on the clothes.

During the production process, we found a small forest without people to dry clothes, so that the chemical reaction of the liquid medicine can be gradually completed in the sun. The whole process was recorded with video. Although this project is the most difficult, because I was originally interested in fashion design, it was very interesting to apply my professional knowledge to other disciplines as a whole!

04. "I took a selfie by criticizing the online celebrity photos, and the result was very happy!"

Nowadays, the phenomenon of online celebrity card punching is really too common. If a beautiful store or scene is added with an online celebrity, it will be forwarded like crazy by everyone, turning photography into a fast-food culture. I think it is because of these deformed online red photos that many people do not recognize photography as a profession, which lowers the threshold of photography. So I wanted to take a group of selfies to criticize the popularity of online photos.

Although it is a self taking journey with disdain for online celebrity photos, I have to say that some online celebrity clocking places are really delicious and fun, which makes me improve my online celebrity clocking! This collection of works is also the happiest one I have ever shot~

05. "It's really important to read more!"

During the 8 months of studying in natural light, my photography teacher taught me a lot about photography. When not in class, the teacher will always supervise me and let me have more! Look! Book!

In the process of reading, I gradually realized that photography, although only 200 years old, is a very powerful profession. Photography is not just a profession of pressing the shutter, and the development of cameras is not achieved overnight. You can use photos to record everything, or you can use photos to create expressions. In a word, read more books! Not only for photography, but also for the understanding of art is getting richer and richer in reading and learning.

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