I was born in 1995 and grew up in southern China. At sixteen, during a period of intense personal transition, I first became deeply aware of the fleeting nature of life, and it was then that I picked up a camera—an encounter that has shaped my perspective and practice ever since. In 2017–18, I left my homeland for the first time to study photography in New York at the International Center of Photography, where I completed the General Studies Program (now called Creative Practices) and was awarded the Director’s Scholarship. That same year, my work was included in the group exhibition Signal Crossings, ICP, New York.

My work explores the intersections of memory, perception, and experience. I am drawn to ordinary spaces and fleeting moments that resonate with human awareness, focusing on the subtle ways environments and objects carry tension, familiarity, and unseen structures. Through photography, I document encounters that are not created for me, yet strike with inexplicable precision—moments that extend and transform the way experience and memory unfold. I aim to emphasize the quiet, accidental, and often inevitable alignments between self and world, revealing how perception is shaped by time, experience, and the body.

CONTACT

yeesunchong@gmail.com

yzhong18@students.icp.edu