was born in 1995 and grew up in southern China. At the age of sixteen, I first confronted the subject of death, and it was then that I picked up a camera—an encounter that has shaped my life 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.

Before attending ICP, my engagement with photography was largely driven by a simple desire to improve my technical skills. It was through my studies at ICP that I began to develop a more personal, experiential impulse to create images. Building on this foundation, I gradually explored body-oriented performance art and experimental moving images. Over time, my practice increasingly focused on discovering and conveying authentic lived realities. This shift brought periods of uncertainty, during which I questioned the authenticity of images and oscillated between picking up and putting down the camera. Today, photography remains a persistent current in my life, continually shaping how I perceive, engage with, and respond to the world.

CONTACT

yeesunchong@gmail.com

yzhong18@students.icp.edu