Chen Man

Oh hi! Hectic things happened to me, and too much negativity has been in my life lately, so I thought I would post something a little more light hearted! My friend Rina, of the blog http://liveandletloose.blogspot.com/ , introduced me to the Chinese photographer Chen Man recently (I mean, to her work, not to the actually woman). And I love her work! Rina's really into photography, and I'm interested in it as well. I just love visual, artistic things. So I thought I'd post a few of my favorite photos.

Oh my god she's naked. I guess I should have warned you in advance, sorry :). I really like how in all of her works Chen Man tries to capture the emotion in the face most of all. Sometimes other stuff is going on around it, but I feel like she really makes the emotion shine through. 

This one is so pretty to me. Apparently Chen Man incorporates a lot of political and cultural messages in work from her country, China. I think that makes for some really unique pictures from a really unique point of view. 

More nakedness. My bad. I thought this was very interesting. It's out of a series of skateboarder girls in China that Chen Man found and dolled up in pin up style. This is my favorite one, I like all the red and how in the normal picture she seems kind of tired, but in the pin up picture she commands the camera to look at her. 

This one's more focused on telling a story, I think. The girls in this just look really defiant and badass. 

This is my favorite, I think. The guy is just too cool, and I feel like he really draws you in to stare at his face. He reminds me kind of how Matt from Death Note would look. And the girl on the right I believe, is actually Chen Man herself.

I like that she uses Chinese models for her work, as someone who has Japanese roots, it annoys me when Asian companies or artists use Western girls as their subjects or models. We should celebrate Asians too! Any way, that's all, and thank you for Rina for introducing me to this wonderful artist. Her website is http://www.chenmaner.com/