Standing as a bold and definitive monument of contemporary psychological investigation, masterfully challenges traditional figurative portraiture by transforming physical space into a multi-layered emotional statement within the discipline of fine art abstract nude photography. Part of Ying Chen’s critically acclaimed Fragmented series, this unique physical creation treats the composition space as an analytical laboratory, examining the human body as a site where internal pressures, sadness, and chaotic thoughts break open into visible form. The vertical arrangement tracks an intense graphic rhythm where a stylized, translucent dark silhouette is heavily fractured through distortion and repetition against an absolute black environment void. By stacking multiple profiles and faces into a chimera-like layout outlined by delicate white lines, this calculated visual system maps a moment of psychological breakdown, suggesting that the self breaks down into lurking shadows when daily routines leave deeper internal states unaddressed.
The artist wanted to create an air of sadness and negative emotions that could be experienced in a photograph. She says that we go through our daily routines, often leaving our emotions in the background without fully addressing them. That in the back of our minds, those passing negative thoughts break down and become monsters lurking in the shadows of our minds. She wanted to depict a moment of psychological breakdown and negative emotions manifesting as a chimera-like creature in a collage. Ying Chen discovered her passion for creating photo collages. The series she produced at the time focused primarily on distortion and repetition to express the chaotic thoughts she cannot put into words.
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Art Abstract Nude Photography - Fragmented-Untitled 2, 2021. By Ying Chen
Fragmented-Untitled 2, 2021
From the Fragmented series
Archival Pigment prints
Limited Edition.
Unframed
Ying Chen was born in Tokyo, Japan, to Chinese parents living in Japan. She grew up and spent her early childhood in Japan until the age of seven, then spent her youth in China. Now Chen has graduated from SCAD with her bachelor's degree and is currently enrolled in the SCAD graduate photo department.

















