The artwork highlights Huang's mastery in using everyday objects to create mysterious and impressive images. Sourced from elements carrying deep cultural weight, the graphic canvas acts as a personal mirror reflecting the photographer's internal understanding of being an immigrant living in the United States. The horizontal orientation anchors a powerful perspective structured around a dramatic chiaroscuro studio setup. Shifting between ideas of heritage and architectural balance, the layout balances a single traditional mooncake pastry on a white textured dish against a light pink quilted tea cup and a massive, glossy orange storage cylinder that rises from the pitch-black background under a sharp directional light source.
Shine Huang uses everyday objects to create mysterious and impressive still life images. Huang focuses on adapting historical photographic processes into contemporary art. Many of his images are also a mirror that reflects the photographer's understanding of being an immigrant living in the United States.
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Conceptual Still Life Photography - Mooncake II, 2020. By Shine Huang
Mooncake II, 2020
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle fine art paper.
Limited Edition.
Signed on verso in ink
Unframed
Shine Huang (M.F.A. Photography) is a Chinese-born photographer based in Atlanta, Georgia. His work has been exhibited throughout international galleries and museums, including PhotoLondon, Photolux Gallery Lucca, Italy, Xuhui Art Museum Shanghai, China, Mason Fine Art Gallery Atlanta, Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, South Southeast Gallery, Philadelphia Abington Art Center, Santa Fe Center Photo review, etc. Many of my work has been featured in magazines as Lensculture, Ilford Photo, Dodho Magazine Spain, SXSE Photo magazine, Jezebel Magazine, Atlanta Magazine, and etc. Shine’s photography skill is also well used in producing advertising campaigns and TV commercials. His clients include Coca-Cola, Crown Royal, Hennessy, Isakson Living, Martell, Moët & Chandon, Neiman Marcus. Shine holds an M.F.A in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design. and a B.S. in Sport Management - Journalism from Arkansas State University. Shine is always seeking different methods of storytelling. He focuses on adapting historical photographic processes into contemporary art.
