This series' title is “Fragmented”. I wanted to create an air of gloom, and negative emotions to be experienced in a photo. We go through our daily motions, often putting our emotions on the back burner without fully addressing them. In the back of our minds, those passing negative thoughts get broken and turn to monsters lurking in the shadows of our minds. I wanted to represent a moment of a psychological break, and negative emotions manifesting as a chimera-like creature in a collage. I discover my passion in creating photo collages. The series I produced at that time was mainly focused on distortion and repetition to express the chaotic thoughts I can't express in words.
Untitled 3 & 5 Diptych photographs from the Fragmented series, 2021
Untitled 3 & 5 Diptych photographs from the Fragmented series, 2021
From the Fragmented series
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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. Since 2018, her focus has been on photo collages. Using a collection of photos she selected for a theme, Chen aims to convey her state of mind in a deconstructed yet the whole picture.
