Jean Chung
My project, The Brides, deals with mostly Asian brides. However, it is not about the typical Asian brides that may first come to mind such as mail order brides, etc.
The women I've photographed are not just like any other modern day bride. These unusual wedding photos show how diverse the brides can be especially for the Asian women - sometimes a little obscure version of them - who are showing themselves off in public spaces or dare to show off their skin or being surrounded by thousands of other wives-to-be.
One thing that's crucial and common about these brides is - unlike the old Asian Confucius saying that women relied on three men in their lives: father, husband and son - that there are no husbands found around them. The images were shot during 1997-1999 in New York City, Seoul, and Tokyo.
"Vamos c'mon"
Hernán Schvedt and Mariela Sanchez
Vamos c´mon somos Hernán Schvedt y Mariela Sanchez. In our pictures we try to play with sensations, fictions, icons and characters in common and not-so-common situations We wanted to give to our toys/symbols a new point of view, we grew up with them and we do not yet know if the impulse to photograph them came from us or from them .
"Expectation of adolescence"
Blake Fitch
In this project I have explored the physical and emotional changes that accompany this phase of a girl's life in America. I hope to have captured the simple moments in her search for her own identity as it becomes publicly displayed—at a dance recital, while dressing for the prom, or simply by the way she looks at herself in the mirror—and then subsequently informs the various traits that are either incorporated or discarded on the way to becoming an adult. Is it these moments where we clearly witness the delicate transition from girlhood to womanhood?
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