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PEIKWEN CHENG
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LOST AND FOUND
Copyright © Peikwen Cheng / All rights reserved
Peikwen Cheng (born 1975, USA) is a
self-taught photographer and visual artist based in Beijing, China.
His work has been exhibited in Cambodia, Canada, China, Greece,
Poland, Singapore, Sweden, Syria, United Kingdom and United
States. He was recently selected for Flash Forward –
recognizing emerging photographers from Canada, UK and USA – as well as
for Singapore’s photography biennial SIPF 2010. Peikwen holds
a degree in Product Design from Stanford University.
“In 2000, I journeyed to
the Black Rock Desert of Nevada to a pre-historic lake bed, ringed by
mountains. It is at a strikingly beautiful place, yet
incredibly inhospitable place plagued by alkaline dust
storms. Each year a spontaneous community gathers for one week
to share, build, participate and then disappear. Creativity
is abound and caution is tossed to the wind. People realize their
random dreams/whims/etc, no matter how nonsensical they may be in the
real world. It is this idea of realizing dreams that has been
incredibly inspiring to me and has propelled me to tackle challenging
projects, including this series Lost and Found (2000-2010).”
“In the image Lamp Mobile, I
often get asked if it’s shot in China. With the filtered light
and bicycles, it could be… until you realize there is a cyclist dressed as
a cow, a 75 foot long dragon vehicle that shoots fire at night in
the background, and a lamp mobile whimsically hanging in the
foreground. This photo was not digitally manipulated and captures
the dreams and creations of other people (doctors, lawyers, artists
included) being realized.”
Website : http://peikwen.com/
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