Cityscape nominee

This series of pictures depicts the skylines of Shanghai as it transforms through the shifting twilight. It focuses not so much on the city itself but draws attention to the ever-changing effect of light and how it shapes our experiences of a subject. Omitting sharpness and detail, this simple series depicts the passage of time.

My images deviate from traditional photography and the tendency to generate an exact reproduction of the physical world. I aim to capture the essence of a scene, be it a location or an activity. I simply use the camera as an optical instrument with which to create abstract expressions of what I feel is present. Though remaining recognizable, the subjects are not represented exactly as they appear to the human eye. By submitting them to abstraction using a manual process, I intend to encapsulate an intrinsic quality. In effect, the images are perceived in a more intuitive way.