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Magnified (Series)
DESCRIPTION
This series examines persistent societal constructs which reinforce gender inequalities, from the sexualization of the female form to the pressures placed upon women to achieve warped ideals of beauty.
AUTHOR
Yi-Chen LEE (李懿宸), Taiwanese conceptual photographer based in Paris
https://www.leeyichen.com/
Instagram: @leeyichentw
Born in Taipei, Taiwan. Yi-Chen LEE started to study the 8th art in Paris in 2018 and kept documenting social movements during his studies while he developed conceptual photography. He conveys social commentaries through his conceptual images and regards his photography as evidence of the very real-life questions surrounding such issues as stereotyping and identity.
As a self-taught photographer in his early career, he photographed the 2009 Summer Deaflympics and completed an internship with Central News Agency. He then documented the 2010 & 2014 New Taipei Municipal Mayoral Elections, and 2016 Taiwan presidential election. Yi-Chen LEE became official photographer of New Taipei City Government in Taiwan in 2012.
AWARDS:
2020 Tokyo International Foto Awards, Silver Winner
2020 International Photography Awards, HB
2019 International Photography Awards, HB
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2021 Young Portfolio Acquisitions
Spéos 2020 exclusive online
https://www.leeyichen.com/
Instagram: @leeyichentw
Born in Taipei, Taiwan. Yi-Chen LEE started to study the 8th art in Paris in 2018 and kept documenting social movements during his studies while he developed conceptual photography. He conveys social commentaries through his conceptual images and regards his photography as evidence of the very real-life questions surrounding such issues as stereotyping and identity.
As a self-taught photographer in his early career, he photographed the 2009 Summer Deaflympics and completed an internship with Central News Agency. He then documented the 2010 & 2014 New Taipei Municipal Mayoral Elections, and 2016 Taiwan presidential election. Yi-Chen LEE became official photographer of New Taipei City Government in Taiwan in 2012.
AWARDS:
2020 Tokyo International Foto Awards, Silver Winner
2020 International Photography Awards, HB
2019 International Photography Awards, HB
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2021 Young Portfolio Acquisitions
Spéos 2020 exclusive online
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