Portrait nominee

Sorrow is soft. Sorrow is tender. Sorrow is like a veil. It gently shrouds your changing face and your eyes which once had the soft look and their shadows deep. Thank my best friend, 74-year-old Newfoundlander Robert Tilley for being the model.

Ting Ting Chen is a Newfoundland-based fine art photographer. Her photography works showcasing the beauty of Newfoundland have won multiple prestigious international photography awards, including Overall Winner in the 18th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Shortlisted in the Royal Photographic Society's International Photography Exhibit 164, 2021 International Photography Awards Silver Winner, etc. Her works have been displayed in solo and joint exhibits in Spain, Germany, Paris, Budapest, Tokyo, and the US. She left her home in Asia and came to Newfoundland, Canada in 2018. She has found her new home in Newfoundland and her muse. Newfoundland is the inspiration for her photography. Robert Tilley, a -74-year-old true and born Newfoundlander, is her best friend and eternal muse. Robert and Ting Ting have traveled most parts of Newfoundland, and he appears in many of her photos as a model. To see more of her artwork, please visit www.tingtingchen.net