Portrait nominee

This is my self-portrait. I trimmed my body to the shape of a vessel or a bottle. Our bodies are vessels for time. All the time that we pass is filled in our bodies. We are the results and embodiments of the time we lived and experienced. In this portrait, my long hair, which hasn't been cut for more than ten years, is the result and the embodiment of the past decade I've experienced.

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