Nudes nominee

It's a selfie of my personal art project on exploring the flexibility limit of woman body. As an amateurish Chinese folk dancer and a yogi, I was severely injured in an accident with the fragmentation of crucial ligament of my right knee joint, which resulted in a restriction of some sports like jumping and running. Whatever lost is lost, I put more focus on those exercises I am still able to do to fight against aging and also to see how much I can push my body to its limitation of flexibility as a woman in her fifties.

Artistic wise, rather than shooting directly, I framed the subject in the mirror for adding some sense of drama and a bit more dimension.

Salma X.D. Luo is a self-taught portrait photographer based in southern China. She specializes in using fabric, flower and other seasonal elements to express the feminine beauty and the deep connection between women and nature, life and season.

As an amateurish folk dancer, an outdoor enthusiast and a yogin, she takes the advantage of her fairly well-shaped body (for her age) and uses herself as the main subject to accomplish her art projects.

Before starting a career in photography, she worked for IBM for nearly 10 years and gained multicultural experiences with frequent international business trips. Nevertheless, due to a lack of interest in office work, she quit and spent years in backpacking off-the-beaten-track, which is the cause and also the key inspiration of her path in photography.

Highlights of Int'l Awards & Exhibitions

2024 | Galerie Joseph, Paris, France

2023 | NYC4PA < One > Online Group Exhibition, New York

2023 | < MONOCHROMES > Exhibition by LoosenArt

2023 | < 40th Center Annual > Exhibition at HCP, Houston, TX, USA

2023 | < Poetic Storytelling > Exhibition at Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN,

2023 | 2nd place of Monovisions Award, London

2022 | 2nd place of the 19th IPA