‘It reminds me of my time studying in Paris – it looked glamorous, but was exhausting’: Queenie Cheen’s best phone picture | Photography
‘It reminds me of my time studying in Paris – it looked glamorous, but was exhausting’: Queenie Cheen’s best phone picture | Photography
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Bu içerik, Çin merkezli bir profesyonel portre fotoğrafçısının hikayesini anlatıyor. Fotoğraf öğrencisiyken Paris’te yaşayan ve yalnızca harçlığı ve yaşam giderlerini karşılayacak kadar para kazanan bu fotoğrafçı, şimdi Çin’de portre fotoğrafçılığı yapıyor. Fransa’da on yıl geçirdikten sonra Vivo adlı bir akıllı telefon markasında görüntü ürün yöneticisi olarak çalışmaya başlayan fotoğrafçı, 2020’de bir reklam çekiminde sanat yönetmeni olarak görev yapıyordu. Bir gün marka elçisi olarak çalışan Çin’in ilk süper modeli Liu Wen’in yer aldığı bir sahnede, setten ayrılmadan önce oturmayı tercih eden bir kızı fark ediyor. Fotoğrafçı, bu kızın yorgun ve düşünceli bir ifadeyle oturduğunu ve kendi geçmişini hatırlattığını belirtiyor. Ayrıca, fotoğrafta diğer modellerden birinin geride bıraktığı bir ayıcığın varlığına da dikkat çekiyor ve bu durumun sıcaklık hissi uyandırdığını söylüyor. Kendisinin de Paris’teki evinde bir tane oyuncak ayıcığı olduğunu ekliyor.
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is now a professional portrait photographer based in China, but she was once a photography student living in Paris, making barely enough money to cover her tuition and living expenses. That is perhaps why she was inspired to take this image.
After a decade learning the ropes in France, she returned to China to become an imaging product manager for Vivo, a smartphone brand. In 2020, she was working as an art director on an ad shoot. “There was a scene that took place on a bus with our brand ambassador Liu Wen, who is regarded as China’s first supermodel,” she says. “She had just finished her take and was leaving the set with the supporting models when I noticed that one girl remained seated.”
Cheen said the girl looked tired and pensive. It was an expression she recognised from her own past. “She reminded me of my time studying in Paris, when I took part in fashion shows as a photographer. It looked so glamorous, but it was exhausting,” Cheen says.
When I ask Cheen about the second figure in the shot – a teddy bear prop one of the other models had left behind – she tells me that nobody has ever inquired about it before. “Perhaps that’s because you are British. My aunt’s family live in the UK and my cousin has many teddy bears, so I can understand the feelings of warmth they evoke.”
Does Cheen have any teddy bears herself? “One,” she says. “At my home in Paris.”
‘It reminds me of my time studying in Paris – it looked glamorous, but was exhausting’: Queenie Cheen’s best phone picture | Photography
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