Project Timeline

Traveled to China to photograph the then to-be-demolished urban village in Shenzhen after nearly a decade of living in the US

Granted Rafael Vinoly Architecture Research Fellowship to investigate urban housing in Shenzhen and Shanghai by utilizing photography as the primary investigative tool

Published photographs of urban housing in Shenzhen and Shanghai in a book titled Pressures and Distortions

Began looking for He Guizhen, a migrant displaced by the Three Gorges Dam project to document his experiences

Created the first artist book of the China Trilogy titled Don’t Follow Me, I am Lost

Began photographing rural China extensively. Used the camera as an exploration tool. Created the second artist book of the China Trilogy titled Unintended Homecoming

Started work on the third part of the China Trilogy titled Aged Innocence – incorporating the concept of archive

Visited China for the last time before the COVID-19 pandemic

Created an archive of photographs and collages based on the decade-long project in China

Exhibited Aged Innocence at Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery in New York City – featuring 1,700 prints along with large sized collages