Being an artist has its perks. One of them being, meeting other artists. Mei-Ling is a crazy talented artist. She went to Cooper Union in NY and at the time I was the Studio Manager for a photographer in Chelsea, NY. I had her come over one afternoon to take some photos of her. I have been lucky enough to photograph her on more than one occasion and we even swapped places before and she photographed me as well. Her talents bleed into any avenue she focuses on, so never limited to one medium, of course when Mei-Ling decided to focus on photography as well, the results were stunning.
There are occasions, where I have an idea of what a perfect image should look like. Or, as I’m surveying magazines and online portfolios, I look at certain images and are taken by how simple and pristine their compositions are. To be able to focus inward and see that in your own work, well, at least for me, at times can be a bit more difficult. Always striving to become better, I can usually focus on the negative more than the fact that a job was well done.
This photograph was done traditionally with film, so there was that waiting period that doesn’t exist in digital that came with this shoot. When I processed my negatives and created my proof sheet (I had access to a darkroom at that time) I was overwhelmed by the results of this particular image. I loved the flocked, damask wallpaper in back and how the repetition of the design fills up the negative space in the composition and worked with the patterned couch she was sitting on.
