Shuran Huang 舒然

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Location: Washington D.C.

Nationality: Chinese

Biography: Shuran Huang 黃舒然 (she/her) is a Cantonese photographer based in Washington, D.C. Through moments of intimacy, her work focuses on politics, immigration, human rights, diaspora experiences, and interactions in between. She speaks fluent English,... MORE

Skills: Research, Translator, Image Archiving, Lighting Tech, Audio Recording, Photo Assisting, Cataloging, Color Correction, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, Adobe Premier, Apple Final Cut Pro, Book Layout/Design, Photo Editing, Coding CSS, Coding HTML, Mixed Media, Print Making, Animation, Copywriting, Multimedia Production, Photojournalism, Motion Graphics, Product Design, Retouching, Video Editing, Film Processing, Film Photography

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Copyright Shuran Huang 2023

Date of Work Sep 2017 - Ongoing

Updated Jan 2019

Location Syrcuse, New York

Topics Baseball, Belief, Children, Civil Rights, Community, Discrimination, Documentary, Editorial, Education, Emotion, Essays, Faith, Family, Feminism, Friends + Family, Human Rights, Love, Media, Migration, Minority, Motherhood, Multimedia, Parenting & Family, Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Racism, Relationships, Religion, School/College, Spirituality, Sports, Still life, Street, Womens Rights, Youth

My STRANDS OF LOVE project came from my desire to document the impact of a family living in a diverse community for over a half-century. The culture they preserve in this multigenerational barbershop deeply attracts me as a contrast to my personal experience observing traditions in China fading away. The family’s close relationship evoked my sensitivity to vulnerability and intimacy as well as my deep longing to experience the close connections of home and family that were missing from my own childhood. I can barely recall the last time my parents and I had a family dinner together. During this process of documentation, my eyes were also opened to the strength of their faith. Part of the project was about the faith and how the faith contributes to his willingness to help out in the community starting from their connections with loyal customers within the barbershop.

As a result of this project, I will be attending the 2019 New York Times Portfolio Review.

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