Yu-Chen Chiu: American Seen | LENSCRATCH

Yu-Chen Chiu’s photographs recently came on my radar when she submitted an image to the Photographic Coversations Exhibition. Her project, America Seen, is a visual diary of America leading up to and after the Presidential election. It’s not political; it doesn’t show crowds of protest or celebration, instead the work shows  us the every day and the ordinary–it’s as if her work is a reaffirmation that life goes on, and in some ways remains the same. Her perspective is that of the inbetween state of immigrant and rooted citizen, still curious about the sometimes strange, sometimes humorous, and sometimes beautiful place we call America. Yu-Chen was recently selected for the Critical Mass Top 200 and will have a solo show  of America Seen at 182 ArtSpace in Tainan, Taiwan this coming December.