Photography as a form of writing, photojournalism is the most rigid, restrictive kind of it. Photographers can seldom express their aesthetics in the work. The pressure of News instantaneity and the preferences of Newsroom editors to choose straightforward narrative images have made the image become shallow and superficial. It is unlikely to produce impressive images.
As a photographer and journalist, I switch between these two different identities while creating images. With two different needs and standards between the two identities, I will compromise on the journalist’s role. Through image creating, I try to resolve conflict of my two identities. Using images to record the transition of the two identities, I continue to communicate and discover myself.
In the journey of creating, I have reviewed the memories of the past few years. From a muddled graduate student to the independent photojournalist, there were not just memories of working. Through the images, I have the opportunity to recall this self-growing course. The recorded images are not disposable, instead they contain emotions and lives. I use cameras to narrate a self-growing course of a image creator.