Ann Woo

Chinese fine art photographer, Ann Woo, studied Fashion Design in Hong Kong before crossing continents to study at the New York International Centre for Photography. Here her work was the subject of numerous group exhibitions, including “NOW: Art in the 21st Century at Phillips de Pury & Company,” New York, as well as a two–person exhibition at NADA Art Fair 2009, Miami. Her images range from textural landscapes, to measured and minimalistic portraits and obscure objects positioned to display their materiality and colour. In her own words; "I do not try to communicate any ideas, neither implicitly nor explicitly. I try to avoid any pre-constructed meanings in photographs. I choose to photograph things that I’m simply fond of looking at and I would analyze these impulses afterwards. In other words, if a photograph of mine somehow attracted a person’s gaze, and that person happened to ask questions about it, I would be happy to explain the process of my thinking or impulses. I have never believed that photographs can carry any meanings, and at the same time I feel suspicious about intentions behind meanings in photographs".

Images: Ann Woo via Dazed and Confused