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Chinese Sentiment Is A Personal Journey
Joerg Colberg: Having moved to the United States and having reacted to a vastly different approach to sexuality, Shen Wei’s “Chinese Sentiment” now takes the photographer back to his home country, to have him react to a place he knows so well in very new and different ways. It is this mix of familiarity and willingness to expand boundaries that makes “Chinese Sentiment” so compelling. An expat coming home is always up for a big struggle and for confusion, and Shen manages to turn that struggle and the friction it causes into creative energy.