Chinese Sentiment by Shen Wei (October 26, 2009) 
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Introduction
This week Jörg M Colberg is exploring cultural perspectives by presenting a week of photographers who were born in one country and emigrated to another at some point in their life. Today's presentation: Shen Wei, who born in China and lives in New York City and Shanghai. Colberg: Having moved to the United States and having reacted to a vastly different approach to sexuality, Shen'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.
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Our poll "A photo essay always needs a great written story" closed. 267 people voted, 28% agrees, 72% disagrees. 233 people answered our follow-up question "Are you a photographer?" 82% indicated they are, 18% said no. Initially, negative answers to question #1 were almost 100% as was the pecentage of photographers among respondants. Then, when the level of non-photographers started to rise, the percentage of people indicating good text is always essential started to rise too. This seems to indicate that non-photographers think that adding good text to your photo essays is essential. In my opinion: if you want non-photographers to dig your work, you know what to do...
After leaving China almost a decade ago, going back there to photograph it has been an emotional process of integrating my retrieved memories and my desire of seeking.
My passion for this ongoing project is to observe and rediscover the affecting moments in Chinese daily life, both in the private and in the public domains.
Chinese Sentiment is a personal journey for me to reconnect with the authentic Chinese life and culture. I intend to look past the materialistic surface and political phenomena, to appreciate the concinnity in China.
I am trying to find the poetic tradition, the romantic serenity, and the inherent beauty of China and to reveal China from my own personal perspective.
Shen Wei (1977) lives and works in New York City, USA / Shanghai, China.
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