Yes I also take photos! Check out these pictures I took at SAIC Fashion Show 2011. My aim was to take clear photos for students to use for their portfolio or as documentary pieces.
This photo that I took reminds me of the painting American Gothic by Grant Wood, which is even more interesting since it was shot right outside the Art Institute. (American Gothic is in the AIC's collection)
I overexposed this image to emphasize on the pure natural landscape (sky and sea), yet this is interrupted and disturbed by manmade industrial transportation.
This is a parody advertisement I did for Research Studio II. It features myself as the selected celebrity for the got rice campaign. Would an Asian version of the 'Got Milk' campaign look like this? Why do we recognize the milk/rice mustache? This piece not only explores Asian community in American context, but also the effect advertising has on the general population. We are surrounded by advertisements, and are influenced by them unconsciously. The mustache is such an icon of this ad that it has already been embedded in our heads. After completing this work, I found there was indeed a Got Rice campaign by Asian American youth in the 90s.
I am a Visual Communications Design student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Apart from graphic design, I also do photography work and is interested in multimedia.