/ 2025 / Fine Art / Other

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Bo Chun Cheng, United States

Spectacle of Sorrow is a visual fable using the circus as metaphor to explore the entanglement between performance, spectatorship, and power. Through eight staged images, Bochun Cheng examines how the roles of performer and observer blur—where identity, freedom, and truth are all under the gaze. Rather than a nostalgic reflection, this series is a quiet elegy for the collapse of spectacle and the unseen cost of being watched.

New York-based fashion and commercial photographer originally from Taipei. With an MFA from Pratt Institute, I specialize in conceptual imagery that blends fashion, storytelling, and contemporary culture. My work has appeared in Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and Marie Claire, and I’ve collaborated with brands including SHEIN, MSI, and New Balance. I bring a cinematic, detail-driven aesthetic to every project, with a strong focus on authenticity, elegance, and creative collaboration.