Ways of Seeing

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  LYNA, Taiwan
• Date of Photograph
  2024
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/lyna334998

We perceive the world through layers of consciousness. The white cloud of consciousness is how the world looks back at us. The more clearly we choose to see, the more shadows we discover. Yet, if we turn inward and let time expand—through long exposure—the shadows fall behind and only light remains. It is a dance between you and yourself. The final image is the only photograph here created through post-production. Not to alter reality, but to remind us that every perspective continues to unfold even after the moment has passed.
Commissioned by Canon for educational and promotional use.

Welcome to my world.

I am Lyna.

Photography has been part of my life since childhood. I began taking commercial commissions at 18 with no money to buy a camera.

Over the years, I founded two companies and became Canon Taiwan's youngest official ambassador and photography instructor.

By 30, I had authored more than 200 celebrity photo books, including works published by Kodansha and Shueisha.

Today, I have retired to a quieter life. For the first time, I am free to photograph for myself.

After 15 years behind the lens, I no longer direct stories.
I simply witness them.