I have interviewed with more than 30 traditional art professionals in Taiwan. In these interviews, I gradually sensed that the population of the people in the traditional art field has begun to decline in the modern society. Nevertheless, these traditional arts and cultural values are equal to the weight of the entire history. To adjust to the rapidly changing world, we must preserve the value of traditional art and, at the same time, create innovative and diverse thinking patterns. As a result, I consider it a very important and un-negligible issue to integrate the essence of traditional art with the innovative elements of modern times. Only with the integration of tradition could we stride toward modern time.
Yvonne Lu is a Taiwan-born fine art photographer who currently residing in New York City. Her fine art and self portrait works are mostly taken from her frequently travel experiences. She has attempted through photography to capture and represent both the reality and the unreality of cities worldwide. When she travel, She feels like everywhere and nowhere, deep in the zero degree, living threshold to threshold, in a sublime and seemingly never-ending transitional state. She has attempted to portray the liminal and illusory impressions these cities left with her – concrete chimeras with cries and claws which we all experience but are never sure are real.
Yourself is the only what is real.
Non Goldin once said “I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. I stave off loss. In fact, my pictures show me how much I’ve lost and I realized the limits of what can be preserved.”
Yes, I can’t preserved others, but I won’t lose myself.
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