Bronze in Fine Art/Digitally Enhanced / 2025 / Fine Art / Digitally Enhanced

• Prize
  Bronze in Fine Art/Digitally Enhanced
• Photographer
  Fang Yan, China
• Studio
  Fancy Photo
• Website
  https://www.fancyphoto.net
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/fancyphoto007/

Reimagining a demolished 1990s Chinese amusement park, this project merges photography and AI to evoke “impossible memories” from artist Shuai’s vivid childhood. Foreign symbols collide in surreal, dreamlike scenes—mirroring a child’s logic and the fluidity of self. Through 3D modeling, AI generation, and photography portraiture, these images explore identity, cultural fusion, and perception. Much like the denoising process in AI, each pixel shifts—nothing is truly alien, only transformed. Boundaries dissolve—not just between real and imagined, but across culture and perception.

A Beijing-based fashion photographer whose work explores the intersection of photography, digital technologies, and symbolism. With a background in computer graphics, fashion design & styling, set design, and movement analysis, I integrates archetypes, mythology, and embodied expression into my visual storytelling. Influenced by Jungian psychology and surrealism, my imagery delves into emotional resonance, capturing fleeting moments of “secret knowledge.” Interested in human-AI collaboration, exploring the interplay of photography, technology, movement, mythology, and identity.

Awards Shortlist, London International Creative Competition 2024
Honorable Mention, IPA 2023
Finalist, Prix Picto De La Photographie De Mode 2021
Nominee, 8th edition of Fine Art Photography Awards,
Honorable Mention, IPA 2021 and Chromatic Awards 2021
Bronze Winner, 2020 PX3 2020 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS,
Bronze Winner, Tokyo International Foto Awards 2020
Bronze winner, Beijing Fashion Week 2019