The Gift - No. 20, 2020
"Art and design are everywhere in our everyday life. They're part of the clothes we wear, the space we live in, the things we do, the food we eat...They're life's little surprises and pleasures. They're for you and me, every ages and every day."
A celebrated fashion and costume designer, Han Feng began working in photography several years ago when colleagues and friends complimented her on her eye for the medium and challenged her to pick up a camera. A close friend, American photographer Lois Conner, helped her learn the fundamentals of the camera, and before long she was making landscapes in her hometown of Hangzhou, China. When the pandemic hit, she turned to combining meaningful and ephemeral objects from her kitchen and studio in New York. Conner as well as other artists and curator friends quickly noted that she had found her photographic voice.