Impression Studies

“Impression Studies” is a series of photos out of focus. By removing details and textures, blurring the boundaries between things, I try to depict scenes like impressionist painters, capture the colors of light that constantly allure me.

The project "Impression Studies" started with a question: If the aesthetic basis of photography is to capture reality, then, like modern painting, can photography also develop other possibilities that do not take precise realism as the criterion?

On an early spring afternoon in 2022, the rays of the setting sun passed through the foliage, I looked up and raised my camera. The image on the screen was out of focus, the blurred color blocks looked like an abstract painting. Suddenly, I realized this is what I’m seeking: Light, revealed through the colors and shading, forms the volume of color, and the overlap and gradient between them. They are composed to invoke "impression".

By simply taking photos out of focus, removing the details and textures, and blurring the boundaries between things, I can depict the scenes like an impressionist—walking into the city I live in and capturing the colors of light that constantly allure me. This is my "Impression Studies".