2nd place
silver star award
Frank Zhang
united states
title
Aesthetics from Africa
In this beauty photo project, an Africa American model and influencer, initially from Ghana, showed us the aesthetics from Africa.
His works have been collected and exhibited by many galleries all over the world, including Brazil biggest online gallery-democrat.com.br, Vanities Gallery in Paris, Glasgow Gallery of Photography in Scotland, The Holy Art of London, The One Art Space of New York, and the biggest online art platform-artsy.net. In addition, he was awarded in many international photography competitions, including Siena Creative Awards 2022, Fine Art Photo Awards (FAPA), and Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA).
He obtained his Ph.D. in Physics. Currently he is dedicated to commercial photography, optics, and cryptocurrency technology. Before that, he worked as a scientist for University of Massachusetts Amherst and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Maryland on nano optics.
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entry description
The world of beauty witnessed the diversity of aesthetics. However, long period, fashion and beauty were seen through a Eurocentric lens. It was our photographer responsibility to present the aesthetics of other culture such as Africa and Asian in an appropriate way.In this beauty photo project, an Africa American model and influencer, initially from Ghana, showed us the aesthetics from Africa.
about the photographer
Frank Zhang is an award-winning photographer, film producer, physicist, and entrepreneur based in New York. He directed, and shot photos and videos for many international brands and magazines, including Tiffany & Co., Fashion Magazine Cosmopolitan, L'Officiel, Oreo, NBA Arena, the Korean Times, and more.His works have been collected and exhibited by many galleries all over the world, including Brazil biggest online gallery-democrat.com.br, Vanities Gallery in Paris, Glasgow Gallery of Photography in Scotland, The Holy Art of London, The One Art Space of New York, and the biggest online art platform-artsy.net. In addition, he was awarded in many international photography competitions, including Siena Creative Awards 2022, Fine Art Photo Awards (FAPA), and Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA).
He obtained his Ph.D. in Physics. Currently he is dedicated to commercial photography, optics, and cryptocurrency technology. Before that, he worked as a scientist for University of Massachusetts Amherst and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Maryland on nano optics.
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