Philippe Cheng, Large Chromogenic Mounted C Print Photograph Greece, Ocean Scene with Boat Photo, 2005

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Philippe Cheng (American, b. 1961)
"Untitled, Greece, 2005",
signed, titled and dated verso, C-print (chromogenic print)
mounted on aluminum with … more Philippe Cheng (American, b. 1961)
"Untitled, Greece, 2005",
signed, titled and dated verso, C-print (chromogenic print)
mounted on aluminum with UV ultra non-glare plexiglass

Philippe Cheng is a fine art photographer based in New York with studios in New York City & Bridgehampton, Long Island. Born and raised in New York City, he was educated at The School of Visual Art and New York University.
His landscape book, “ Still, The East End Photographs ” was published in the fall of 2015.
"Bullets in the Sand", his Coney Island book project, explores growing up in an inner city neighborhood against the backdrop of an historical neighborhood. These images provide a sense of the complexity of the growing up within the shadows of The Wonder Wheel and the Cyclone. Of a dreamland represented by the beach and the amusement park and the reality of living within the projects which have come to symbolize the harshness of inner city life.
The images in “Echo Still“, follow in the tradition of B&W New York street photography. He is directing his first feature documentary entitled, “On the Cusp“. This documentary film was shot during the historic election of 2008. Illuminated by the words and images of 175 women, and filmed on the Eastern End of Long Island, the film speaks against forced silence, while honoring chosen silence – creating an affirmation that every voice matters and is necessary for true democracy.
In the early 1990's he worked at Magnum Photos, assisting photographers Gilles Peress, Inge Morath, Erich Hartmann and Eve Arnold, where he learned that, whatever the subject matter whether a portrait or an interior, one could create images with meaning, style and emotion. less