artist bio
Born and raised in Beijing, China. Bing Lu (b.1999), known as Maggie, is a Chinese photographer currently lives in New York City. She moved to Boston in 2018 where she started working with photographs. Graduated from Massachusetts College of Art and design in 2022 with a BFA in the department of Photography, she is currently completing her MFA program in Photography, Video, and Related Media at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Using the medium of photography as a means for therapy and connection, her most known work, the long term project unconditional (2019-on going) was a collaboration with strangers, exploring the notion of what it is to be human and its ability to underpin the world we live in. Her humble manner and the ability to listen, have helped in the creation of portraits that went beyond the usual glamor shots, conveying an air of relaxed intimacy. Capturing a strong independent moment of the complex lives of each individual, the images revealed a gentle expression of kindness shown by acknowledging someone else’s true self-worth. As a creative outlet and driving force, her photography aims to reflect critically on what it means to be and to live, sharing the realness of what it is today and the uncertainty of what it is to become in the future. Hint at life as it once was, above all, her whole-hearted embrace of photography was as a way of life. Her interest through photography introduces a sense of tension that the subject itself may not physically possess, and raises the theoretical question of where do portraiture and other imagery align in the current culture of visual landscape, when much or little the image is able to reveal or conceal.
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Maggie Lu
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