Smothered In Motherland


  • Photographer
    Yvonne Lu
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2016

Chinese culture with its great ancient history including traditional Chinese medicine and herbal remedies, has always been a very powerful influence to me as a photographic artist. The custom of herbal baths can be traced back to the Zhou dynasty (1046 ~ 771 BC). In the series of my fine art self portrait photography work I used various types of traditional herbs, ingredients, organic vegetables from different culture to create this series. As an artist who lives far away from home, these Baths symbolize a process of healing and being reborn again because when I was growing up in my homeland, they were the miraculous nutrients that I ate and drunk in order to nourish my mental or physical depression. It generates wonderful memories for me, and to allocate some time for self-indulgence and de-stressing amid their fast paced lives.

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