The Calculus of My Life Path

This is an image experiment with a new observation and interpretation of the dust-covered group photos. I found out and reshot all my group photos and had them overlapped in an age sequence which spans a quarter of a century-25 years. During the synthesis of photos, many of the people I met, specific things I experienced and places that I passed along gradually fade out into the back ground the way they do in my memory. Meanwhile, a â??virtual meâ?? that doesnâ??t actually exists is emerging slowly from the images. There is no existing photo of this image because it is formed by probability integral. The clothing is becoming clear as well as the countenance and facial expression which marks that age period. Appearance reflects the mind. The facial expression describes what my life was like at that time. The countenance mirrors my spiritual course. The clothing, sometimes vague and sometimes distinct, even reflects the aesthetic pursue of that age. What is life? What is time? Who am I? I ponder over the eternal philosophical questions and present my own thoughts with the work The Calculus of My Life Path.

Huanting CHEN Shantou, Guangdong Province November, 1984 Member of China Photographers Association Winner of China 13th International Photographic Art Exhibition Gold Medal Visiting Photography Teacher, Guangdong Branch of Beijing Open College of Photographic Art Representative of Guangdong Province, Greater China Photographic Society(HK) 2006 Started the photographing career 2007 Gave a photography lecture FROM MAKING PHOTOS TO PHOTOGRAPHING in South China Normal University 2008 Gave a photography lecture HEART, PHOTOGRAPH in Sun Yat-sen University 2009 Won the Gold Medal of China 13th International Photographic Art Exhibition 2009 Won the HONORABLE MENTION Award of French Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) Competition 2009 Work printed on the front page of China Photo Press 2010 Accepted an Individual Interview from Asia Television Limited 2010 Held an itinerate exhibition for Photos Series THE DIFFERENT SCENERIES around China 2010 Became the exhibitor of 2nd DaLi International Photography Exhibition 2010 Won the Curator Award of 23rd Guangdong Exhibition 2010 Became the representative of Guangdong Province, Greater China Photographic Society 2011 Deliver a photography itinerate lecture TURN ONâ?¢TUNE INâ?¢DROP OUT around Guangdong Province 2011 Became the exhibitor of Exchange Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Photographers (Hong Kong) 2011 Became the visiting photography teacher, Guangdong branch of Beijing Open College of Photographic Art 2011 Became the exhibitor of the 11th Pingyao International Photography Festival 2011 Won the Bronze Collection Award of BOQI CUP First National Creative Photography Exhibition 2011 Recorded into Baidu Encyclopedia Character Entries