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...somebody tell you something that’s near and dear to them.”(In fact, the subject of all of Sheng’s photos is Glen R. Curry ’03, a psychology concentrator who lives in Mather House and is currently dating Sheng.) Hull noticed that by arranging his photographs in a careful sequence, Sheng kept the viewer wondering about the identity of the model. “I liked the way that a third of the way [into the sequence of photographs] we realize it’s all the same person...
...opening reception of “Once Upon a Time” last Friday, Sheng chats with friends and acquaintances. At one point he stops to discuss the price of art with Taylor, the other artist showing at the exhibit. Both artists are hoping to sell some of their work through the show. Sheng says his photos are “not as hard to part with as paintings because I edition them,” he says. Sheng will sell up to five editions of a given print...
...Sheng is one of the few undergraduates to have a show off-campus and the first Harvard undergraduate to show at the Gallery at Green Street, which he has accomplished without the financial aid of his parents. “People say you have to be privileged to be a VES concentrator and to go to college to study art. But it’s not like my family is pouring out thousands of dollars to support my work,” he says. He has quickly learned that producing photographs is not cheap, and producing top-quality prints...
...myth of the starving artists is gone now,” Sheng says. “Big time artists are celebrities in New York and there is a crossover between fashion and art photographers.” He spent last summer in New York doing portfolio reviews with Details, W, Vibe and the New York Times Magazine. He will show his thesis work from May 2 to June 6 at the Carpenter Center Lobby and the Sert Gallery on the Carpenter Center’s third floor with an opening reception in the lobby on May 3 from...
Despite his current success and promising future as an artist, Sheng has yet to tell his family about his work. He believes his parents wouldn’t approve of a career in art. They want him to go to law school, which he hopes to postpone for at least a year by applying to fellowships in China. After graduation in June, Sheng wants to study the fashion and photography of 1930s Shanghai as well as the current state of photography in China. He has told his parents he will be studying the influence of the government on the media...