A private challenge by London-based photographer Kaiwei Duan. Duan was born in China and is at the moment finding out Style Picture at Central Saint Martins. Her apply is rooted in her experiences as a lady and reflections on childhood, typically explored by way of summary and dreamlike imagery. Latest initiatives use bodily particulars, tactile sensations, and unconventional mild to analyze the refined connections between imaginative and prescient and the senses. “Don’t Depart Me” is devoted to Duan’s grandmother, whose energy, independence, and tenderness had a profound impression on Duan’s life till a sudden sickness left her grandmother bodily and emotionally fragile:
“For the previous 5 years, she lived in worry of separation and demise. This turning level prompted me to replicate on household, life, and mortality. Till she handed away final 12 months, I stored documenting her by way of my digital camera, striving to protect our shared reminiscences—the gaze she gave me and the sensation of her contact, and the childhood she spent by my aspect.”
Kaiwei Duan participated in our 2025 Booooooom Artwork & Picture Ebook Award and made our shortlist.
