Chen Man

From the "Red Beauty" series

In the massive creativity black hole that is the People's Republic of China, artist/photographers like Chen Man stand out quite a bit. Here's an quote from The Bui Gallery's feature:

Chen Man made a huge impact when she started shooting the covers for the Chinese Vision Magazine. As her work hit the Streets it was met with surprise and awe. People were not only blown away by the amazing photographic images combined seamlessly with computerized 3-D rendering, but also by the fact the artist herself is a Beijing born girl in her twenties.

Chen Man’s work is a combination of her skill with a camera, and her technical wizardry with a computer. She does all of her post-production image work herself, from retouching with Photoshop, to 3-D rendering with 3D Max. She has an extremely strong aesthetic eye that brings out the best of her models, and consequently shoots for the Chinese make up artist Tony Li, and various celebrities from China and Hong-Kong.

Her work is very much tailored towards the fashion industry. This isn't really my thing, but she does such a great job of it that I can't help but mention it here. Add that to the fact that creativity isn't what it use to be in the PRC, and the fact that she does all of her photography, post-processing, and 3-D work herself...then her work really starts to shine.

See more of her work here.