Philippe Cheng
Philippe Cheng was born and raised in New York City and educated at The School of Visual Arts and New York University. In the early 1990’s he worked at Magnum Photos, assisting photographers Gilles Peress, Inge Morath, Erich Hartmann and Eve Arnold.. He currently maintains a studio in New York City and in Bridgehampton, New York, where he does both commercial and fine art photography.
Cheng’s fine art photography is included in many private collections. He is the winner of the Heckscher Museum’s 2014 and 2016 Long Island Biennial.
“My photographs of the East End of Long Island are personal interpretations of a landscape that derives its beauty and power from the earth’s palate and ever-changing seasons.
I seek to evoke a mood rather than capture the minute visual details of a particular view, so I will manipulate the camera, shifting the focus plane, to create scenes that are deliberately blurred. The photographs are dominated by intense color and a gentle abstraction.
The horizon, the sea, the sand and the beach grass of Long Island all make their appearances, but in dreamlike forms, inviting the viewer to share my personal connection with the landscape.” — PC
Bay I, 2019, C print on aluminum with ultra non-glare plexi front, 40" x 40"
Bay II, 2019, C print on aluminum with ultra non-glare plexi front, 40" x 40"
Magnolia IV, 2019, C print on aluminum with ultra non-glare plexi front, 30" x 40"
Magnolia V 2019, C print on aluminum with ultra non-glare plexi front, 30" x 40"
Magnolia VI, 2019, C print on aluminum with ultra non-glare plexi front, 30" x 40"
Magnolia VII, 2019, C print on aluminum with ultra non-glare plexi front, 40" x 40"
Road K I, 2019, C print on aluminum with ultra non-glare plexi front, 40" x 40"
Road K II, 2019 C print on aluminum with ultra non-glare plexi front, 40" x 40"
Bamboo, 2002, C print on aluminum with ultra non-glare plexi front, 40" x 40"