Another series that fascinates yets confuses me is done by Pixy Liao who uses her boyfriend essentially as a prop. She does this in order to depict their unconventional and Experimental Relationship. She went to school for something entirely different than photography and came to the US from China in order to pursue her dream inspired by a film she had seen. stemming from an assignment that called for her to relate to death in her image, she used her boyfriend as a dead body. From then on, he became a prop in her artwork. Her images vibrant and exposing are meant to show the evolution of a relationship between her and her boyfriend who is five years her junior. She depicts him as not so masculine and safe as she says, and though these images have changed over time she says he remains to stay true to himself.
60 Wondrous Artists 