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Honorable Mention / People: Body & Nudes

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FENG YAN

The Shape of Breathing – Skin in the Wind
The Shape of Breathing – Skin in the Wind
The Shape of Breathing – Skin in the Wind
The Shape of Breathing – Skin in the Wind
The Shape of Breathing – Skin in the Wind
The Shape of Breathing – Skin in the Wind
FENG YAN
The Shape of Breathing – Skin in the Wind

The Shape of Breathing – Skin in the Wind is a series of large-format film portraits in which the nude body is approached as an architecture of breath rather than an object of display. Working outdoors with a 4×5 inch camera, I ask the model to inhabit small, almost reluctant gestures while the wind rearranges hair and skin. The shallow depth of field collapses the surrounding vegetation into a soft, abstract wall, pushing every scar, bone and curve forward like a façade under changing weather. The series belongs to my ongoing project The Shape of Breathing, which explores the body as a structural space that holds memory, fatigue and resilience. What interests me here is the moment when a body stands exposed yet refuses spectacle: the gaze is direct but not inviting, the posture oscillates between defense and surrender. The photographs record that fragile interval where intimacy becomes architecture.

Author
Feng Yan (Frank) is a Netherlands-based artist working across Europe with a focus on film, large format, and darkroom practice. His work centers on the idea of the body as structure, viewing the human form, athletes, and botanical shapes as architectures that hold breath, memory, and emotional traces. His ongoing series The Shape of Breathing merges intimacy with restraint across different visual registers.
Yan’s work has been recognized internationally in the professional category of several major photography awards. In 2025 he received the Silver Award in Fine Art / Eroticism at the Analog Sparks International Film Photography Awards, as well as an Honorable Mention in Technique / Instant. He also earned distinctions from the Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA, Fine Art Honorable Mention), the Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA, Fine Art – Nudes Honorable Mention), and the ND Awards in the Professional Fine Art category.
His photographs have appeared in more than twenty inte

Website
yan-feng.com

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@frankyan.ph
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