Yan Wang Preston

Yan Wang Preston (*1976) was born in Henan Province in China and gained her BA in Clinical Medicine at Fudan University, Shanghai. In 2005 she emigrated to the UK and changed her career to photography. She gained her MA in Visual Arts at Bradford Collage, Leeds Beckett University in 2009.

 

The IKS PHOTO Collection contains photographs of the series "Mother River - The Red Pictures" (2010-14) and "She and He" (2018).

In her Mother River project she wanted to capture the Yangtze River by taking a picture every 100km of the 6.211km river starting at the source with Y1 to Y63.

With She and He Preston wanted to give Chinese students living in the UK a voice, that they still feel like foreigners in the country where they want to live and study. It also reflects her sustained interest in the relationship between identity and lanscape.

 

Mother River - The Red Pictures (2010-14)

 

Y39 3800km from the river source (Film loaded back-to-front by accident), C-Print, 30,4 x 40,8cm, Ed.2 of 3+1AP © Yan Wang Preston / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

Y41 3800km from the river source (Film loaded back-to-front by accident), C-Print, 30,4 x 40,8cm, Ed.2 of 3+1AP © Yan Wang Preston / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

Y42 3800km from the river source (Film loaded back-to-front by accident), C-Print, 30,4 x 40,8cm, Ed.2 of 3+1AP © Yan Wang Preston / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

Y44 3800km from the river source (Film loaded back-to-front by accident), C-Print, 30,4 x 40,8cm, Ed.2 of 3+1AP © Yan Wang Preston / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

Y46 3800km from the river source (Film loaded back-to-front by accident), C-Print, 30,4 x 40,8cm, Ed.2 of 3+1AP © Yan Wang Preston / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection