Quentin Shih
Director, Advertising, Fashion
Bejing
时晓凡 / QUENTIN SHIH (a.k.a. SHI XIAOFAN), born in Tianjin, China in 1975, lives and works as a camera artist / film maker between New York and Beijing.
A self-taught photographer, he began to shoot photos in college for local underground musicians and artists. After graduation, he came to Beijing to develop his career as a professional photographer/artist. From 2000 to 2002, he participated in exhibitions in China and America with his fine art photographic works and his works have been collected by American museums, such as the Danforth Museum of Art and the Worcester Art Museum.
During the last few years, he has been producing work for top commercial clients and international publications such as Adidas, Microsoft, Sony, Siemens, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Esquire. His advertising campaigns work have won numerous prestigious international advertising and photography awards.
In 2007, Quentin was named 'Photographer of the Year' by Esquire Magazine (China). In the following years, he joined lots group exhibitions and solo exhibitions in China, Europe, Southeast Asia and United States.
As one of the leading Chinese photographers, Quentin Shih is well recognized for his individual artistic style which utilizes vast sets and dramatic lighting to engage in emotional narratives. Now, he is returning to his roots in fine art photography and challenging its techniques and concepts into his commercial and fashion photography in order to achieve a unique symbiosis.
At the same time, he is also working on his film projects, A Parisian Movie (2011) was his first short movie shot in Paris, France.
Education
/ 1994-1998, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
/ 2009-2010, PhotoGlobal, artist residency program, School of Visual Arts, New York, US
Recent Awards
/ Merit Award in the personal work category for the PDN mag 'The Look: Where Fashion Meets Art' contest (2010)
/ President Scholarship Award for the Photo Global program from the School of Visual Arts, New York (2009)
/ Finalist of the ITS EIGHT contest, Italy (2009)
/ Winner in the Fine Art Category at the 2009 Hasselblad Masters Award (2009)
/ Nominated for the New York Photo Awards 2008 in the category of advertising photography/series (2008)
/ Second place in the Advertising Photography Category at the Intern. Photography Award (IPA) 2008 (2008)
/ MSN/Microsoft print advertising campaign wins the Gold Award at the 15th China Adv. Festival (2008)
/ Merit Award in the Advertising category for PDN magazine's 'PIX Digital 2008' contest (2008)
/ Awarded 'Photographer Of the Year' by Esquire Magazine (China) (2007)
Languages: English
