A Season Particular

First edition of A Season Particular by Shen Wei. First impression. Medium format hardback in as new condition.

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In A Season Particular, Shen Wei invites us into a world where intimacy and spontaneity collide, yielding a series of photographic encounters that are as raw as they are tender. The artist’s work is a delicate and visceral exploration of the human body, captured in soft, explicit close-ups that pulse with immediacy. These images, deliberately printed with a density that mirrors the subjects’ flesh, draw the viewer into a realm of evocative lust and fluidity.

The photographs are also a reflection of Wei’s Chinese identity, that is subtly woven into the fabric of this work. They challenge and reinterpret notions of desire, intimacy, and self-discovery, all against the backdrop of a cultural upbringing that prized restraint and conservatism. In A Season Particular, Shen Wei’s lens becomes a conduit for a new kind of expression, one that is as much about the relationships formed in the moment as it is about the images themselves.