The New Yorker

• Photographer
  Di Chang

My impression of New York since I was a child is almost always engraved in the movie, as well as the song《Empire State Of Mind》. Relying on those countless movie clips, I was already full of "phantoms" of this city in my heart, but I didn't expect that this was still not as shocking as seeing it with my own eyes. As the plane landed in JFK at night, I walked into the most notorious subway station in the world, next morning, I stepped onto the streets of Manhattan filled with people going to work, and the impression of this city really began to be imprinted on my heart.

I am a student from Taiwan who loves art photography and lives for the art of the lens. Since I started, I’ve often been asked Why this composition? Why this light? Why these colors? To be honest, I don't always have the answers. My intuition tells me that’s the way to go; my sense of beauty craves that specific light; my eyes find the composition before my mind does. My intuition has no guide; it flows naturally and leads me without hesitation. I love who I am in those moments—simply following where my heart leads.