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Sea of Devourment

This series combines photographs of Chinese dishes with hand-painted backgrounds, weaving cultural memory and personal experience. Food becomes a language beyond translation, while The Sea That Devours evokes a shifting space where cultures collide, merge, and transform.

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World Photo Annual

2025

Nominee

Still Life

Professional

Sea of Devourment

This series combines photographs of Chinese dishes with hand-painted backgrounds, weaving cultural memory and personal experience. Food becomes a language beyond translation, while The Sea That Devours evokes a shifting space where cultures collide, merge, and transform.

About Artist

Cheng Gong

Cheng Gong, born in Hunan, China. Received bachelor degree in Environmental Art of Design from Donghua University, Shanghai in 2012. Received a master degree in Project Management from Northeastern University, Boston in 2016. Received a master degree in Photography, video and related media in the School of Visual Arts, New York in 2019. Now live and work in New York City.

Cheng Gong

Photographic Areas of Focus

Fine Art, Landscapes

Location

China

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