Category: Photography

The Girl with a Pearl Earring, centuries apart
Does life really imitate art? A natural pose for portrait pictures.

      

Oscar Wilde famously wrote, “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life,” but when life serendipitously coincides with art, rather than a flat-out imitation, I wonder what the writer has to say about that. When I was taking these self-portraits by myself, I had no particular artwork in mind. I was just doing my […]

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Princeton University Vivian Tang

Back to the Best Old Place of All
Recovering Imposter Syndrome & Rediscovering the Princeton Bubble

       

What is it about fall that makes me fall back in love with Princeton? When people used to ask me whether I enjoyed my time at Princeton, I’d always give a nuanced answer—acknowledging the good but never fully embracing a passionate display of love or pride. The truth is: my relationship with Princeton has always […]

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Young Lady wearing cute academia preppy clothes, polo ralph lauren bear sweater, Pomeranian dogs

Autumn in New York again, 2 years later
Mimi, Momo, & I re-visit the Big Apple this Autumn

      

Autumn in New York…why does it [still] seem so inviting? Two years ago in November, I took my 8 months-old Pomeranians Mimi and Momo on their very first overnight trip ever: to the great New York City, of all places. It was during the pandemic, and I had a lot of trepidation around the trip, […]

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