ELEMENTS Magazine (Issue 28)

Preconceptions, Rediscovery, Covid

June 2023

Hi all, the new issue of ELEMENTS Magazine is out! It features the works and writing of Jasper Goodall, Paul Wakefield, Mitch Dobrowner, Charles Cramer, Trym Ivar Bergsmo, and an interview with Joe Cornish conducted by co-editor Olaf Sztaba. I contributed an article "Preconceptions, Rediscovery, Covid".

• "Preconceptions" was the root cause of my creativity rut. Arthur Meyerson said in an interview that "I've always tried to avoid preconceptions. Otherwise, you're more likely to be disappointed by what you don't find and more likely to overlook the obvious... It's important to learn to play the hand that's dealt you."

• "Rediscovery" - A workshop with Freeman Patterson and Andre Gallant reminded me why I photographed to begin with - for the love of nature and the joy it brought me.

• "Covid" - Without knowing it, they also prepared me for Covid, which hit less than six months after the workshop. The images shown here are what emerged after my struggles with preconceptions, set against the backdrop of the pandemic.

In the article, I also describe what I do when I'm stuck creatively.

If you're interested in subscribing to the magazine, please visit https://www.elementsphotomag.com A subscription will provide you with access to past issues as well.

大众摄影

I'm excited to be interviewed by Chinese magazine 大众摄影 (Popular Photography). It is headquartered in Beijing and founded in 1958. The interview is in Chinese. I talked about how I began photography, my move to Tokyo, my philosophical approach toward photography, as well as what photographing nature has taught me about life.

世界越是动荡，越是驱使我在大自然中寻求平静。在阴天我会追寻一缕微光。在单色的冬日，我会热切地寻找一点色彩。在暴风雪中，我会焦急地等待片刻平静。阴阳作为中国的哲学概念，指出所谓相对的力量实际上是可以互补和相互依存的。它要求我们协调所有事物，以保障连续性和平衡性。

To read the full article, please visit: the website below.

Feature Shoot

“Navigating Loss & Sadness Through Cherry Blossom Photography”

I’m really grateful to Ellyn Kail of Feature Shoot Magazine for making the time and effort to interview me and write in depth about my project Remembrance.

“In Ng’s work, there’s no sense of ‘up’ or ‘down,’ either. Through reflections, she invites us to walk on clouds. Sheets of fog make it hard to determine whether objects are very far away—or close enough to touch. In some cases, an impossibly shallow depth of field makes nearby objects seem just out of reach, like moments from a dream lost upon waking.

Ng’s pictures are like memory itself in that time and space don’t move linearly; they compress and expand. The past is present, and those who are gone become present once more. While making them, the artist felt the spirit of her mother beside her.”

To read the full article, please visit: the website below.

Float Magazine

Portfolio Feature

I met Dana Stirling at the recent LACP (2023 Feb). I’m grateful for her kind feedback and also for featuring my portfolio in the magazine! Many thanks, Dana!

For more details, please visit the webiste below.

Dodho Magazine (Issue 22)

Metamorphosis

November 2022

I am really happy to be featured in @dodhomagazine issue 22 with other artists Diane Meyer, Marius Surleac, Mike Potts and friend @bobnewmanphotos. I want to thank the jurors Burkhard Arnold, Catherine Edelman, Florian Kazimirski and Maria Oliva for selecting my work.

Posted @withrepost • @dodhomagazine For us, photography is light, life, emotion, communication, a challenge, but it is also a purely introspective act that forces us to question the way we see the world, our way of looking at reality, imbuing each photograph with a little bit of ourselves.

Our online version is now available on our website for free download. We hope all of you enjoy our selected artists and their beautiful art. Thank you!!! ❣️

forum naturfotografie 3/2022

Remembrance

October 2022

I’m extremely grateful to @sandrabartocha for featuring my work in @gdt.foto. I am a huge fan of Sandra’s work 😍❣️and was thrilled when she asked to show my work. I was also very excited about seeing which images she liked / picked for the issue. I was like a child waiting to open the X’mas present 🎁. Thank you Sandra for your support 🤗🤗🤗. And thank you @elementsphotomag for giving permission for the article to be republished and modified!

ELEMENTS Magazine (Issue 20)

Remembrance

October 2022

Hi all, the new issue of ELEMENTS Magazine is out! In this issue, I wrote about my project "Remembrance" and also answered a few questions, including "What do you seek when you photograph", "Do you scout out a location before hand?", "Do you frequently revisit places", "What are some of the valuable lessons you have learnt".

This issue also features work by Michael E. Gordon, Rachael Talibart, Charles Cramer, Edward Riddell, Arik Oberrauch, Matt Payne and Theo Bosboom. Please visit the website to find out more https://www.elementsphotomag.com. Enjoy!

My project statement for Remembrance can be found here. https://www.xuanhuing.com/remembrance

ON Landscape (Issue 263)

Xuan-Hui Ng – Portrait of a Photographer

“Nature Photography as Art Therapy”

September 2022

My heartfelt thanks to Matt Payne for featuring my work in “Portrait of a Photographer” in ON Landscape magazine.

"Xuan-Hui Ng’s artwork is powerful, evocative, and personal. She has found a way to celebrate and capture ephemeral moments in nature while simultaneously leveraging this imagery as a form of gratitude and celebration of life’s fleeting realities. Through her new obsession of photography, Xuan-Hui has also leaned hard into her curiosity of the natural world, studying weather, life cycles, rare phenomena such as sun pillars, and more. Through her desire to learn more about nature, she has embraced failure as a teaching mechanism and has learned to utilise her knowledge to capture rare moments in expressive ways."

https://www.onlandscape.co.uk/2022/09/xuan-hui-ng/

ELEMENTS Magazine (Issue 19)

Special Fall Issue

September 2022

It's a privilege to contribute to ELEMENTS Magazine's special Fall issue. In this issue, I join 11 other landscape photographers (Charlotte Gibb, Martin Rak, Alex Noriega, Frank M. Gabler, Nye Simmons, Christopher Burkett, Sandra Bartocha, Eric Bennette, Hans Strand, John Barclay Lynn Radeka) in sharing some of our Fall images and answering some questions about our approach.

For those who are interested in subscribing, please drop me a note and I'll forward you the 10% discount code. The membership will give you access to past issues too.

PetaPixel - April 2022

“Metamorphosis”

April 29th, 2022

My article for ELEMENTS magazine was republished by PetaPixel. Thank you both PetaPixel and ELEMENTS magazine! The original title of the article was “Metamorphosis”, named after my first photography project. The images in this project are a manifestation of the changes that have occurred in me, as a person and as a photographer over the past 10 years.

ELEMENTS Magazine (Issue 14)

“Metamorphosis”

April 2022 Issue

I’m excited to join the editorial team at the ELEMENTS Magazine and will be contributing 2-3 articles annually. The magazine is a monthly digital publication featuring the works of renowned landscape photographers like Freeman Patterson, Sandra Bartocha, Christopher Burkett, Michael Kenna, Rachael Talibart and others.

I became a subscriber of the magazine at Freeman Patterson's recommendation about a year ago. I love the image-centric focus and the engaging interviews and editorials . You can imagine my elation when I was asked to join the editorial team!

I just submitted my maiden article “Metamorphosis” earlier this week for the April issue. I wrote about how nature and photography helped me heal and transform over the past 11 years. While I began photography as form of self-therapy, I now photograph nature to celebrate and preserve its ephemeral beauty. I hope the viewers of my images can experience the serenity that I felt when I was surrounded by these magical landscapes.