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.

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.