JOSEPH CHEN
New York
Any photographer who says he’s not a voyeur is either stupid or a liar.
- Helmut Newton
The love of beautiful women is the primary driving force behind New York Fashion Photographer Joseph Chen’s fascinating images. His work is motivated by a woman’s freedom, empowerment and sexuality. Through his images Joseph loves to tell stories that are inspired by movies and TV shows he had watched, by artworks of the great masters, by people he encounters in his everyday life or just stories born out of his wild imagination and daydreams.
“The model needs to inspire me, the first thing I do is to try to fall in love with her. At the very least be infatuated.” says Joseph Chen. “Then the clothes come next, I hate tacky styling or styling like you are putting up a Christmas tree, they have to be elegant and sexy.” he continued.
Joseph Chen considers himself very lucky that early on his career he met the legendary Freddie Leiba, who he considers a mentor and collaborator.
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