Cherry Au is a London based photographer of Macanese heritage. Their approach to image making is playful, bold and vibrant. Their fashion and documentary practice explore the themes of their constant preoccupation with freedom, identity and community.
Au’s creative process comes from a need to create fantasy, in this way fabricating a visual reflection of their world. There is an exaggerative quality to the images that is highlighted via the humour and whimsicality of their subjects and locations. A constancy that defines Au’s photographic style is the subjects’ defiance to the camera, with the purpose of enhancing and giving power to their community.
Au has exhibited in multiple reputable institutions provoking a visceral response from audiences, providing the LGBTQIA+ community with a mirror reflection and a window for outsiders to peak into our often clandestine lives.
EDUCATION
MASTERS OF ARTS : FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY
London College of Fashion, London
London College of Fashion, London
BACHELOR OF ARTS : FASHION COMMUNICATION AND STYLING
Middlesex University, London
CLIENTS
Adam Frost Studio, Barbican Centre, Breaking Barriers, Congregation Design, Dazed, Dalston Superstore, Disorder Mag, Dyke Digital, Dynasti, Equinox, Guardian, i-D, Indie Magazine, J’adore la Vie, Joanne Hynes, Jodie Ruffle, Livia Tang, London Fashion Week, London Queer Fashion Show, Marie Maisonneuve, Micol Ragni, Middlesex University, Mutzine, Royal Academy of Arts, Scotria, Seoul Fashion Week, Solène Lescouët, Sotheby’s, The Queer Archive, Vice, Wire and Wonderland Magazine.
CONTACT
cherryauhoni@hotmail.com
+44 (0) 7463 977976
+853 6618 0969
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