Vera in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan. (2026)
Photograph by Liang Duo
Photograph by Liang Duo
Vera Xia / 夏靖宜
b. 1999, Yiyang, Hunan Province, China.
Aries sun, Scorpio moon & rising.
Photographer, Filmmaker, Darkroom Witch.
Based in Beijing and Boston.
She received her BA from Bard College (New York, 2021), studying under Stephen Shore, and continued her studies in the Cinematography Department of the Beijing Film Academy (2021–2022). She is currently an MFA candidate at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
Her work has been exhibited internationally. She is the recipient of the Kunpeng Award at the 2021 PIP Pingyao International Photography Festival and the Jury's Choice Award from Lin Zhipeng (aka "No. 223") at the Chiri Photography Festival, and was shortlisted for the Royal Photographic Society's 167th International Photography Exhibition (RPS IPE 167). Her documentary Where You Look was a finalist for Best Documentary at ARFF Amsterdam 2024, and her follow-up film Town Nexus is a finalist for the Globe Award at ARFF Amsterdam 2025. Her work has appeared in Chinese Photographers, Esquire Fine, PHMuseum, HAKUCHI, etc.
1999年出生于湖南益阳。太阳白羊，月亮和上升天蝎。
摄影师，影像创作者，暗房女巫。现居北京和波士顿。
2021年于美国纽约巴德学院获得艺术学士学位，师从斯蒂芬·肖尔；2021–2022 年在北京电影学院摄影系进修；现为麻省艺术与设计学院艺术硕士在读。
她的作品在国际范围内展出，曾荣获 2021 年平遥国际摄影大展"鲲鹏奖"、"迟日摄影节"林志鹏（编号 223）评委推荐奖，并入围英国皇家摄影学会第 167 届国际摄影展（RPS IPE 167）。其纪录片《目之所至2023》入围 2024 年阿姆斯特丹 ARFF 电影节最佳纪录片，《棚场计划》入围 2025 年阿姆斯特丹 ARFF 电影节Globe Award。作品刊登于《中国摄影家》、《时尚先生》、PHMuseum、HAKUCHI等。
Aries sun, Scorpio moon & rising.
Photographer, Filmmaker, Darkroom Witch.
Based in Beijing and Boston.
She received her BA from Bard College (New York, 2021), studying under Stephen Shore, and continued her studies in the Cinematography Department of the Beijing Film Academy (2021–2022). She is currently an MFA candidate at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
Her work has been exhibited internationally. She is the recipient of the Kunpeng Award at the 2021 PIP Pingyao International Photography Festival and the Jury's Choice Award from Lin Zhipeng (aka "No. 223") at the Chiri Photography Festival, and was shortlisted for the Royal Photographic Society's 167th International Photography Exhibition (RPS IPE 167). Her documentary Where You Look was a finalist for Best Documentary at ARFF Amsterdam 2024, and her follow-up film Town Nexus is a finalist for the Globe Award at ARFF Amsterdam 2025. Her work has appeared in Chinese Photographers, Esquire Fine, PHMuseum, HAKUCHI, etc.
1999年出生于湖南益阳。太阳白羊，月亮和上升天蝎。
摄影师，影像创作者，暗房女巫。现居北京和波士顿。
2021年于美国纽约巴德学院获得艺术学士学位，师从斯蒂芬·肖尔；2021–2022 年在北京电影学院摄影系进修；现为麻省艺术与设计学院艺术硕士在读。
她的作品在国际范围内展出，曾荣获 2021 年平遥国际摄影大展"鲲鹏奖"、"迟日摄影节"林志鹏（编号 223）评委推荐奖，并入围英国皇家摄影学会第 167 届国际摄影展（RPS IPE 167）。其纪录片《目之所至2023》入围 2024 年阿姆斯特丹 ARFF 电影节最佳纪录片，《棚场计划》入围 2025 年阿姆斯特丹 ARFF 电影节Globe Award。作品刊登于《中国摄影家》、《时尚先生》、PHMuseum、HAKUCHI等。