Dashen Zhang
A Way to Measure the Universe
This work uses the photographic apparatus as a starting point to explore how we perceive the world through both sensation and structure. A vintage lens marked in imperial units revealed to me the relativity of measurement systems, prompting deeper questions about photography – not just as a tool for recording, but as a way of knowing. By overlaying technical diagrams of camera mechanisms onto landscape images, I aim to transform photography into a metaphysical language: precise yet ambiguous, mechanical yet intuitive. The camera is no longer merely an image-making device, but a tool for reflecting on the tension between the ordered systems we build and the elusive nature of lived experience.
Yiding Chen • Adam Dorgham • Michael Dwan • Samuel Nohe Ireland • Eliza Modzelewska • Nasrah Omar • Polina Piëch • Chandni Raithatha • Nick Rosenoer • Nik Simon • Yvann Zahui • Dashen Zhang • Nancy Xinrui Zhou •
University of Brighton
MA Photography
Falmouth University
MA Photography
Glasgow School of Art
Masters of Design in Photography
University of Portsmouth
MA Photography
Royal College of Art
MA Photography
Ulster University
MFA Photography