Adam Lin is a Taiwanese image-maker and artist based in London. Fascinated by the photographic media, his work centers around themes of identity, intimacy, masculinity, family politics, queerness, and perception.
Working between fiction, fashion, and documentary, he uses image-making to amplify and humanise personal and underrepresented experiences and initiate meaningful conversations through powerful storytelling.
Projects
- Mirror Mirror“In every human being a vacillation from one sex to the other takes place, and often it is only the clothes that keep the male and female likeness, while underneath the sex is the very opposite of what it is above.”― Virginia Woolf, [Orlando] Throughout history, masculinity has been constructed as the opposite of femininity and homosexuality. Such a concept is dangerous and disruptive as it stops people from appreciating the beauty that exists outside these rigid gender norms. What is masculini
- Close‘Close’ investigates the boundary between intimacy and tension in male friendships, aiming to challenge the toxic gaze and destructive stereotype of masculinity. I cast several couples of male friends to perform different variations of traditionally masculine poses, juxtaposing against soft and intimate ones. In between switching two highly contrasted set of poses, a layer of awkwardness and ambiguity started to unfold, something that cannot be simply defined as soft or hard, intense or intimat
Work history
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Digital Editorial Assistant & Graphic DesignerCondé Nast GQ Taiwan
- TaiwanInternship
• assisted with journalism, translation, editorial shoots, social media content, and moving image production
• directed & produced visuals/graphic design for all digital platforms
Skills
- Film Photography
- Portraiture Photography
- Creative Direction
- Graphic Communication
- Research Imagery
- Storytelling
- Editorial Writing
- Editoria Photography
Education
Graphic Communication DesignCentral Saint Martins (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom
•Specialised in photography, storytelling, moving image & art direction
•Awarded with First Class Honours
Fashion Communication and PromotionCentral Saint Martins (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom
•Specialised in fashion photography/ film, styling and art direction
•Awarded with a final grade of Distinction
Awards
Stonewall Curates: Breaking Through - Graduate Showcase CollectionStonewall
Final Degree 'Close' showcased as part of Stonewall Curates: Breaking through.
This collection, curated by Stonewall, includes projects that break through attempts to erase queer histories and silence queer voices, demanding that LGBTQ+ people and allies be heard loud and clear.E
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Eizo Photography AwardEIZO Colour
'Togetherness' (photography series) was shortlisted