Paint With Lens
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/240e9243c0c06219180a7a3c0616875e24b5e0488fe9186366f02e1a9a2e0eab/www.yaoyichun.com_paint_with_lens_contemporary_art_chinese_china_photography_07.jpg)
2015
Color digital printing
Size variable
I use an image processing app to take close-up photos from daily objects, which me and my ex used everyday when we were living together, like a cup we drank water from, a book we read, a movie we used to see, a bed we slept on...
I put lens close to the object, then crop, reframe and filter the image. There are some similarities between how we beautify images and how we beautify our memories.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f75f9159d655845f30bd44865f89061614fcc7ba81850d56b85f9075f24864b0/www.yaoyichun.com_paint_with_lens_contemporary_art_chinese_china_photography_04.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5288be39bbfbb3f5835060c89988ede8b10c752bb870661a1ab4500bb1dfac99/www.yaoyichun.com_paint_with_lens_contemporary_art_chinese_china_photography_03.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6bc9edc5ad82a63ce3bb2d2ed168dfeb85264709f0042705469f3aced5e483ca/www.yaoyichun.com_paint_with_lens_contemporary_art_chinese_china_photography_05.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12156466f0053bd07ec6fd51588058d364e3f47417c9cb364c41179e7d79d5bb/www.yaoyichun.com_paint_with_lens_contemporary_art_chinese_china_photography_00-copy6.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fcef553afb64ed6d32592ee517ef6728490327359ee440b5e44862c3fe288bc5/www.yaoyichun.com_paint_with_lens_contemporary_art_chinese_china_photography_08.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21c40fb748edc6c6d5f9144b34937405a0304366ad4b1593cdbe053231b06ea1/www.yaoyichun.com_paint_with_lens_contemporary_art_chinese_china_photography_00-copy4.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91dcdb4d23b122a9a045fbe3982ebff52016bdc6e65f22b528fe9c1668f1f0b3/Yichun-Yao-abstract12.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0e79a9cd3a005a150dfe239846aee3ce78b8f05056f374fb6a44e2801ead368/www.yaoyichun.com_paint_with_lens_contemporary_art_chinese_china_photography_00-copy5.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f53c71b3b81af3ab19264bf02087f19b4df4d5b4315624528b2ce1987d95a933/www.yaoyichun.com_paint_with_lens_contemporary_art_chinese_china_photography_00-copy2.jpg)
The process of painting with a lens
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ee22e5de50c865eb24d4c7abf91dc4fec59555ddf60c7010aac048448a6948a/www.yaoyichun.com_paint_with_lens_contemporary_art_chinese_china_photography_00-copy.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa784132dab8285115f92fa730c3d9f16cdfce56a892c4992ea70949db3ce670/www.yaoyichun.com_paint_with_lens_contemporary_art_chinese_china_photography_000.jpeg)