Characteristics of Lu Yuanmin's Works

The objects of Lu Yuanmin's works, whether people, things or scenes, are highly unified in image and style, which shows his amazing control over language. His language is based on his independent experience. In his mind, photography is a sincere and simple way and process of letting go of self. Therefore, each of Lu Yuanmin's works is a true expression of Shanghai's urban atmosphere.

Lu Yuanmin seldom takes such a big picture of Shanghai. There, we experienced "the collapse of grand narrative". He always works in a typical small environment: crowded and embarrassing markets, crowded Shikumen, narrow and humid alleys, etc. In these places, Lu Yuanmin watched every commotion, every accidental mood and every lost moment warily. One dimension is a line, two dimensions are surfaces, three dimensions are spaces, and zero dimensions are points. Lu Yuanmin condensed and laid out the city and life in the city in the point, line and plane and frustrated geometry. Lu Yuanmin's image balance is full of rhythm, while inclination means stability.