Sharon, LI Shuyan

To Be, To Think, To Act, To Connect. 

CARE  is what I value most. For me, care is not just empathy, but observation, communication and intervention. It is not only about understanding the world as it is, but also imagining and working toward what it could become. 

I want to be a storyteller, and more importantly, a change-maker. My hope is that my work can open up conversations, challenge assumptions, and contribute, in small but meaningful ways, to a more inclusive world. 

For years, through taking photographs, talking with people, researching, and writing, I have explored lives and perspectives different from my own, and reconsidered my place among them.

The works below take both written and visual forms. Some were still rough and began as course assignments. I include them as traces of how I am growing: what I have noticed, what I have questioned, and what I am still learning to express. Each is a story I have tried to tell and an attempt to turn attention into care.