LU Arts scholarships are open to all Loughborough University students to recognise and develop talent and potential in any art form. The art forms of this year's scholarship winners include ceramics, creative writing dance, music, and photography. In addition to a cash prize, each scholar is receiving a tailored package of support to help them develop their talent during the year.
Woods, floras, soil, and poetry – these elements drive Yun's fine-art photography expressions. His artistic work primarily centres on nature and civilisations, with conceptual connections from the Sino-Japanese philosophy of 'zen,' sombreness, the surge of vitality 'Yayoi,' and contemplation of time and motion.
Born and raised in a big city, it’s been quite a journey for Yun since he started studying at Loughborough University. He spent much time exploring the woods and fields - with a mental map of every natural spot in and around Loughborough and the University. His involvement with the Gardening Society (LAGS) throughout university life provided him opportunities to meet like-minded people, observe the changing seasons, enjoy bonfires, cheer harvest, and foster a deeper connection with nature. These experiences have motivated and inspired him to create related artworks of nature.
For him, photography is not merely a set of still and pixelized factual representations of reality. It serves as a realisation medium for everyone. For daydreaming, imagination, their awe and lament, and their anchoring memories of the past that carry the feeling of time, enjoyment, and regret.
Always a self-starter, perhaps with a touch of procrastination, he's passionate about crafting his own artistic works while exploring the creations of historical and contemporary photographers and visual artists. He is fond of playing with colours, lights, shadows of photography, as well as drawing inspirations from poems. He also loves digging deep in the university library looking for photography, painting, and other art books. The feeling of bridging imagination, visual heritage and reality brings him joy. His creative footmarks can be found on his website at YunVisual.Art.
He feels more than honoured to receive this scholarship, which recognises his self-endeavour in exploring fine-art photography. With this scholarship, he looks forward to experimenting with more alternative methods, building a stronger technical capacity, and developing the conceptual underpinnings of his approaches during his final year at Loughborough University.