Making a Moment: J.Y. Huang and a Study of Motion

In our article series, Making a Moment, we’re asking photographers to share one of their favorite photos that they’ve taken. We want to know the story behind the final image and everything that went into making it.

This time we’re featuring J.Y. Huang (@clausumcollection), a documentary and street photographer, who tells us he enjoys “capturing the whimsy and grit of people from around the world.” His passion for film photography was instilled at a young age by his mother, who specializes in wildlife photography, and his grandfather, who documented labour camps within China's Yunnan Province during Mao's Cultural Revolution.

Today J.Y. Huang shares with us an experimental photo from a studio shoot exploring the theme of Body and Light.

Credits: clausumcollection

J.Y. Huang: This photo is an in-motion study of a woman, Marine, landing; the impact of the fall traversing through her body. It was taken in an old cellar in London, England, with the only source of light being from a barred window. Using a timer and slow shutter speed, we achieved a raw and ghostly feeling to the photo reminiscent of Francesca Woodman's shots.

The photo was taken in the afternoon following a red-eye flight back to London from New York. I was sleep deprived, travelling, and working without rest in the days prior to the shoot so to keep me going, I made sure excess amounts of caffeine and nicotine were coursing through my veins. I typically take portraits of strangers in the street so planning a deliberate study with Marine on the theme of Body and Light was a more special experience.

I took this photo with my Canon QL17 rangefinder. I mounted the fixed focal length camera on a $20 Amazon Basics tripod and set a slow shutter speed with a self-timer. There's lively discourse in photography communities about equipment to use and if I can add my 2 cents, I believe that great pictures can be taken by anyone and on any equipment. Especially with film photography, sometimes it's the grain, the scratches on film, the out-of-focus shot or the fuzzy vignette look that adds character to the work.

Thank you to J.Y. Huang for sharing this moment with us! To see more of his photography be sure to follow him at his LomoHome.

Check out our previous Making a Moment articles! Interested in being featured? Email magazine-team@lomography.com with the subject line - Making a Moment.

written by alexgray on 2025-06-12 #gear #people #making-a-moment #experimental #long-exposure #community #b-w #making-a-moment

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