Shiying Lu is a photographer, writer, and aspiring filmmaker from Queens, New York. 

She currently resides in Chicago where she continues to expand her artistic practice through the exploration of new mediums such as screenprinting and risography, while remaining focused on photography as her primary form. She views Nan Goldin, Peter Hujar and Robert Mapplethorpe as her primary influences in the realm of photography, and is interested in documenting the queer community around her. 

Shiying is excited to work as the Director of Photography this summer for the short film J’ai Faim, which her partner Amanda Gardin has written and will be directing. J’ai Faim follows a young lesbian couple traveling in an off-season vacation town in the South of France as they grow increasingly suspicious of their older French hosts. The film will explore themes of queer isolation, objectification and voyeurism, joy, and resilience.