Imaginary Structure Photographs by Lihui Liang
Introduction The first thing I see in anything is its structure, an essence that precedes mere existence. Water is H2O; an airplane is a flying creature; a human is a social being that has the ability to imagine. When structures appear in the physical world, they are compositions of colors, textures and shapes. As I get used to observing structures, I see more and more detail; then suddenly, every object comes to life — they are constantly moving around and connecting to each other. My job is to reduce and synthesize the complex system of the world to a minimal construction. I want to show its essence to people as accurately as I can. Imaginary Structure showcases my best photographs from the past two years. I hope my audience will read through Imaginary Structure thoroughly again and again. These photos display very deep aspects of my inner self. The progression of taking photos and making books requires me to constantly examine and refine how I look at those structures. If you are willing to spend time with my book, I promise you will expand your mind little by little and have a fresh new vision of yourself and the world around you, analogous to the effect of meditation. Imaginary Structure will challenge the way you think. The unique quality of human beings is that we have an ability to anticipate and imagine things far beyond their own physical reality. I want to train my audience to transcend their frame of reference and to embrace other modes of thinking. People have different viewpoints and expect different things. I believe if we look into ourselves deeply enough and keep expanding our perspectives, we will live in one coherent world — a world with order and harmony. — Lihui Liang (artist, designer, inventor), Sep 18, 2016
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Jitterbug Dance 1
Triangle Head 2
Visionary Tentacles 3
Door Hug 4
Forbidden Garden 5
Extended Palm 6
Striped Cactus 7
Spaceship Nook 8
Tenacity 9
Area 10 10
Impact 11
Transcend 12
Massive Waves 13
Electronic Tongue 14
Murky Mouth 15
Entanglement 16
Surgery Room 17
Discordance 18
Eyes in Cage 19
Flood 20
Staring at the End of Infinity 21
Symmetrical Face 22
Double Head 23
The Doorman 24
Face in Harmonious Surrounding 25
Devouring Adventure 26
One Red Eye 27
Minimal Face 28
Pirate’s Pipe 29
Shiny Teeth Pingpong Player 30
Wandering Eye 31
Vibrating Face 32
Devious 33
Robotic Chameleon 34
The Sage 35
The Detector 36
Octopus Attack 37
Jellyfish Selfie 38
Mounted Bouncing Sillicon 39
Ascending Mouse Controller 40
Penetrating the Wall 41
Bike Spy 42
Bee Warrior 43
21st Century Dinosaur 44
Hanging on the Ceiling 45
Armed with Sword 46
Throne and Scepter 47
Rainbow Walk 48
Iron Cactus 49
Iron Cacti 50
All Photos taken by Lihui Liang from the years 2015 and 2016, 51 photos in sum, 40 in San Francisco, 7 in Toronto, 2 in Los Angeles, 1 in Banff, 1 in Vancouver, using Canon EOS 100D, Lens EF 24 -105mm, iphone 5 and iphone 5s. Book is edited and designed by Lihui Liang during 2016 summer Contact: lianglihui105@gmail.com Website: lihuiliang.wordpress.com