Shao-En Yen was born in Taipei. He graduated from the Department of Law, Chinese Culture University, and now studies at the Department of Law Master Program, National Chengchi University. His photographic interests lie in themes of seeing, imagery, and legislation. His earlier work, Abstract Dangerous Offender, reconsiders the wrestling relationship between the photographer and the subject through photography, and his recent work, Imperialism and the Diffusion Model, employs Japanese soldiers’ photo albums along with generative AI to create.
Shao-En Yen, The Life in the Age of Touristic Reproduction