Severn Wang was born in Shanghai, China in the late-1980s. In University he attended the Academy of Fine Arts of Shanghai University, where he studied film and media production. After graduation, he has worked in TV program post-production, graphic design, user-interface design and illustration related work, and has gained experience in the application of visual language in his work. Having discovered film photography in 2019, he has been creating in this medium in his spare time.
Severn’s works are mostly in documentary depictions of urban street scenes, later on he started to explore themes such as landscapes, nature, still life and portraits. He likes to reconstruct and combine elements of realistic scenes in his photographs, using geometric shapes and patterns to create dynamic compositions. He believes that contemporary photography should not simply record or beautify the reality, which is a task for the digital filter rather than the artist.
