I’ve recently made a commitment to set aside time each month to explore the vast, often overlooked moments of beauty in nature, and the small but moving details in the world around us. If possible, I also hope to connect with women from the local communities I visit, inviting them for a simple, genuine conversation and perhaps, through that exchange, to capture something true and fleeting.

What did you learn (or unlearn) while working on them?
I don't want to rely too much on rational thinking to find the "right answers" in photography. Instead, I need to perceive colors and sunlight with my own eyes, especially through film, which feels far more sensitive to all of this than digital. It allows me to unconsciously capture the most divine and vibrant scenes of nature, exactly as they appear to me.

What words, ideas or emotions were going through your head?
Sensual, serene, intensely colorful, dream-reality interlaced, warm, wild, and meditative.

Were there any conversations, movies, music, or books that made their way into that work?
I would recommend the film The Tree of Life. It is a work of philosophical poetry, telling the story of a family while interweaving grand imagery of the birth of the universe and the origins of life, placing personal memory within eternity.

The visuals are like flowing paintings, filled with a sacred and meditative atmosphere. I always prefer to shoot and perceive the world in a stream-of-consciousness way, and this film speaks very well to my own consciousness and feelings.

What's been the most difficult thing you've faced recently in your creative process?
The mundane, day-to-day routine of shooting has dulled my sensitivity to life. Procrastination keeps weighing on my mind, to the point that important photography projects have been left again and again.

What is your favorite restaurant and what do you recommend we order?
Although I am Asian, I have always loved Italian cuisine, especially pasta. Last year, while traveling in Europe, I tasted my favorite pasta ever, from a restaurant in Amsterdam’s bustling city center whose name I’ve now forgotten. The portion was generous, richly creamy, and carried a distinct wok hei (a term used in Hong Kong to describe that highly prized, fragrant essence of a well-wok-cooked dish) flavor. It’s funny that I encountered a taste so beloved in southern Chinese cooking right there in a traditional Southern European dish.

If your life were a movie this month, what would it be called and who would write the soundtrack?
The Worst Person in the World (Personal Cut)Soundtrack: “Emotional Error” by Ola Fløttum.

. Why? Because like Julie, I’m somewhere between becoming and unraveling—and this track captures that gentle chaos perfectly. It’s the sound of allowing yourself to feel lost, to make “mistakes,” and to find beauty in the unfinished.

Recomiéndanos uno o varios artistas que sigas, que te inspiren, y cuéntanos qué es lo que más te gusta de su trabajo o de su forma de trabajar.
Animator: Satoshi Kon’s work. Known for blurring the lines between reality and dreams through his storytelling and filmic visual expression.

Photographers: Hailunma and Kin Chan Coedel. Both photographers share a profound calling: to journey into mysterious territories, connect with communities living in harmony with nature, and immortalize these seldom-seen lives with breathtaking intimacy through their lens.

Joyce Ching

Hong Kong-based, I photograph the dialogue between women and wilderness, where every portrait becomes a landscape.

www.instagram.com/joycekyfilm/

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