Percy

Percy

Emerging Light

People exiting a Berlin subway station into daylight, candid street scene with soft shadows and urban architecture, 35mm film photography by Percy Lin 2016

2016 · 35mm Film Photography / FM2 · Berlin, Germany At the end of 2015, Maggie and Teresa invited me to visit Germany. In early 2016, we went. For twelve days we moved from city to city —Frankfurt, Berlin, Leipzig,…

Between the Lines of Light

Black and white geometric ceiling structure inside a bookstore corridor with repeating beams and shadows, film photography by Percy Lin 2016

Feb 2016 · Film Photography / FM2 · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam I found this place by accident. No map.No recommendation.Just walking. The afternoon in Ho Chi Minh City was loud —motorbikes weaving through traffic,street vendors calling out,heat rising…

First Taste, Again

Everyday street moment in Ho Chi Minh City with warm light and relaxed human interaction, film photography by Percy Lin 2016

2016 · Film Photography / FM2 · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam This year, Pat and I came to Ho Chi Minh City.It was his first time here — but not mine. Ho Chi Minh City was the very first…

Urban Jurassic

A small dinosaur sculpture rising between tall city buildings in black and white, film photography by Percy Lin 2015

June 2015 · Film Photography · Taipei, Taiwan After returning to Taiwan from Canada, the first thing I searched for wasn’t food, friends, or even home. It was a film lab. In the digital age, finding a place that still…

LOVE, we found.

Two small red heart-shaped decorations hanging from a tree branch outdoors, with soft sunlight and a blurred city background.

2015 — Toronto, CanadaSLR Photography It was the middle of summer. Toronto was warm and bright, the kind of afternoon where the light feels almost too generous. The trees were full, branches stretching wide, leaves moving softly in the wind.…

PP Journey

Seventeen hand-drawn colored marker illustrations forming a visual diary about love, memory, and healing — Colored marker illustration by Percy Lin 2014

October 2014 · Colored Marker Illustration · Bangkok, Thailand PP Journey began without a plan. I didn’t wake up that morning thinking I was going to create a series.There was no concept, no storyboard, no intention to “make art.” All…

Between Holding On and Letting Go

Street scene with a headless mannequin wearing a red dress and an elderly man walking away on a sidewalk in Bangkok, expired film tones, film photography by Percy Lin 2014

2014 · Film Photography / FM2 · Bangkok, Thailand Every time I look at this photograph, a quiet heaviness returns. Not sadness exactly. More like a soft ache. The kind that sits somewhere between memory and acceptance. October, 2014. Bangkok.…

Turning Together

Front bicycle wheel casting a strong shadow on cracked concrete ground in black and white, film photography by Percy Lin 2014

2014 · Film Photography · Banqiao, New Taipei City, Taiwan 2014 marked a quiet turning point in our lives. That year, Pat stepped into his fiftieth year. Fifty sounds like a simple number when you say it out loud, but…

Paper wishes

White paper fortune strips tied to strings at a temple, hanging in sunlight with a traditional building in the background.

2002 — Kyoto, JapanFilm Photography It was our first time in Kyoto. November. The air was cold but incredibly clear. The kind of cold that wakes you up instead of making you tired. We walked for a long time that…