Chi Yin Sim
Women Photograph
Beijing, China
A sensitive and versatile storyteller, Chi Yin’s work combines rigorous research and intimate storytelling. She was commissioned as the Nobel Peace Prize photographer in 2017 and created a solo show for the Nobel Peace Center museum in Oslo on nuclear weapons. Her photo and film work has been shown in museums, galleries and photo festivals in Asia, the United States and Europe, including a show at the Istanbul Biennale in 2017, and group shows at PhotoVille in New York, the Annenberg Space For Photography in Los Angeles, Southeastern Center For Contemporary Art in North Carolina, Tom Blau gallery in London, Objectifs in Singapore and the Arko Art Center and Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art in South Korea. Her work has also been screened at Les rencontres d’Arles and Visa pour l’Image festivals in France, and the Singapore International Film Festival. She does commissioned work for global publications, such as The New York Times Magazine, Time, National Geographic, The New Yorker and Harpers. She also teaches and speaks at festivals, corporations and conferences.
Chi Yin was the inaugural Magnum Foundation Human Rights and Photography fellow at New York University in 2010 and a finalist for the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography in 2013. She was listed as one of 30 emerging photographers globally by Photo District News in 2013 and in British Journal of Photography’s “Ones to Watch” in 2014.
- Arts
- Audio capture
- Breaking news
- Corporate
- Editorial
- Environment
- Interview
- Landscape
- Portrait
- Reporting
- Sports
- Video capture
