{"id":2972,"date":"2019-04-15T05:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T05:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kenweingart.com\/blog\/?p=2972"},"modified":"2023-06-27T16:46:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T16:46:50","slug":"interview-2-with-chinese-american-and-indonesian-fine-art-photographer-mei-xian-qiu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenweingart.com\/blog\/interview-2-with-chinese-american-and-indonesian-fine-art-photographer-mei-xian-qiu\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Interview with Mei Xian Qiu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mei Xian Qiu is a Chinese, American, and Indonesian fine art photographer. This is the second interview with Mei \u2014 the first since the audio podcast was launched.\u00a0 Mei\u2019s work is rich in metaphor and meanings, and she has had tremendous success. In the following interview, she opens up about her history and how her unique visualizations came to be.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/9392474\/height\/192\/theme\/modern\/size\/large\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/241c24\/time-start\/00:00:00\/playlist-height\/200\/direction\/backward\/download\/yes\" height=\"192\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" oallowfullscreen=\"true\" msallowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border: none;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenweingart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/900pxTemptationofEve-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"738\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenweingart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mei-Xian-Qui-5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenweingart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/900pxGabrielle-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kenweingart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/900pxGabrielle-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.kenweingart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/900pxGabrielle-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenweingart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/900pxikebana-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"527\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenweingart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/900pxmonk-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenweingart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/900pixchapel-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"653\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenweingart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/900px8075-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenweingart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mei-Xian-Qui-9-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All Photos \u00a9 Mei Xian Qiu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenweingart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MEI-POLAROID-BY-KEN-web-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kenweingart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MEI-POLAROID-BY-KEN-web-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.kenweingart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MEI-POLAROID-BY-KEN-web-1-900x265.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.kenweingart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MEI-POLAROID-BY-KEN-web-1-1024x302.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kenweingart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MEI-POLAROID-BY-KEN-web-1-768x226.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photos of Mei Xian Qiu by Ken Weingart<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mei Xian Qiu is a Chinese, American, and Indonesian fine art photographer. This is the second interview with Mei \u2014 the first since the audio podcast was launched.\u00a0 Mei\u2019s work is rich in metaphor and meanings, and she has had tremendous success. 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