Dorcas Tang 邓佳颖 is a third-generation Chinese-Malaysian photographer and artist currently working, thinking, and playing on unceded Gadigal land. She is interested in the crucial intersections of photography, history, and archival silences. As a daughter of the Chinese diaspora, at the core of her practice is consent and care for her communities while grappling with the intrinsic violence of the camera and archival practices. Her visual projects include Los Paisanos del Puerto, examining the Chinese diaspora of Costa Rica, Love Me Long Time, exploring desire, intimacy, and Asian identity and Staging Portraits which looks at queer kinship through facilitating community photo sessions at The Bearded Tit. Ultimately, she seeks to encourage critical dialogue through creating socially engaged visual narratives.
