Max Chen
Weaponizing Nostalgia, Romanticizing Dystopia
35mm, 120, Digital | Local 600 1st AC
Based in ATX | NYC

Williamsburg (2024)
exactly what it seems // not what it seems // the rook // the party // the hanged man // the barbershop // tony soprano and the breakfast club // the wheelie // the classic
I need at least six months between capturing and image and editing it. It’s the approximate minimum time needed for the past self-loathing perfectionist who released the shutter to die and cede control to the nostalgic-compassionate future self who can respect the former’s perspective.
Canon F1
135mm 2.8FD
Kodak Tri-X 400

Williamsburg (2024)
exactly what it seems // not what it seems // the rook // the party // the hanged man // the barbershop // tony soprano and the breakfast club // the wheelie // the classic
I need at least six months between capturing and image and editing it. It’s the approximate minimum time needed for the past self-loathing perfectionist who released the shutter to die and cede control to the nostalgic-compassionate future self who can respect the former’s perspective.
Canon F1
135mm 2.8FD
Kodak Tri-X 400

Williamsburg (2024)
exactly what it seems // not what it seems // the rook // the party // the hanged man // the barbershop // tony soprano and the breakfast club // the wheelie // the classic
I need at least six months between capturing and image and editing it. It’s the approximate minimum time needed for the past self-loathing perfectionist who released the shutter to die and cede control to the nostalgic-compassionate future self who can respect the former’s perspective.
Canon F1
135mm 2.8FD
Kodak Tri-X 400

Williamsburg (2024)
exactly what it seems // not what it seems // the rook // the party // the hanged man // the barbershop // tony soprano and the breakfast club // the wheelie // the classic
I need at least six months between capturing and image and editing it. It’s the approximate minimum time needed for the past self-loathing perfectionist who released the shutter to die and cede control to the nostalgic-compassionate future self who can respect the former’s perspective.
Canon F1
135mm 2.8FD
Kodak Tri-X 400

Williamsburg (2024)
exactly what it seems // not what it seems // the rook // the party // the hanged man // the barbershop // tony soprano and the breakfast club // the wheelie // the classic
I need at least six months between capturing and image and editing it. It’s the approximate minimum time needed for the past self-loathing perfectionist who released the shutter to die and cede control to the nostalgic-compassionate future self who can respect the former’s perspective.
Canon F1
135mm 2.8FD
Kodak Tri-X 400

Williamsburg (2024)
exactly what it seems // not what it seems // the rook // the party // the hanged man // the barbershop // tony soprano and the breakfast club // the wheelie // the classic
I need at least six months between capturing and image and editing it. It’s the approximate minimum time needed for the past self-loathing perfectionist who released the shutter to die and cede control to the nostalgic-compassionate future self who can respect the former’s perspective.
Canon F1
135mm 2.8FD
Kodak Tri-X 400

Williamsburg (2024)
exactly what it seems // not what it seems // the rook // the party // the hanged man // the barbershop // tony soprano and the breakfast club // the wheelie // the classic
I need at least six months between capturing and image and editing it. It’s the approximate minimum time needed for the past self-loathing perfectionist who released the shutter to die and cede control to the nostalgic-compassionate future self who can respect the former’s perspective.
Canon F1
135mm 2.8FD
Kodak Tri-X 400

Williamsburg (2024)
exactly what it seems // not what it seems // the rook // the party // the hanged man // the barbershop // tony soprano and the breakfast club // the wheelie // the classic
I need at least six months between capturing and image and editing it. It’s the approximate minimum time needed for the past self-loathing perfectionist who released the shutter to die and cede control to the nostalgic-compassionate future self who can respect the former’s perspective.
Canon F1
135mm 2.8FD
Kodak Tri-X 400

Williamsburg (2024)
exactly what it seems // not what it seems // the rook // the party // the hanged man // the barbershop // tony soprano and the breakfast club // the wheelie // the classic
I need at least six months between capturing and image and editing it. It’s the approximate minimum time needed for the past self-loathing perfectionist who released the shutter to die and cede control to the nostalgic-compassionate future self who can respect the former’s perspective.
Canon F1
135mm 2.8FD
Kodak Tri-X 400

Cutouts (2024)
past-life recognition // end table // oracle // affliction // taipei rush
Mixed 35mm.
These fell between the cracks.
But now you can mix aspect ratios on IG so that makes it easy
Kinda thinking of deleting this whole thing though as this techno-feudalist institution capitulates to the alt-right.

Cutouts (2024)
past-life recognition // end table // oracle // affliction // taipei rush
Mixed 35mm.
These fell between the cracks.
But now you can mix aspect ratios on IG so that makes it easy
Kinda thinking of deleting this whole thing though as this techno-feudalist institution capitulates to the alt-right.

Cutouts (2024)
past-life recognition // end table // oracle // affliction // taipei rush
Mixed 35mm.
These fell between the cracks.
But now you can mix aspect ratios on IG so that makes it easy
Kinda thinking of deleting this whole thing though as this techno-feudalist institution capitulates to the alt-right.

Cutouts (2024)
past-life recognition // end table // oracle // affliction // taipei rush
Mixed 35mm.
These fell between the cracks.
But now you can mix aspect ratios on IG so that makes it easy
Kinda thinking of deleting this whole thing though as this techno-feudalist institution capitulates to the alt-right.

Cutouts (2024)
past-life recognition // end table // oracle // affliction // taipei rush
Mixed 35mm.
These fell between the cracks.
But now you can mix aspect ratios on IG so that makes it easy
Kinda thinking of deleting this whole thing though as this techno-feudalist institution capitulates to the alt-right.

A Summer of Love (2024)
bloom // the farewell // Elysian Fields // the third wheel // the mansplainer // the argument // the escape // the goose
Canon F1
135mm 2.8 FD
Kodak Tri-X 400

A Summer of Love (2024)
bloom // the farewell // Elysian Fields // the third wheel // the mansplainer // the argument // the escape // the goose
Canon F1
135mm 2.8 FD
Kodak Tri-X 400

A Summer of Love (2024)
bloom // the farewell // Elysian Fields // the third wheel // the mansplainer // the argument // the escape // the goose
Canon F1
135mm 2.8 FD
Kodak Tri-X 400

A Summer of Love (2024)
bloom // the farewell // Elysian Fields // the third wheel // the mansplainer // the argument // the escape // the goose
Canon F1
135mm 2.8 FD
Kodak Tri-X 400

A Summer of Love (2024)
bloom // the farewell // Elysian Fields // the third wheel // the mansplainer // the argument // the escape // the goose
Canon F1
135mm 2.8 FD
Kodak Tri-X 400

A Summer of Love (2024)
bloom // the farewell // Elysian Fields // the third wheel // the mansplainer // the argument // the escape // the goose
Canon F1
135mm 2.8 FD
Kodak Tri-X 400

A Summer of Love (2024)
bloom // the farewell // Elysian Fields // the third wheel // the mansplainer // the argument // the escape // the goose
Canon F1
135mm 2.8 FD
Kodak Tri-X 400

A Summer of Love (2024)
bloom // the farewell // Elysian Fields // the third wheel // the mansplainer // the argument // the escape // the goose
Canon F1
135mm 2.8 FD
Kodak Tri-X 400

Woah, I blinked and I’m 30.
Time moves weird when you’re still digesting making it past 20. I still find it tricky not feeling like a shade passing through existence in momentary, loosely adjacent fragments. Don’t get me wrong I’m doing a lot better now, but it all still feels like gripping a steering wheel of a swerving car in a dream you swore you already woke up from.
To all individuals I’ve had the fortune of encountering so far, thank you for leaving your impression on my being. And to those who deem me worthwhile of sharing more moments of their precious experience with me, I treasure you.
I’m still here, with an incessant hunger for creation. Let’s party (but cut things off at midnight because I just signed up for a Muay Thai club and need to get up early now).
Most pics by @mxvw , dude’s been making me look good for years.

Woah, I blinked and I’m 30.
Time moves weird when you’re still digesting making it past 20. I still find it tricky not feeling like a shade passing through existence in momentary, loosely adjacent fragments. Don’t get me wrong I’m doing a lot better now, but it all still feels like gripping a steering wheel of a swerving car in a dream you swore you already woke up from.
To all individuals I’ve had the fortune of encountering so far, thank you for leaving your impression on my being. And to those who deem me worthwhile of sharing more moments of their precious experience with me, I treasure you.
I’m still here, with an incessant hunger for creation. Let’s party (but cut things off at midnight because I just signed up for a Muay Thai club and need to get up early now).
Most pics by @mxvw , dude’s been making me look good for years.

Woah, I blinked and I’m 30.
Time moves weird when you’re still digesting making it past 20. I still find it tricky not feeling like a shade passing through existence in momentary, loosely adjacent fragments. Don’t get me wrong I’m doing a lot better now, but it all still feels like gripping a steering wheel of a swerving car in a dream you swore you already woke up from.
To all individuals I’ve had the fortune of encountering so far, thank you for leaving your impression on my being. And to those who deem me worthwhile of sharing more moments of their precious experience with me, I treasure you.
I’m still here, with an incessant hunger for creation. Let’s party (but cut things off at midnight because I just signed up for a Muay Thai club and need to get up early now).
Most pics by @mxvw , dude’s been making me look good for years.

Woah, I blinked and I’m 30.
Time moves weird when you’re still digesting making it past 20. I still find it tricky not feeling like a shade passing through existence in momentary, loosely adjacent fragments. Don’t get me wrong I’m doing a lot better now, but it all still feels like gripping a steering wheel of a swerving car in a dream you swore you already woke up from.
To all individuals I’ve had the fortune of encountering so far, thank you for leaving your impression on my being. And to those who deem me worthwhile of sharing more moments of their precious experience with me, I treasure you.
I’m still here, with an incessant hunger for creation. Let’s party (but cut things off at midnight because I just signed up for a Muay Thai club and need to get up early now).
Most pics by @mxvw , dude’s been making me look good for years.

Woah, I blinked and I’m 30.
Time moves weird when you’re still digesting making it past 20. I still find it tricky not feeling like a shade passing through existence in momentary, loosely adjacent fragments. Don’t get me wrong I’m doing a lot better now, but it all still feels like gripping a steering wheel of a swerving car in a dream you swore you already woke up from.
To all individuals I’ve had the fortune of encountering so far, thank you for leaving your impression on my being. And to those who deem me worthwhile of sharing more moments of their precious experience with me, I treasure you.
I’m still here, with an incessant hunger for creation. Let’s party (but cut things off at midnight because I just signed up for a Muay Thai club and need to get up early now).
Most pics by @mxvw , dude’s been making me look good for years.

Woah, I blinked and I’m 30.
Time moves weird when you’re still digesting making it past 20. I still find it tricky not feeling like a shade passing through existence in momentary, loosely adjacent fragments. Don’t get me wrong I’m doing a lot better now, but it all still feels like gripping a steering wheel of a swerving car in a dream you swore you already woke up from.
To all individuals I’ve had the fortune of encountering so far, thank you for leaving your impression on my being. And to those who deem me worthwhile of sharing more moments of their precious experience with me, I treasure you.
I’m still here, with an incessant hunger for creation. Let’s party (but cut things off at midnight because I just signed up for a Muay Thai club and need to get up early now).
Most pics by @mxvw , dude’s been making me look good for years.

Woah, I blinked and I’m 30.
Time moves weird when you’re still digesting making it past 20. I still find it tricky not feeling like a shade passing through existence in momentary, loosely adjacent fragments. Don’t get me wrong I’m doing a lot better now, but it all still feels like gripping a steering wheel of a swerving car in a dream you swore you already woke up from.
To all individuals I’ve had the fortune of encountering so far, thank you for leaving your impression on my being. And to those who deem me worthwhile of sharing more moments of their precious experience with me, I treasure you.
I’m still here, with an incessant hunger for creation. Let’s party (but cut things off at midnight because I just signed up for a Muay Thai club and need to get up early now).
Most pics by @mxvw , dude’s been making me look good for years.

elise // end of the high line // don’t mind me // ghost diners // an island // voice under the bridge // touch
This one almost didn't make it! I advanced past the last exposure on this roll and the film came loose inside my camera, so I had to open it up inside a black bag to rescue it. I should've worn gloves, but I'm a big believer in happy accidents.
Camera: Canon F1 w/ Canon FD 135mm 2.8
Media: @strangeeffectslab's Neon 500

elise // end of the high line // don’t mind me // ghost diners // an island // voice under the bridge // touch
This one almost didn't make it! I advanced past the last exposure on this roll and the film came loose inside my camera, so I had to open it up inside a black bag to rescue it. I should've worn gloves, but I'm a big believer in happy accidents.
Camera: Canon F1 w/ Canon FD 135mm 2.8
Media: @strangeeffectslab's Neon 500

elise // end of the high line // don’t mind me // ghost diners // an island // voice under the bridge // touch
This one almost didn't make it! I advanced past the last exposure on this roll and the film came loose inside my camera, so I had to open it up inside a black bag to rescue it. I should've worn gloves, but I'm a big believer in happy accidents.
Camera: Canon F1 w/ Canon FD 135mm 2.8
Media: @strangeeffectslab's Neon 500

elise // end of the high line // don’t mind me // ghost diners // an island // voice under the bridge // touch
This one almost didn't make it! I advanced past the last exposure on this roll and the film came loose inside my camera, so I had to open it up inside a black bag to rescue it. I should've worn gloves, but I'm a big believer in happy accidents.
Camera: Canon F1 w/ Canon FD 135mm 2.8
Media: @strangeeffectslab's Neon 500

elise // end of the high line // don’t mind me // ghost diners // an island // voice under the bridge // touch
This one almost didn't make it! I advanced past the last exposure on this roll and the film came loose inside my camera, so I had to open it up inside a black bag to rescue it. I should've worn gloves, but I'm a big believer in happy accidents.
Camera: Canon F1 w/ Canon FD 135mm 2.8
Media: @strangeeffectslab's Neon 500

elise // end of the high line // don’t mind me // ghost diners // an island // voice under the bridge // touch
This one almost didn't make it! I advanced past the last exposure on this roll and the film came loose inside my camera, so I had to open it up inside a black bag to rescue it. I should've worn gloves, but I'm a big believer in happy accidents.
Camera: Canon F1 w/ Canon FD 135mm 2.8
Media: @strangeeffectslab's Neon 500

elise // end of the high line // don’t mind me // ghost diners // an island // voice under the bridge // touch
This one almost didn't make it! I advanced past the last exposure on this roll and the film came loose inside my camera, so I had to open it up inside a black bag to rescue it. I should've worn gloves, but I'm a big believer in happy accidents.
Camera: Canon F1 w/ Canon FD 135mm 2.8
Media: @strangeeffectslab's Neon 500

the bulldog // the church // the deer // the pomeranian
1 shot with Olympus XA, on mystery chinese film
2-3 shot with Canon F1, 135mm FD 2.8, on @strangeeffectslab's Neon 500

the bulldog // the church // the deer // the pomeranian
1 shot with Olympus XA, on mystery chinese film
2-3 shot with Canon F1, 135mm FD 2.8, on @strangeeffectslab's Neon 500

the bulldog // the church // the deer // the pomeranian
1 shot with Olympus XA, on mystery chinese film
2-3 shot with Canon F1, 135mm FD 2.8, on @strangeeffectslab's Neon 500

the bulldog // the church // the deer // the pomeranian
1 shot with Olympus XA, on mystery chinese film
2-3 shot with Canon F1, 135mm FD 2.8, on @strangeeffectslab's Neon 500

running late // someone’s mother // someone’s son // face in a passing subway car
Canon F1, assorted FDs, with some random 35mm found in Shanghai

running late // someone’s mother // someone’s son // face in a passing subway car
Canon F1, assorted FDs, with some random 35mm found in Shanghai

running late // someone’s mother // someone’s son // face in a passing subway car
Canon F1, assorted FDs, with some random 35mm found in Shanghai

running late // someone’s mother // someone’s son // face in a passing subway car
Canon F1, assorted FDs, with some random 35mm found in Shanghai

@kayla.annelise helping me learn how to direct portraiture
Camera: Rolleiflex 2.8E
Media: 120mm Tri-X 400

@kayla.annelise helping me learn how to direct portraiture
Camera: Rolleiflex 2.8E
Media: 120mm Tri-X 400

@kayla.annelise helping me learn how to direct portraiture
Camera: Rolleiflex 2.8E
Media: 120mm Tri-X 400

a part of me will always be at Sherwood Forest Faire
renaissance space program // brothers and sisters, crime and punishment // ingenuity // east jesus nowhere

a part of me will always be at Sherwood Forest Faire
renaissance space program // brothers and sisters, crime and punishment // ingenuity // east jesus nowhere

a part of me will always be at Sherwood Forest Faire
renaissance space program // brothers and sisters, crime and punishment // ingenuity // east jesus nowhere

a part of me will always be at Sherwood Forest Faire
renaissance space program // brothers and sisters, crime and punishment // ingenuity // east jesus nowhere

tried to find some facet of self in 72 hours in Taipei but all I got was some great grilled squid
night market apprentice // jiangguo jade market // opulence beneath a highway // neon genesis // admin in a converted cig factory

tried to find some facet of self in 72 hours in Taipei but all I got was some great grilled squid
night market apprentice // jiangguo jade market // opulence beneath a highway // neon genesis // admin in a converted cig factory

tried to find some facet of self in 72 hours in Taipei but all I got was some great grilled squid
night market apprentice // jiangguo jade market // opulence beneath a highway // neon genesis // admin in a converted cig factory

tried to find some facet of self in 72 hours in Taipei but all I got was some great grilled squid
night market apprentice // jiangguo jade market // opulence beneath a highway // neon genesis // admin in a converted cig factory

tried to find some facet of self in 72 hours in Taipei but all I got was some great grilled squid
night market apprentice // jiangguo jade market // opulence beneath a highway // neon genesis // admin in a converted cig factory

I got Shanghai’d, Davy Jones wasn’t there, but he did steal one of my socks.
you sell coats // auntie // French Concession // 1 bird // 2 roses // 3 birds // 4 guys on a ferry // 5 birds // jealousy

I got Shanghai’d, Davy Jones wasn’t there, but he did steal one of my socks.
you sell coats // auntie // French Concession // 1 bird // 2 roses // 3 birds // 4 guys on a ferry // 5 birds // jealousy

I got Shanghai’d, Davy Jones wasn’t there, but he did steal one of my socks.
you sell coats // auntie // French Concession // 1 bird // 2 roses // 3 birds // 4 guys on a ferry // 5 birds // jealousy

I got Shanghai’d, Davy Jones wasn’t there, but he did steal one of my socks.
you sell coats // auntie // French Concession // 1 bird // 2 roses // 3 birds // 4 guys on a ferry // 5 birds // jealousy

I got Shanghai’d, Davy Jones wasn’t there, but he did steal one of my socks.
you sell coats // auntie // French Concession // 1 bird // 2 roses // 3 birds // 4 guys on a ferry // 5 birds // jealousy

I got Shanghai’d, Davy Jones wasn’t there, but he did steal one of my socks.
you sell coats // auntie // French Concession // 1 bird // 2 roses // 3 birds // 4 guys on a ferry // 5 birds // jealousy

I got Shanghai’d, Davy Jones wasn’t there, but he did steal one of my socks.
you sell coats // auntie // French Concession // 1 bird // 2 roses // 3 birds // 4 guys on a ferry // 5 birds // jealousy

I got Shanghai’d, Davy Jones wasn’t there, but he did steal one of my socks.
you sell coats // auntie // French Concession // 1 bird // 2 roses // 3 birds // 4 guys on a ferry // 5 birds // jealousy

I got Shanghai’d, Davy Jones wasn’t there, but he did steal one of my socks.
you sell coats // auntie // French Concession // 1 bird // 2 roses // 3 birds // 4 guys on a ferry // 5 birds // jealousy

beauty standards imported, fast fashion chokes // the third place is breakfast on the street // from where i stand all i desire is across the river

beauty standards imported, fast fashion chokes // the third place is breakfast on the street // from where i stand all i desire is across the river

beauty standards imported, fast fashion chokes // the third place is breakfast on the street // from where i stand all i desire is across the river
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