Artist: Erick Cheng
Writer: Jiho Park
Editor: Shiori Chen
“Golden Lavender” was taken by Erick Cheng, a 15-year-old, while on a walk around the neighborhood with his camera. Erick started progressing with his photography skills in April of 2023 and has become the excellent photographer we see today. He named this piece the “Golden Lavender” as it depicts this recognizable purple flower–lavender– bathed in golden sunshine. During his walk, he found this lavender bush and thought it looked pleasant, so he snagged a photo with a great background. This process took him less than half an hour. Later, he would edit the image to make the final product we see now, which took around 15 minutes. He has no true motive behind this piece except that he wanted to show that anything can look beautiful under a camera lens if taken correctly.
