Frank Yang

Frank Yang is a photographer, sculptor, philosopher, musician, body builder, and professional crazy person.


I just find the juxtaposition of a body builder and an artist really interesting-- it seems we often either hone the body or the mind, but not often both. As with his philosophy,  his photography is often about challenging social norms and forcing us to think about the structure that we have built around us.

Here's what he had to say about this piece:

This is a real hotel servant. I asked her to come clean the room while we were still in there, doing whatever it is that we would be doing even when she wasn't there and ask her to clean as if WE weren't there.

I wanted to juxtapose class. Usually the hotel servant and the guests will not interact directly and the two parties from different worlds don't co-exist in the same time. The servants "cleans" under the radar and consciousness. They share space, but not time. In here, they share both.In this photo, I try to bring them together as they violently rupture each others' comfort zones in a serene, quiet, and smooth way that smooth out the master/slave, public/private relationships. This more or less a follow up to my post about hotel servants and services.

 Here for more of his photos
Here for his thoughts
Here to watch him lift heavy things and be weird