Josh Chen
The Washington Post
2024–25
A photo essay reflecting on queer intimacy in a moment of politicization and violence. Self-pitched, photographed, written, designed and developed.
Editors: Tara McCarty, Robert Miller, Mark Miller and Christian Font
Digital design. Developed by Yutao Chen.
Digital design and development. Developed with Tucker Harris.
Explorations of the identities we negotiate, especially online. These projects, drawing from Asian American scholarship and queer of color critique, helped me begin to unpack the experience of growing up queer, Asian and Christian in Indiana.
2023. Photography and design. On searching for God and salvation in another human.
2021. Photography and design. Studying Grindr, faceless thirst traps and racialized sexuality.
Refresh Dance Crew
2023
Creative direction for Northwestern’s largest dance team. REFRESH UNDERCOVER was its spy-themed seventh annual show. The design deconstructs the show program to evoke a classified document. These posters, photos and videos led promotion on Instagram.
Social strategy: Mo O’Grady. Additional photography: Jessica Vallan.