Shengdi Cui is a Chinese-born photographer and artist currently based in London, working at the intersection of fashion, art, and commerce. His creative approach is deeply influenced by Affect Theory and Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO), principles that shape the core of his post-documentary photography practice. Through this lens, he expresses the emotionality of material objects and the latent inner world, while re-examining the fluid relationships between human subjectivity and the material-natural world.

His artistic practice is characterized by introspection and emotional depth, utilizing innovative photographic techniques that blend fiction and sci-fi concepts to explore the complex dynamic between people, objects, and environments. Shengdi’s work focuses on the latent resonance between personal emotions, social identities, and objects, emphasizing the interconnectedness and agency of all matter. His photographic practice suggests that emotions, as part of a larger composition of body, mind, and environment, have the capacity to alter and reconfigure these relationships, ultimately reshaping how we understand ourselves and the world around us.