Yanshu Wang (21) is one of the Chinese students I met in the Fundamentals of Photojournalism class. All these pictures are from my Classmate Assignment, and thanks to this assignment, I met a good friend and her friends, a bunch of great people.
The first impression of Yanshu for many people, is a strong image of independence. She looks super cool if you haven’t had the chance to talk to her, but once you knew her, She is the kind of person who is enthusiastic about life, said Li hanchen (21), Yanshu’s boyfriend.
Yanshu is taking photographs of Alejandra Arredondo for her Fundamentals of Photojournalism assignment at the lounge of Respect Hall. 10/8/2016Yanshu meets with Alejandra to work on the assignment at Lee Hills Hall after the end of the Global Journalist class. She is thinking how to compose the picture and also she wants to leave earlier to review for her test. 10/12/2012Yanshu, after calling her boyfriend to pick her up at J-school, she starts to look at The Presidential Images exhibition waiting for him. βThese photographers were just lucky to be there. These pictures were taken by occasionally.β Pointing at one of the pictures, says Yanshu. The bead necklace is a gift from Hanchen for her 20th birthday in 2015. Besides the bead, her boyfriend also gave her a Hello Kitty doll and a sandwich machine.10/12/2016Yanshu is getting ready for dinner with her boyfriend. Growing up in complicated family situations, Yanshu values family and stable relations with her boyfriend a lot. βI don’t ask much. All I need is a stable relationship.β She says in the future she wants to work hard to have a successful career but at the same time, she wants to be a responsible mother, a good wife as well. She says she is controversial.10/7/2016Yanshu is sharing a cake with her boyfriend, Li Hanchen. Watching their favorite TV show Modern Family while eating is the biggest pleasure. βWe always laugh out loudly,β said Hanchen. They met in a study abroad program in Beijing before they came to Mizzou in 2013. After she graduated from Mizzou, Yanshu wants to go back to Beijing to pursue her masterβs degree, because she says she regretted not studying in Beijing. Hanchen also will go back to work in Beijing, where he grew up.10/7/2016Yanshu is cutting a melon in the kitchen. She canβt find a bowl since nearly all of them are left in the sink unwashed. She wants to have some fruits to refresh because he has been studied for her History of American Photojournalism test all the time. 10/12/2016Yanshu gets back to her room quietly after she had an unpleasant conversation with her boyfriend about their plan for the weekend. They planned to go to an amusement park in St Louis, but Yanshu is afraid that she canβt ride roller coasters and canβt enter any haunted houses. She doesnβt want Hanchen and their friends not to enjoy the trip because of her.10/12/2016
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