Wei-Wei Jeng Ohio University, Athens Wei-Wei Jeng was born and raised in Taiwan and earned his BA in Mass Communication at Fu-Jen Catholic University in Taipei. In 1990 he traveled to the United States to continue his education. Jeng first studied in Ohio University’s commercial photography program, earning his MA in 1991. After briefly working in New York as a testing photographer for Wilhelmina Modeling Agency, he decided to return to O.U. to search for new inspirations. Jeng struggled through the transition from commercial to fine art photography and was conferred his MFA in 1994. He finds that his status as “outsider” in this culture provides an unique perspective for positioning himself in the contemporary world and informing the process of self-identification. By occupying a marginal point of view, Jeng creates his recent work with which he intends to challenge the dominant mainstream ideology.