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Joy Cho

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Object Details

Artist

Rachel Thurston, born 1978

Sitter

Joy Cho, born 18 May 1979

Exhibition Label

Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joy Cho was listed among Time magazine’s thirty “most influential people on the internet” in 2015 and 2016. The graphic design blog she began in 2005 was the start of what Cho has turned into an entrepreneurial wonder. It is now a lifestyle website offering advice and ideas on a variety of subjects, including home decor, entertaining and party planning, and baby and nursery needs. In addition to publishing books on starting a successful blog and the basics of creative design, Cho is also a design consultant for brands such as Target, Johnson & Johnson, and Petco. This portrait is from a group of photographs Rachel Thurston took of Joy Cho and her family at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in October 2013. For Thurston, the setting was a perfect way to depict Cho’s “joy,” which she conveys through her immensely popular colorful designs.
Nacida en Filadelfia, Pensilvania
Joy Cho fue una de las treinta “personas más influyentes de Internet” según la revista Time en 2015 y 2016. El blog sobre diseño gráfico que comenzó en 2005 fue el inicio de lo que Cho ha convertido en una maravilla del emprendimiento. Es hoy una
página web sobre estilo de vida que ofrece consejos e ideas sobre una variedad de temas, incluida la decoración para el hogar, la planificación de fiestas y entretenimiento, necesidades del bebé y su habitación. Además de publicar libros sobre cómo comenzar a escribir un blog exitoso y sobre los conceptos básicos del diseño creativo, Cho también trabaja como asesora de diseño para marcas como Target, Johnson & Johnson y Petco. Este retrato pertenece al grupo de fotografías que Rachel Thurston tomó de Joy Cho y su familia en el Los Angeles County Museum of Art en octubre de 2013. Para Thurston, el entorno era la manera perfecta de representar la alegría (“joy”, en inglés) que transmite la emprendedora por medio de sus populares y coloridos diseños.

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

Date

2013 (printed 2016)

Object number

C/NPG.2017.19

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© 2013 Rachel Thurston Photography

Type

Photograph

Medium

Inkjet print

Dimensions

Image: 41.8 × 52.1 cm (16 7/16 × 20 1/2")
Sheet: 45.2 × 60.7 cm (17 13/16 × 23 7/8")

Place

United States\California\Los Angeles\Los Angeles

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Interior\Museum
Joy Cho: Female
Joy Cho: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Entrepreneur
Joy Cho: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Designer
Joy Cho: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Blogger
Portrait

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm48feef0f9-1754-44fc-a649-732d0f67b9ba

Record ID

npg_C_NPG.2017.19

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