After Years of Online Abuse, Sex Blogger Lena Chen Reclaims Her Identity
Sophie Fenella Robins
Jun 21 2017
“As Peril, Chen modeled for over 50 artists and photographers, including painters, illustrators, filmmakers and life drawing classes, mostly found through the networking database Model Mayhem. Instagram, Facebook, and Tumblr also helped her book shoots. Sometimes she collaborated with the photographer or artist; at other times, the artist already had an idea they wanted to execute. In May, she released a fraction of the work she produced at an exhibition in Berlin titled The Life and Death of Elle Peril, which showed a woman reveling in a newfound power over her body.” (read more)