MAY XIONG

FUTUREKIN (2022) by Lucy McRae

Unit Stills + BTS for FUTUREKIN | Futurekin is a documentary short following a group of women, performing otherworldly rituals from a remote, abandoned school. The monotony and mundaneness of day-to-day life, does not deter their common goal -- to curate a tribe of genetically designed kids -- "FUTUREKIN". 

Director: Lucy McRae
Writers: Lucy McRae | Nicole Jude
Music: Joep Beving
EP Future Sensitive, Inc

Lead Cast: Samantha West | Cathy Cooper | Lucy McRae
Supporting Cast: Rhonda Pell | Vijaya Kumari | Jupiter Tahash Long | Nectar Tahash Long | Onyx Tahash Long
AD: Scottie Cameron
Director of Photography: Ryan Carmody
Drone Operator: Mayfield Media
Water Cinematographer: Aaron Lieber
Editor: Nicole McDonald

Costume Design: Lucy McRae
PD Assistant: Christian Pepper
Prop Fabrication: Machine Histories
Art Dept: Christian Pepper | Vivian Charlesworth | Yunki Cheung | Miriam Kuhlmann | Attilio Bonelli
Stylist: Aimee Byrne
Hair/MUA: Mike Fernandez

VFX: Alexey Marfin
Colorist: Arianna Shining Star
Casting: Jasmine Albuquerque | Christian Pepper | Nina Tahash Long
Photographers: May Xiong | Scottie Cameron

DELICATE SPELLS OF MIND (2022) by Lucy McRae

"Follows a Seeker inventing methods to minimize emotional damage - an impossible pursuit to shape-shift life to swerve pain and error."

Unit Stills + BTS for the film, "Delicate Spells of Mind"commissioned by Singapore Festival of Arts "Life Profusion" (2022)

Director: Lucy McRae
Producer: Reef Oldberg
Choreographer: Jasmine Albuquerque
Director of Photography: Drew Bienemann

Production Design: Tina Joyner
Dancers: Ryan Mark Spencer | Raymond Ejiofor | Ty Wells | Maija Knapp | Alucard Mendoza | Andrea Bess | Shauna Davis
Props Fabrication: Machine Histories
Costumer: Luciana Toledo | Karine Maciel
AD: Ryan Wagner
UPM: Sara Setsuko Clausen

Set Dressers: Miriam Kuhlman | Attilio Bonelli
Production Design: Christian Pepper
1st AC: Sarah Rattay-Maloney
2nd AC: Anna Tse

Sound Design: Jackie Zhou
Editor & Poster: Brandon Winters
Music: Anne Muller
Colorist: Arianna Shining Star
VFX: Stephen Burchell
Photographer: May Xiong

VERVE

"VERVE" (2019) | "Verve Epilogue (2019) - Debut album artwork and album campaign photographed for Sebastian Plano, an internationally acclaimed Argentinian composer, producer and musician, currently based in Berlin.

“The spirit and enthusiasm animating composition or performance. Vivacity. Energy. A force from within.”

VERVE - NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY FOR BEST NEW AGE ALBUM 2019

Photography & Art Direction: May Xiong
Front Cover Design: Linn Legros
Artwork Design: Jack Hardwicke
Record Label: Mercury KX

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PLAYING WITH FIRE

Photographed album cover/press photos for Pacific Northwest artist, Kaylee Elizabeth her DEBUT album released 2021. 

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REFRAIN | LOFTY STILLS

Photographed album cover/artwork for "REFRAIN" - Debut album released in October 2017 by Lofty Stills, a dream pop/indie folk musician based in Seattle, Washington.

Art / Creative Direction & Photography by May Xiong

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EVERYTHING FEELS BETTER NOW

Partnered up with American Indie-rock band, From Indian Lakes and photographed album artwork for their 2016 album release, "Everything Feels Better Now".

Art / Creative Direction / Photography : May Xiong

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ANYONE, ANYWHERE - I/O

Album cover for Boston based Post-Rock band I/O's release, "Anyone, Anywhere" (2017).

Art / Creative Direction & Photography by May Xiong

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ARRHYTHMICAL PARTS OF HEARTS

Collaboration between musician, Sebastian Plano  that encapsulates the raw emotion through the heart and soul of Sebastian himself through his music. Art covers for 'Arrhythmical Part of Hearts' 3-panel CD & LP through Denovali Records on Sep. 20th, 2013.

Concept & Art Direction: May Xiong

Photography & production: May Xiong 

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