Jason Isip's Photography / Asian Girl Smoking In The Snow

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About

Jason Isip's Photography, which notably includes the clip of an Asian Girl Smoking In The Snow, refers to the work of photographer and videographer Jason Isip. Isip's perceived proclivity for representing East Asian women in his photography garnered significant attention on X / Twitter in January 2024, with several users parodying a handycam video posted by Isip that depicted a girl smoking a cigarette in the snow set to the Slowdive song "When the Sun Hits." The video led to people citing Isip's work upon encountering media that represented melancholic-looking Asian people, including a YouTube clip titled, "korean couple smoking and crying to sad music."

Origin

Jason Isip began posting to his Tumblr^[1] (@jasnisip) on December 27th, 2019, to his Instagram^[2] (@jasnisip) on January 31st, 2021, to his X^[3] / Twitter account on April 8th, 2021, and to his TikTok^[4] account (@jasnisip) on October 6th, 2022.

On January 13th, 2024, Jason Isip posted a video to his X^[5] account of a woman smoking a cigarette in the snow while "When the Sun Hits" by Slowdive plays in the background. The post gathered over 3 million views and 15,000 likes in five days (seen below).

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On January 13th, 2024, X^[6] user @sinqhole quoted the aforementioned clip saying, "when youre out with jason isip in freezing temperatures and he pulls out his camera to record you being a cold asian woman," gathering over 15,000 likes in five days (seen below, left). On January 14th, X^[7] user @mcloivng posted the Face of Unemployment meme to imply that Jason Isip would be out of work if Asian women did not exist. The post gathered over 2,000 likes in three days (seen below, right).

On January 14th, X^[8] user @rabbitsfavorite quoted a video showing a YouTube post titled, "korean couple smoking and crying to sad music." The post read, "I know a certain photographer who would not play about them," and gathered over 13,000 likes in three days (seen below).

On January 16th, 2024, X^[9] user @sushi1vr posted a video recreating Isip's post, gathering over 6,000 likes in a day (seen below).

Also on January 16th, X^[10] user @burgerplugg quoted a Jason Isip photograph showing a girl pressing her head against the driver's wheel, saying "spongebob after failing his boating test." The post gathered over 6,000 likes in a day (seen below).