Mel Taing (she/her) is a Cambodian-American photographer, community artist, and educator based in Boston. Specializing in creative portraiture, exhibition documentation and community engagement, Mel seeks to celebrate the vibrance, radiance and joy of the intersecting communities in her life. Mel is an exhibition documentation photographer working with several arts institutions in the greater Boston area such as the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, MassArt Art Museum, and more.
Beyond the camera, she is deeply interested in increasing cultural equity within the arts and culture sector of Boston through cultural and community organizing. Since 2022, Mel has apprenticed with Karen Young producing and organizing cultural events centering the art form of taiko and Asian American activism. From 2023-2024, Mel was the lead engagement artist for the Chinatown Cultural Plan and is currently a Co-Facilitator for the Artist Pipeline Program at the Harvard Ed Portal.