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• Japan, Photography

  Rachi Akira

  04.30.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Rachi Akira is a recent graduate of UK’s The Arts Institute at Bournemouth. His work is deceptively simple and works on many levels.
  Akira:
  “something poetic can be political, and something political can be poetic”

  TOP TO BOTTOM, Field (6×7), 2004-2007
  © Rachi Akira
  Pure and simple like a haiku. His portfolio can be seen here.

• China, Contemporary, Photography

  Liu Bolin

  04.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The individual ceases to exist in Liu Bolin’s Hiding in the City series.

  TOP TO BOTTOM, Hiding in the City
  © Liu Bolin
  China is now in a paradox of adopting capitalist values and economic dreams which exist within an anachronistic communist framework. Within this context of a desperate leap towards a “modern” future, Bolin suggests the disintegration […]

• China, Contemporary, Photography

  Cai Weidong

  04.24.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Cai Weidong’s works are infused with traditional and modern influences. In Landscapes and Substances, black and white photographs are heavily manipulated to mimic Chinese scroll paintings.

  TOP AND BOTTOM, Details 2 and 5, Landscapes and Substances, 2000 - 2004
  © Cai Weidong
  He moved on to using mirrors in his photos, which I found to be a […]

• Events, Southeast Asia, Singapore, Asia, Photography

  SIngapore International Photography Festival

  04.22.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Some exciting news coming from home - the inaugural Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) is slated to be held from Oct 8 to 31. It’s going to be a biennial event, to provide a platform for local and Southeast Asian artists to showcase their works alongside their international peers in various venues across Singapore.
  I […]

• Photography

  Remain in Light: Vol. 1

  04.17.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Remain in Light has just announced the featured photographers in its first volume:
  Andreas Weinand
  Anne Lass
  Coley Brown
  Debora Mittelstaedt
  Ed Panar
  Estelle Hanania
  Gustav Almestål
  Hiroyo Kaneko
  Kamden Vencill
  Mark McKnight
  Michel Campeau
  Nicolai Howalt & Trine Søndergaard
  Nicola Kast
  Nicholas Haggard
  Shawn Records
  Raimond Wouda
  Richard Barnes
  Thobias Fäldt
  Whitney Hubbs
  Yann Orhan
  Congrats to everyone! I think it’s gonna be so cool.
  I hope Shane reserves a copy for me. ;)

• China, Photography

  Tseng Kwong Chi

  04.15.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  I’ve been wanting to post something about Tseng Kwong Chi, the Chinese photographer (actually from Hong Kong), who dressed up as a Chinese diplomat in the 80’s and got invited to all the cool parties by people who didn’t know otherwise.

  TOP TO BOTTOM, East Meets West
  © Tseng Kwong Chi
  Horses Think has posted about the complete […]

• Business, Art

  Art+Commerce: Asian Edition

  04.14.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Jon Taplin wrote about how Asian economies are decoupling from the West, based on the record sales at the recent Sotheby’s Hong Kong auction of contemporary Chinese art.
  One of the great macro-economic debates is whether the rapidly growing Asian economies have decoupled from the recessionary problems of America. I have argued that […]

• Japan, Photography

  Yoshinori Kon

  04.07.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Yoshinori Kon creates images that contain hidden truths and meanings, while having strong overtones of Japanese culture and mysticism. They remind me of Jeff Wall and Gregory Crewdson, although not as cinematic as the latter’s.

  Scenery with a Tunnel, 2006
  © Yoshinori Kon

  Oku-Nikko Ectoplasm, 2006
  © Yoshinori Kon

  First Love, 2008
  © Yoshinori Kon

  Akemi of Kawaguchi, 2006
  © Yoshinori Kon

  More […]

• Personal

  Rest

  04.04.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Rest, 2008
  © Yaohong, Ch’ng
  From the RB67’s test roll. Some frames had some form of light leak, not sure if its the back or my inept handling of the negatives. Will try again soon.
  Anyway, really need my rest. Would be studying for my exams next week. =\

• Documentary, Japan, Photography

  Behind Tokyo’s Door

  04.02.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  A transvestite posing for a picture at the underground fetish party, “Tokyo Decadence”, at the Stylish Club in Roppongi.
  © Pawel Jaszczuk
  Pawel Jaszczuk is a Polish photographer based in Tokyo, Japan. For his series, Behind Tokyo’s Door, Pawel documented the going ons and romps in underground fetish parties in Tokyo. His other series, Shibari (rope bondage), […]

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