Author Archives: yaohong
Lei Jianyou
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“??/Looking Afar“)
© Lei Jianyou
Lei is a young photographer from Zhejiang, China. A self-taught photographer with a short history behind him, his works carry a certain heaviness. He infuses elements of melancholy romanticism in his pictures of abandoned objects, often resulting in works that are both beautiful and painful to look at.
This [...]
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Joji Shimamoto
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“9#, Sk8 and Toy-kyo“)
© Joji Shinamoto
Street culture graces the portfolio of Japanese photographer, Joji Shimamoto, as he traverses between New York City and Tokyo. Born and raised in Japan, he has since relocated to the Big Apple as a freelance photographer. Recently featured in Japan’s Photographica magazine and studio voice, this [...]
Posted in Documentary, Japan 1 Comment
Gloria Chung
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“November“)
© Gloria Chung
I know it’s only the end of January but Gloria Chung’s November series made me think a little about how time flies. Turn one round on the spot you’re standing on and you would be saying goodbye to 2010 already.
This year has been pretty packed and awesome so [...]
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Stephen JB Kelly
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Qi Lihe“)
© Stephen Kelly, 2009
Stephen JB Kelly documented the lives of ethnic Muslim minorities living in Lanzhou, a city in China’s north west. The government’s treatment of the Uighurs have dominated the news in recent months. Stephen’s series comes at a right time, shedding light onto a world previously ignored by [...]
Posted in Asia, China, Documentary 3 Comments
Simple Style
TOP, © Zephyrance Lou
Simple Style is an indie blog that aims to encourage and inspire the creative class. Edited by Qing Zhou and Weimar Yao from Shanghai and Guangdong respectively, it’s an excellent launchpad into the design/art/photography/music world found in China and beyond. Well, the only drawback is that it’s written in mandarin but good [...]
Art Incubator
The Art Incubator Residency Program is a professional development opportunity for Singaporean artists below 35. It will offer two local residencies and one overseas residency in 2010. Residents will be given a studio space, assigned a mentor and develop new work. They will pay you a stipend of S$1000 for sustenance and S$3000 for materials [...]
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Takashi Homma
TOP TO MIDDLE, from (“Tokyo Suburbia“)
© Takashi Homma, 1998
BOTTOM, from (“New Waves“)
© Takashi Homma, 2003
Takashi Homma captures the dark ominous side of Tokyo in the late nineties in his series ‘Tokyo Suburbia’. Japan was at the cusp of an economic doldrum, where an asset bubble caused many subsequent years of recession. It was this darkness [...]
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Dayoung Kang
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“swallow“)
© Dayoung Kang, 2009
Dayoung Kang’s swallow series depicts the anonymity and lack of identity in modern society. Faceless characters inhabit the images; unable to communicate with others in the society. The hidden wounds we carry haunt us, yet we continue to swallow the pain. Visit her website here.
This will be the [...]
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Siyeon Park
Siyeon Park’s series reminds one of August Sander’s portraits of the People of the 20th Century, a typological look at school-going girls in Korea. The girls bear an eerie resemblance to each other, blank stares fixated on their faces.
Su-yeon Choi: Who cries all the time over everything
Ji-in Kim: Who hates to wear school uniform
Na-hee un: [...]
Posted in Korea, Portraits 3 Comments
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