Defining Asian Photography
I have discovered quite a number of Asian photographers during these past weeks of research. If not for this little pet project, I would not have heard of them or bothered to find out more. Asia is huge; its people diverse and I’ve only barely scraped the tip of the ice berg. However, the selection of who to post and what to feature becomes a highly subjective process.
From wikipedia:
Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth’s total surface area (or 29.4% of its land area) and, with almost 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world’s current human population.
Given its size and diversity, Asia – a toponym dating back to classical antiquity – is more a cultural concept incorporating a number of regions and peoples than a homogeneous physical entity.
So where do I start? And where am I heading with this blog? Frankly, I have no idea. I do not have any predefined agenda, politically or artistically speaking. I just feature stuff that catches my eye, that makes me think and would like to remember for future reference. Having a well-organized blog is a wonderful research tool. It would save me trouble in the future if I need to find any references.
For now, I’m just featuring photographers with Asian descent regardless of education background and physical location. In the future, I plan to put up works by people living/based in Asia. When? I do not know. Perhaps when I get bored or tired with googling and piecing works from all over the net. It’s not an easy feat, I would say.
Looking at the categories so far, I’ve covered 11 countries and I’ve just barely started! It’s exciting to know that so much lies uncovered. I may not be able to find them all (à la Pokemon) but the allure of the undiscovered spurs me on!
It seems like my portfolio is not working on some systems and it’s been bugging me for quite a while. The perils of being an early adopter… If you’re running Flash Player version 9 and the pictures still don’t load, please tell me. I need to find out where the problem lies.
Maybe I should have just stuck to plain HTML.
You are right your portfolio doesn’t load. I’ve got FireFox and a G5 Mac with the most recent Flash.
Nice blog.
I really appreciate and enjoy your blog. Being Chinese American and a photographer interested in Asian history, I always strive to see more work from Asia.
I work at a non-profit organization called Light Work in Syracuse, NY. We’re currently showing Bin Danh’s photographic work in the gallery. It’s really interesting work to see as it is not the typical photograph but photographs on organic matter. I think you’d find it quite intriguing.
and yes, your portfolio isnt working on my Firefox either. =/
mate!
there’s a bug bug in the javascript you use to embed flash. in the line 45 you have a closing script tag inside the alternative content. this is interpeted by browser and breaks the script in the middle. another minor thing is that you should include a closing comment //–> before line 49. hope that helps and keep the good work. cheers
John: I guess I have to work on the portfolio bit!
Jane: Could you send me a link so I can put it up?
michal: Thanks, I have made the changes. Still not sure about the flash bit. Sigh.