Playing for Dying Mother, 2009 After Puvis de Chavannes’ “Jean Cavalier jouant le choral de Luther devant sa mere mourante,” 1851 Reading, 2009 After Henri Fantin-Latour’s “La Lecture”, 1877 The Charity Lady, 2009 After Jean-Baptiste Greuze’s “La Dame de Charite,” 1775 TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Days Of Our Lives“) © Wong Hoy Cheong, 2009 Wong [...]
The Tao Gallery in Hong Kong is looking for new/young Chinese photographers working primarily in black and white along contemporary themes. Interested parties can send a pdf portfolio to Scott Minick via email. Good luck to everyone who’s applying!
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Lightning Fields“) © Hiroshi Sugimoto, 2009 It’s a small wonder why Sugimoto-san is considered one of the greatest living photographers. He constantly pushes the limits of what photography can achieve and creates works that just leave one in complete awe. Sugimoto-san approaches photography like a scientist, experimenting and testing out hypotheses. [...]
In a two-part post, I would be showcasing Zhao’s winning works and a lengthy interview that I conducted with him over email. His works can be seen at the Institute of Critical Zoologists. Yaohong: Much of your work revolves around the zoological gaze and I believe that the works you submitted to the competition clearly [...]
Zhao Renhui is a young Singaporean photographer who recently made waves by winning the 29th UOB Painting of the Year award. This is the second consecutive year that the award has been given to a photographer. I would like to introduce some of his older works here before discussing his winning works in a later [...]
Taisuke Koyama’s “organic abstract photography” has gained some recognition for its symbolism and portrayal of the changing city. TOP TO BOTTOM, Burnt, Split Fence, Pond from (“entropix) © Taisuke Koyama, 2008 At first glance, the images in his latest series, entropix, appear to be just bright images of shapes and colors, as if they were [...]
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Dark Lake Series“) © Shigeyoshi Ohi, 2003 Shigeyoshi Ohi describes the experience of standing at the edges of these lakes as an agitating process. Beneath the serene surfaces lie one of mother nature’s greatest force of destruction. Volcano craters fill up rapidly with water when the volcanoes become dormant, resulting in [...]
Successful self-portraits that do not merely depict a pictorial representation of the artist are few and far apart. Chino Otsuka’s autobiographical series takes place in an abandoned flat in a Tokyo housing estate. The images evoke a sense of displacement, the diptychs further accentuate the emptiness between photographer and environment. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Tokyo [...]
Masakuni Murakami’s landschaft #5 turns landscapes taken in the air into something abstract. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“landschaft #5“) © Masakuni Murakami, 2007 Human perception is warped and we can’t really decipher what we see. Is it river or a road? It is reminiscent of his earlier work, avant-hier : hier : aujourd’hui : demain, [...]
My good friend Sean recently updated his website. He is an extremely talented photographer who seeks to balance his art and cheque books, i.e. fashion shoots. His online portfolio is centered around the latter but in times like this, we all need more work. © Sean Lee Pretty people and artificial lights aside, Sean shoots [...]
