Serry Park’s series, XO pale white, delineates the meaning of objects in our daily lives. A minimalist piece of work, the simplicity of the images hides the amount of effort placed in creating the set. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“XO pale white“) © Serry Park, 2009 From her statement: I cannot open the window, nor [...]
Walter Bergmoser, a professor at Chung-Ang University’s Department of Photography, approached me sometime last month to showcase his students’ work which was shown at Bratislava’s Month of Photography. I will be putting up some of the works along the course of this week. One of his students, Jihyun Kwon, won the Best Portfolio award, and [...]
TOP TO BOTTOM, “Approach Lights #3“, “On White #1“, “On the Margin” © Tsukasa Yokozawa, 1999-2005 Tsukasa Yokozawa is a Japanese photographer living and working in New York. A selection of his works from various series are currently on exhibition at Motus Fort, a gallery in Tokyo. Yokozawa on his works: I place plural and [...]
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Mythical Landscape“) © Lee Jeong-lok, 2007 Painstakingly created, Lee Jeong-lok’s Mythical Landscape series turned ordinary scenes into works that intrigue and wonder. Growing up in the countryside, the artist has an intricate bond with nature and it is reflected in his works. This series is a visualization of the physical and [...]
Quirky, very quirky. I spotted Young Kim’s book at the bookshop a while back and chuckled quietly to my amusement. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Suitman“) © Young Kim Photographed in the vein of costumed self-portraits like Tseng Kwong Chi, these images of Young Kim in a suit speak about the alienation of the modern globetrotting [...]
Agan Harahap is a young Indonesian photographer with one wicked sense of humor. First mentioned earlier this year for Valentine Willie’s CUT, Harahap is back with a solo exhibition, SAFARI. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Safari”) © Agan Harahap, 2008 In this series, various animals have been anthropomorphized and placed in common situations that we may [...]
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 [...]
Frankly speaking, looking at real/faux miniature macro images proliferating everywhere has been a rather tiring experience. Nothing new is presented and one easily gets lost in the technicalities. Enter Korean photographer Seung Woo Back’s Real World series. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Real World“) © Seung Woo Back, 2004 Taken at Aiins World theme park in [...]
My friend, Jovian Lim, recently graduated from the fine art program at NTU. His graduation piece, The Voyage to the Ends of the World, was one of my favorite series on exhibit. The prints were simply gorgeous to look at. It was a pity that they were taken out of context somewhat, as the series [...]
