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• China, Contemporary, Photography

  Zhu Hao

  07.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  TOP TO BOTTOM, © Zhu Hao
  Zhu Hao’s images of the city are focused on the objects that we often walk pass unnoticed. As an acute and sensitive photographer, Zhu Hao is immersed in the so-called “intoxication evoked by the object being shot” (Jean Baudillard). With the help of photography, he has gone deeper and deeper […]

• Exhibitions, Singapore, Photography

  L ‘Etranger - Kar-Wai Wesley

  07.02.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  TOP TO BOTTOM, (from “L ‘Etranger”)
  © Kar-Wai Wesley
  L’Etranger is an invitation to experience Paris as ‘l’etranger’ or in English, the foreigner; the alien; the stranger; the other…
  My friend, Wesley, from Memphis West Pictures is holding an exhibition in Paris, his home for the past three years. This exhibition consists of a series of images photographed […]

• China, Photography

  Liu Tong

  06.29.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Liu Tong has some interesting work up on his site. His series, Dream/Life, is a surreal collection of black and white images.

  TOP TO BOTTOM, from (”Dream/Life“)
  © Liu Tong
  Unfortunately, the links on his site are not functioning now. However, images for the series can still be viewed via the directory listing.

• Taiwan, Exhibitions, China, Art, Photography

  Germinators

  06.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Got this in my mail today for a visual art exhibition in New York. Unfortunately, I’m halfway across the globe!
  ChinaSquare Gallery New York is pleased to present Germinators, a group featuring Cao Jingping, Chen Wei, Li Jikai, Liao Yibai, Ma’chunfu, Qu Jiehen, Unmask, Wang Haiyang, Wang Tiantian, Wang Yaqiang, and Zhang Peng.
  Germinators includes the […]

• Japan, Art, Photography

  Hiroe Kobayashi

  06.23.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Hiroe Kobayash photographs visual poetry.
  She says:
  It is said that photography performed from the heart captures the truth.
  My quest is to cast light on the yuragi filtered through the layers of my
  experience. The end result is a world of mystery, images that conjure up
  the sumi-e ink drawings of Chinese painting.

  TOP TO BOTTOM, (from “White in the […]

• Exhibitions, Singapore, Photography, Uncategorized

  Persistency of Living | Memory

  06.18.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Opening this Saturday at 2902 Gallery, a group exhibition featuring Amanda Poh, Clarence Aw, Jean Loo, Joel Yuen, mintio, Vanessa Ban and Tan Peiling. The show explores the idea of documenting the living as memory and memory as an intrinsic nature of human - to record the passage of time and life.

  13th January
  © Amanda Poh

  Traces
  © […]

• Events, Exhibitions, Singapore, Photography, Uncategorized

  MOP: Singapore

  06.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’m a little late in running this. Singapore’s annual photography-based festival, Month of Photography, is back again this year. It is on from 13 June to 20 July and features a range of activities from exhibitions to workshops.
  Visit the official website for more details.

• Philippines, Contemporary, Photography

  Miguel Nacianceno

  06.15.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Filipino photographer, Miguel Nacianceno, shoots in a cool detached manner that adds another dimension to his subjects.
  In Carnival, he explores the themes of nostalgia, beauty and emotional authenticity.
  The surreal and manufactured place served as backdrops to real human emotion. Since carnivals almost always pack up and build some place else, I also felt like capturing […]

• Exhibitions, China, Contemporary, Photography

  4

  06.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Good Night, New York
  © Miao Jiaxin
  4: Photo Group Show, features works by four Chinese-born, New York-based photographers - Zhang Wu, Miao Jiaxin, Zheng Yaohua and Wang Yiqun (whom I featured earlier in the week).
  The accompanying exhibition statement, Discomforting Anxieties, is a good read to find out more about the photographers and their works.
  Exhibition details:
  4: Photo […]

• Magazine, Documentary, Photography

  Vewd

  06.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  New online magazine hot off the digital presses, Vewd is an international photography website dedicated to continuing the tradition of storytelling through a visual medium - this includes documentary, photojournalism, street and portraiture in the form of galleries and multimedia pieces.
  Do check it out!

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