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Date: August 19th, 2010
Cate: Chinese Photographer, INTERVIEW, Photography
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专访摄影师熊小默 / Interview with photographer Xiong Xiaomo

熊小默,1982年生于上海。在北京生活了六年,今年回到上海,现任iWeekly《周末画报》iPhone项目编辑总监。作品主要发表于《GQ》(中国版),《新城市》、《凤凰周刊》、《环球企业家》、《Moloko+》(俄罗斯)、《Here Comes The Night》(西班牙)。曾主要参涉展览:2007年,上海正大美术馆,“1981”联展;2008年,上海“私房” 个展;2009年,宁波空空间艺术机构,“篝火——中国青年艺术摄影展”;2010年,北京草场地摄影节,“Tora Tora Tora”青年影像群展;2010年,上海创智天地,“小世界”群展等。他热爱城市,拥有一箩筐的相机,有一组出名的“互易律失效”的夜景彩色照片。照片中的城市面目狰狞,在黑暗中更加纯粹和放肆,迷幻和丰富的色彩更加让人冷静地去观看这座朝夕为伴的城。它好似陌生和罕见却会在第二天太阳升起的片刻让你对上了号,这是它的魅力,或许你也并不再去抱怨而是去慢慢欣赏这一座座城池。坦白说,当接触熊小默之后,会发现精彩的除了他的作品还有他本人。那种魅力欣赏的让人嫉妒。在北京大伙儿一起玩的日子里,熊老师(大家一贯这么叫),也可以理解为熊老湿~给我留下了太多精彩的印象,无论是思维,谈吐,神态,动作等等,无法一言以蔽之。我白痴状问他为什么你的脑子转那么快而且总会给人惊喜,逗得大家直乐。他说,恩~~~可能因为我爱出风头吧,哈哈,我是人来疯。这次他给我挑了17张黑白135照片,他在邮件里对我说,照片顺序已经排列好,别放错。

Photographer Xiong Xiaomo was born in 1982 in Shanghai. He now works and lives in Shanghai, and currently serves as iPhone editorial director in Modern Weekly. If you are interested in his works, you can see more on his blog.You can also send a mail directly to  unseendesire@gmail.com.

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Date: July 23rd, 2010
Cate: Chinese Photographer, INTERVIEW, Photography
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专访摄影师孙彦初 / Interview with photographer Sun Yanchu

孙彦初,1978年生于河南周口,现工作和生活在郑州。2009年参加“临点—年轻摄影家眼中的中国暨2009年度三影堂摄影奖作品展”;同年还参加了由上海鲲鲤国际影廊举办的“中国新锐摄影艺术家群展 ”。近日,在上海全摄影画廊正在展出名叫“夏至”的摄影艺术家群展,孙彦初展出作品《沉溺于此》。他在自己的作品阐述里这样说道,“一张照片到底能够表现多少真实和思想主张呢?我不知道,我只知道我不愿意停下来,在这个现实与虚幻交汇的世界,无数次地按下我手中的相机,去寻求与某个事物精神上的突然邂逅,以得到一种暂时的逃脱和无比快感。我继续着,并深深地沉溺其中……不管我拍摄的是一片杂乱的树林;一个走向好似绿野仙踪的少年背影;一条针脚缝得像拉链的大腿,都只是我与现实相撞的刹那,内心颤抖的印记……”摄影成为他的生活方式和情感的宣泄出口,无目的性却张张真实,这种疯狂地用相机扫射眼前虚虚实实的世界,以不羁的态度游走在城市,当胶卷经过几道不可避免的冲洗过程之后,呈现的是一段段路途上让人哀叹的景象,这种景象虽然就在当下,但当他们堆叠起来之后好似已经久远被尘封的景象,却直逼你的心脏,警醒着一种责任和使命。黑白的摄影画面或许更加成为一种催化剂,还有那些夜晚的刺眼闪光,形成充满力量的黑与白极大反差。这芸芸众生的百态,就像一座长满青苔的墙壁已满目疮痍,它习以为常却又令人印象深刻。而看照片的我们,虽静止地翻着一页页一张张,却早已惊涛骇浪于这些被我们忘记或者不想看到的景象,我们趋向于看到美丽的东西好安慰自己的生活并不糟糕,却失去了怒吼的步调,失去了应有的思考。我想,沉溺与清醒,是相互置换的。

Sun Yanchu is a Chinese photographer born in 1978 in Zhoukou, Henan Province. He now lives in Zhengzhou, Henan. If you are interested in his photography, please visit his flickr to see more works. You can also send the mail directly to sycfoto@163.com .

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Date: July 15th, 2010
Cate: INTERVIEW, Painting
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专访艺术家金浩钒 / Interview with artist Jin Haofan

金浩钒(kim227) ,1987年出生于广东,今年毕业于四川美术学院油画系。川美每年6月都会有一个“开放的6月”各系毕业展,在今年的毕业展上Kim227展出了自己的毕业作品,除了画作之外还自己创新了一把,将自己的画做成一段动画视频《i wanna be》。北京玉兰堂画廊一眼相中他的作品。我关注他是在去年了,一开始是摄影作品,一直以为kim是学摄影的,但后来看到了他的绘画作品,被深深吸引住。他的作品中主体大多都是儿童,确切地说是“青少年,介乎于儿童和成人之间。”但却丝毫不显幼稚和可爱,相反是一种带有毁灭和嘲讽的攻击,以艳丽和出奇的色彩及人物状态勾勒出一种致命的玩笑和戏剧感,似乎他们都有魔力活在另一个奇妙的星球上。而他的摄影也是在关注城市中的细微之处,在常态的城市建筑或场景之中寻求一些偶遇,这种偶遇或许是一个怪诞的物件也或许是最动人的情感片刻。见到kim是在几天前,北京刚刚告别40度高温的炎热,换来这一场又一场的夏雨,他说,北京的热比重庆的热好多了,好舒服~呵呵。他话不多,卷发,时不时摸摸鼻子和眼镜,像个孩子也如我想象中一般。下面是作品和采访部分:

Jin Haofan (kim227) was born in 1987, Guangdong, China. He graduated from Oil Painting Department at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in June 2010. Besides painting, his photography is brilliant as well. If you are interested in his painting or photography, please visit his flickr to see more works. You can also send the mail directly to kim227@163.com .

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Date: June 30th, 2010
Cate: Photography

Emil Kozak

Emil Kozak 1980 年生于丹麦,现居西班牙巴塞罗那。他的作品冷静而富有哲思,客观地呈现出景观以及日常生活中物件的本身面貌。大多以远景或中景呈现,虽看上去并不热烈但却 饱含对所生活的环境的无限深情,将这些最为熟悉的事物以记录的方式留存下来。他说,“我希望我的作品可以让我们知道,想象力可以违背重力,可以弯曲时间。 去享受一天中的每分每秒是我们自己的责任。没人能够为我们做这些。尽情享乐,品尝糖果,做你爱做的事,热爱你做的事……说不定明天我们就会被抛出这个由地 幔和铁构成的转动球体。”

Emil Kozak was born in Denmark, 1980. Now he lives in Barcelona, Spain. His works are calm and full of wise thinking, presenting objectively the landscapes and the daily life as themselves. Mostly with long or middle shots, his works are full of infinite affection to the environment where he lives, although seeming not to be warm. The most familiar things can be preserved by recording. As he says, “I hope that my work can remind us that imagination can defy gravity and bend time. It is our own responsibility to enjoy every second of the day. Nobody else can do that for us. Have fun, eat candy, do what you love, love what you do… We might get thrown off this spinning ball of iron and mantle tomorrow.”

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Date: June 23rd, 2010
Cate: Photography

Robert Warren

Robert Warren 出生于纽约长岛,现居伦敦。他的最新作品探讨了利用或重复利用城市以及郊区景观来创作的美学含义。他还是Flood Collective中的成员,Flood Collective是几位年轻摄影师之间的合作项目。他们会定期举办由集体成员们共同策划出的最新作品的展览。

Robert Warren was born in Long Island, NY. He now livs in London. His current work explores the aesthetic implications of the use and re-use of the urban and suburban landscape. Robert is also a member of the Flood Collective, a collaborative project between several young photographers. They hold regular exhibitions of their most recent works which are curated by the members of the collective.

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Date: June 20th, 2010
Cate: Photography
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Thomas Locke Hobbs

Thomas Locke Hobbs 是一位生活于布宜诺斯艾利斯的美国摄影师。

Thomas Locke Hobbs is an American photographer based in Buenos Aires.

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Date: April 12th, 2010
Cate: Photography
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Lydia Panas

Lydia Panas 已在美国国内举办了多次展览,并在欧洲及亚洲获得广泛关注。她曾任教于许多机构,包括现代艺术博物馆、古根海姆博物馆、拉斐特学院、默兰伯格学院、墨瑞维恩学院 、库兹大学、缅因州媒体讲习班、佛蒙特学院的美术硕士课程、以及鲍姆艺术学校/利哈伊碳社区学院。她先后获得波士顿学院、视觉艺术学院和纽约大学/国际摄影中心的学位。她的拍摄对象以身边认识的人和家庭为主。在朦胧的颜色和情境之中我们感受得到她的细腻和客观。在一篇采访中,被问及哪些摄影师或艺术家对她的作品产生过影响,她说,摄影师包括Robert Frank、Diane Arbus、Cindy Sherman、Rynecke Dykstra、Katy Grannan、Richard Avedon、Sophie Calle、Hiroshi Sugimoto,画家包括Gerhard Richter和Rembrandt。

Lydia Panas has exhibited widely throughout the United States, and is gaining attention in Europe and Asia. Lydia has taught at many institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum, Lafayette, Muhlenberg, and Moravian Colleges, Kutztown University, the Maine Media Workshops, the MFA program at Vermont College, and the Baum School of Art/Lehigh Carbon Community College. She has received degrees from Boston College, School of Visual Arts and New York University/International Center of Photography. She focuses on people she knows. In the dim situation and color we feel her delicateness and objectivity. When asked in a report which photographers or artists had influenced her works, she said, photographers included Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Cindy Sherman, Rynecke Dykstra, Katy Grannan, Richard Avedon, Sophie Calle, and Hiroshi Sugimoto; painters included Gerhard Richter and Rembrandt.

Date: April 9th, 2010
Cate: Photography
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Rob Hann

Rob Hann 出生于英国,在家庭农场中度过了童年生活。自2003年起工作生活于纽约,在此之前分别工作生活于得克萨斯州奥斯汀,纽约,米兰,巴黎和伦敦。在成为摄影师之前,他不停地让自己忙于大量的工作之中。Rob为大量出版物工作,包括:The Times Magazine, The Telegraph Magazine, Monocle, Carl*s Cars, Wired (UK), Time Out, The Independent On Sunday Review, Q Magazine, Glamour, NME, Intersection, Style And The Family Tunes, D2, Arena, Orange Life, Scotland On Sunday Magazine, Icon, Tokion, Vision, Seed, Uncut, The Wire, Loaded, Vox, Trace, True, Straight No Chaser, The Scotsman Magazine, Kerrang! and The Big Issue.

Rob Hann was born in Salisbury, England and spent his childhood on the family farm. Over the following years he lived and worked in Austin Texas, New York City, Milan, Paris and London again before returning to New York where he’s lived since 2003. He kept himself busy with a great variety of jobs before becoming a photographer. Rob has worked for many publications including The Times Magazine, The Telegraph Magazine, Monocle, Carl*s Cars, Wired (UK), Time Out, The Independent On Sunday Review, Q Magazine, Glamour, NME, Intersection, Style And The Family Tunes, D2, Arena, Orange Life, Scotland On Sunday Magazine, Icon, Tokion, Vision, Seed, Uncut, The Wire, Loaded, Vox, Trace, True, Straight No Chaser, The Scotsman Magazine, Kerrang! and The Big Issue.

Date: March 31st, 2010
Cate: Drawing, Fashion
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Carine Brancowitz

Carine Brancowitz,法国插画师。擅长运用铅笔以及大量的红白蓝三色勾勒出富有时尚感的人物造型。

Carine Brancowitz is a French illustrator. She is good at using pencil and red, white and blue colours to outline the fashion style.

Date: March 22nd, 2010
Cate: Photography
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Dave Jordano

Dave Jordano, 1948年出生于密歇根州底特律。现生活工作于芝加哥。Jordano对他的作品是这样描述的:“没有政治动机或社会评论,更多的是个人自我反省的旅程,是跨文化的发现与成熟。”

Dave Jordano was born in 1948 in Detroit, Michigan. Now he lives and works in Chicago. “Without political motivation or social commentary,” he says, “this is more a personal journey of self-examination, cross cultural discovery and maturity.”

Date: March 17th, 2010
Cate: Photography

Jessica Caisse

Jessica Caisse 是一位美国女摄影师。毕业于加利福利亚艺术学院摄影专业。

Jessica Caisse is an American female photographer. She received her BFA in photography from California College of the arts.