Araki - 遺作 空2

我想很多熱愛攝影的人應該會嫉妒我哦，因為這次去東京恰好荒木經惟在舉辦他最新的創作－遺作 空2。展覽的地方在市郊清澄區的Taka Ishii Gallery。出了地鐵，誤打誤撞的跟著地圖，穿過了清澄公園...

半信半疑的走進這個白色的大倉庫... 原來真的就在裡面阿!
看完這次的展覽，覺得荒木先生把他歷年來的作品從新整理了一次，再用另一種角度來詮釋他的經歷。一張一張照片沒有錶框的赤裸裸的放在眼前，覺得很貼近主題。每張照片的角度都是仰望著天空，接著上面剪貼著他之前的作品，或者是上了不同顏色的顏料。看完了以後，突然有點覺得同情荒木先生。因為覺得他好像活的很痛苦，老是存活在生與死之間。我想他應該是很想念他已逝的老婆吧！有一張照片上面就活生生的寫著 “癌” 這個字。但是上了色的照片卻另人覺得他好像想要讓自己的生活從悲傷中站立起來，那種絕望好像在說 “為甚麼老天要這樣對我”，但那種盼望好像在說 “振作點，是男人就繼續往前走吧“。 張張照片的背景好像都是在他家後院拍的，上面是天上的雲彩，下面是房屋的屋頂。我想這樣向天望去的角度... 是否抱著對自己的某種希望呢？或者他想說的是，他已經死了？因為只有死人每天都仰望著天啊？荒木先生厲害的就是在這裡吧。作品有另人很多遐想的空間，手法一流，思想怪誕！

Araki VS Lady GaGa － 兩個怪誕的撞擊

WOW...

能讓Lady GaGa 脫成這樣+困綁成這樣，大概也只有Araki...

Araki Nabuyoshi - 荒木經惟

剛剛看完荒木經惟－寫真的話。覺得他是一個很奇特的咖。整本書是用一種說故事的方式，介紹他一生所拍過的東西，雖然裡面的圖片很小，看得不是很清楚。但是書裡輕鬆的口吻讓這個怪咖平易近人。荒木經惟的作品都是跟生死有關，拍攝已故的爸爸，媽媽，並從中學會構圖還有取景角度。老婆去世前，還一直不忘著用相機記錄自己的每一刻。黑色的照片是死的，彩色的照片是生的。凋零的花是死的，把色料灑在花上就讓花起死會生。荒木經惟的作品很多人覺得色情，但是了解荒木經惟的人卻覺得他是一個哲學家，我想是由情色間領悟到的一種人生的道理吧。荒木經惟給我的感覺是一個情感氾濫的人，這種氾濫確帶給他很多不同創作的泉源，或許也代表我們現實社會裡面的雜亂吧。

荒木經惟吸引我的地方其實是他對攝影的獨特見解。比如說他覺得攝影其實就是複製，是當你有按下快門的想法到真正按下快門的那個時候，那個就是攝影。還有他覺得真實創造真實，或許這就是他的作品另人覺得那麼的貼近。他最獨特的看法是當他說：用攝影去永遠保存影像是一個錯誤的觀念。照片有存在感或永恆感是不行的，因為他覺得只要看到這樣的一張照片就結束了，很快就被遺忘。比起那種不斷引人注意的照片，讓人覺得似乎在那裡看過的照片更好。換句話說，不是拍攝現實，而是拍攝似曾相識。讓照片能夠有不斷的敘事能力，我想這就是荒木經惟這個紀實攝影大師最終想表達的概念吧！

Arno Rafael Minkkinen

無意中在798的東磊影像畫廊的書架上翻到了這本畫冊。攝影師是Arno Rafael Minkkinen。The first reaction I had for his work is "WOW! It's so beautiful!" Arno 說到：地球是世界的教堂，從很久很久以前我們就是原始自然，樹，天空，水，的一部分。It is so zen yet romantic. 

Arno's work gives me great inspiration since I want to shoot a series of loving hands. He has exceptional concept in composition. And how he merge the natural and human makes the pictures so peaceful yet 還會讓人有會心一笑的感覺。我想那是對他對世界的感官的認同吧！

Here are some of his photos:

Three Shadows Photography Art Centre

Had a chance to walk around Beijing with my good photographer friend, South. Three Shadows Photography Art Centre gave me a WOW factor. Not only the scale of it, but also the architectural design, space, and the exhibition. 

This month exhibition is WATW, We are the world, photography from China and the Neverthelands. Generally, it talks about how the world is changing due to excessive human consumption. 
This is another exhibition which I quite like. Its called the "red pole". It has the visual catch. 
The library is full of books on photography. Some of them are even 絕版, you need to become a member in order to read them. 
The cafe is on the right hand side of the building, which South and I saw the owner, Rong Rong, and Inri. 
This studio belongs to Rong Rong and Inri. I think it is any photographers dream. Rong Rong is Chinese and Inri is Japanese. This is the first time I know about them. I presume they both enjoy the freedom they have in their work because they have a lot of fascinating nude work. Another day to open my eyes. 

http://www.threeshadows.cn

first prints from photocrafters

These are couple of my first images from the darkroom. These photos took me hours to get it right and I feel I have accomplished a lot by producing these images. Of course... this is just the beginning! Simon asked us to shoot something black and something white. I went to the pier and took the Princess Cruise. And here it goes.

The second image I took on the day before I head into the class. It is a good subject because it trains me on how to bring out the details from the shadows. 

This is the contact print. Although it is a bit like lightroom the software. But when I can actually hold on to this contact print, I feel I actually own this images rather than having them on the screen. Maybe it is just me. 

Photos taken

Had a chance to take photos in Tony's upper deck. The session took about 2 hours. Shot it with a G10 canon. Picture quality is not the best, but we like the pictures. Well, I prove my point, you don't really need a good cam to take good picture. =)

P.S. you just need a good model. Ha... 

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