Interview

In Conversation with Enno Cheng: On Moon Phases and the Journey Beyond

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Masayuki Oki Returns with Another Series of Unforgettable Street Cats

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An Unlikely Portrait of Japan Through Its Most Commonly Named Bars, “Sakura”

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100 Images That Changed History: From the 19th Century to Today

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The Final Chapter of Yoshiyuki Okuyama’s Trilogy Arrives with photographs

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The Murmurations of Birds Through the Lens of Søren Solkær

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When Photographs Become More Real Than the World: Lieko Shiga’s Tate Photography Series

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Alfred Wallis, A Reclusive Painter Who Changed the Course of British Modern Art

Highlight Artist

Ren Hang

任航

中國攝影師任航是一位早慧的攝影師和詩人,他標誌性的裸體攝影風格描繪了受次文化影響與都市化的中國青年,展現了解放身體和情慾的探索,挑戰著世俗的價值觀。 1987 年生於中國吉林,任航的父親是鐵路工人,母親曾在印刷廠上班,一家三口的生活平凡而安逸。17 歲時,他考上了北京中國傳媒大學廣告學系,搬遷至北京定居,為了讓他記錄在首都的生活,母親將一台傻瓜相機交給他,成為任航攝影生涯的開端。 起初,任航相機不離手,看到什麼就拍,花花草草、建築物身邊的同學⋯⋯第一次拍攝裸體是 2007 年,當室友脫光衣服的時候。「我們住在一起,然後他們洗澡,我就隨便拍了拍,他們對我也比較放心。」任航標誌性的裸體攝影風格就此開啟。有趣的是,當初母親給的那台傻瓜相機,可以說直接定義了任航往後的創作精神:簡易的、直覺的、本能的。任航從不修圖,也不多加解釋自己的作品,對他而言,技術、計畫、論述都不是重點,工具本身也沒有特殊的意 Read more...

Highlight Book

One Picture Book Two #45: Kimono (9781590055816)

One Picture Book Two #45: Kimono

Eikoh Hosoe

“This is my favorite small series. I had never created a work like this prior, and never have since, but it was heavily influenced by Aya Koda’s novel Kimono. Here is the spirit of a young photographer – I was 29 years old at the time – who wanted to see how far photography could come in competition with Ms. Koda's kimono literature, the best in Japan. I don't remember that mourning clothes appear View more...