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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

Michael Kenna

英國風景攝影師 Michael Kenna 1953 年出生於英國工業小鎮威德尼斯,以黑白自然風景攝影聞名,其極簡的構圖與對比分明的元素,讓他的作品於純粹的形式中蔓生平靜與詩意。 Kenna 從小在傳統愛爾蘭天主教家庭中長大,性格獨立且熱愛冒險,喜歡一個人到公園、小徑、車站、無人教堂及墓園冒險,成為他從事無人風景攝影的開端。他在 11 歲時第一次接觸黑白攝影,以一台作為聖誕節禮物的黛安娜相機開啟了攝影之路。由於對攝影藝術的熱愛,他就讀 Banbury School of Art 及 London College of Printing 學習攝影及平面設計。1977 年他搬到美國舊金山,並擔任攝影家 Ruth Bernhard 的放像師(printer)長達八年,從中精進了攝影技術,同時發展個人創作。 風景攝影是 Kenna 最具標誌性的類型,畫面構圖穩定,沒有明確的動勢,而是透過線條的交錯 Read more...

Highlight Book

Magazine C issue 8: Togo (9791199529458)

Magazine C issue 8: Togo

Togo was designed in 1973 by Michel Ducaroy and broke with the conventions of the traditional sofa. Its pleated surface, low profile that rests directly on the floor, and all-foam construction introduced a new understanding of comfort and marked a departure from the dominant sofa typologies of its time. Emerging in the socially and culturally transformative climate of the 1960s and 1970s, Togo emb View more...

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