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Photo: Walter Neiger
04 March 2008
03 March 2008
Invited guest: Shen Wei
Almost Naked
Growing up in Mainland China, I was brought up strictly and conservatively, any untraditional and unconventional ideas of life-style can sometimes lead to misconceptions. When I first saw the film Basic Instinct as a teenage sneacking into an underground cinema in Shanghai, I was not so much shocked by the sex and violence in the film. Instead I was shocked by the realization of how other people, including myself, are so numbed about the ideas of intimacy, sexuality, and love. Since I moved to the United States, my needs for self-expression has grown. However, my curiosity about how others deal with their identity in what is a fairly open society like America has increased. As a result I started to photograph people and life in America.
The goal of my projects are to raise the question about human nature, about emotions, feelings, desire, instinct and identity, to reveal things that you can feel it, that are unexplainable but yet still solid. I am fascinated with exploring the complexity of emotional nakedness and psychological connection/disconnection, as it is often expressed not specifically but explicitly. Certainly my photography is my perspectives and how I look at people and life in America. But most importantly, I want viewers of my work to make their own discoveries and judgments of my photographs. / Shen Wei
Born and raised in Shanghai, China. Shen Wei is a fine art photographer currently based in New York City. Shen's photographs have been widely exhibited, including Griffin Museum of Photography, Center on Contemporary Art (Seattle), Lincoln Center Avery Fisher Hall, ZONE: Chelsea Center for the Arts (NYC) and Saatchi Gallery at the Zoo Art Fair 2007 (London). His photographs have been featured in various publications such as American Photo, Chinese Photography, PDN, Photographer's Forum and La Tempestad.
Shen is named as one of the fifteen "new generation of photo pioneers" by American Photo magazine in 2007.
Shen Wei holds an MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media from School of Visual Arts (NYC), a BFA in Photography from Minneapolis College of Art and Design and a BA in Decorative Arts and Design from Shanghai Light Industry College.
You should definitely visit Shen Wei´s site to find out more about his excellent work. And check out his blog.
All pictures @ Shen Wei
invited by ulf fågelhammar
02 March 2008
mini project: shopwindows
15, rue Maître-Albert
Date: 1912
photographer: Eugène Atget (1857–1927)
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Avenue des Gobelins
Date: 1927
Photographer Eugène Atget (1857–1927)
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art
My first thought of a mini project was actually this one: shopwindows. There was one man that I had in mind: Eugène Atget. This humble man was working hard every day documenting Paris, unnoticed and unknown. Atget made thousands of pictures, many of them are lost forever. Thanks to Man Ray and others he was rediscovered. Among the work that has been saved to future generations is a self-assigned survey of storefronts, shopwindows and commercial signs. You see a couple of those images here.
So in this era of assignments. What do you think about being assigned by the F blog and make a survey in the spirit of the master Atgèt? But, what´s in it for you? Well, as you know we are a non commercial blog, so we can´t offer you money, not even any medals. But perhaps you will do it - just for the love of photography. Just like Eugène.
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Stay tuned to F - the self-assigned channel. We are there for Photography.
01 March 2008
29 February 2008
From Karlskoga to Kartago - a preview
Everything appears so recently
Photo© Rosita Borum, Rättvik
Sweden's Official Festival for Documentary Films called Tempo Documentary will be on in Stockholm 5-9th March. As a part of the festival an exhibition will take place on Center of Photography. Mobila dokumentärredaktionen (the Mobile doucumentary team of editors) travelled in the spring of 2007 around Sweden and collaborated with elderly people in four cities and towns, collecting and depicting reflections on life and reality of and by senior citizens.
The participants, about 200 retired people, produced together with the team an extensive material that has been shaped into 25 short films, 35 radio documentaries, one feature documentary for The Swedish public service broadcaster – Sveriges Television (SVT), a book and a large amount of still photos.
The exhibition at the Center of Photography will open on 6 March and will be on until 16 March. Read more about this event on www.tempofestival.nu/english/
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photo: Jeanne Wells
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Fotoexhibition "dreierlei"
Flow 3, photo: Melanie Neiger
rost 1, Photo Hans Ruedi Schlumpf
dream 3, Walter NeigerOur Swiss friends Melanie and Walter invites you to Reinach, Switzerland to see their exhibition opening 4 April, 6.30 PM. Together with Hans Ruedi Schlumpf they will show their work in Galerie Heimatsmuseum until 27 April. F blog wish you good luck! /ulf
make your own kind of music...
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sick of it all / PL 07
i've realized concerts are about music and hairstyle.
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