photography
Shopping in GZ: Haiyin Camera Area
by Malcolm Parker on January 23, 2013
My first camera was a Kodak Brownie I bought from a pawnshop for $5 when I was ten. I have since bought more used camera gear than new – much more. As it is with things for which you have an intense interest or passion, hunting and gathering through shops is a pleasure that can consume hours if not days. In Guangzhou, at the Haiyin camera area, it can take …
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Eyes of Asia
by Marc J Chalifoux on October 3, 2012
This entry in the Frames Per Second series is a set of images that are close-up portraits highlighting eyes as the predominant detail. Thus, the only caption will be the location where the image was created.
Dalat, Vietnam
Puri, India
Kathmandu, Nepal…
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Xinjiang Fathers
by Malcolm Parker on September 25, 2012
Photos from the hospital in Urumqi of fathers and their children.
Originally posted Sept. 20, 2011…
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Asia in the Twenty First Century
by Marc J Chalifoux on September 11, 2012
The 21st century is foretold to be Asia’s century. To mention its diversity as a landmass or collection of cultures sounds like a trite understatement once it has been experienced firsthand. These images aim to represent the past, present, and future of a continent that will likely have a direct impact on all of our lives in the coming decades.
The Himalaya, with Mount Everest as a centre point, viewed …
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Vignettes From the Other China 四
by Marc J Chalifoux on August 27, 2012
As a former Japanese colony (1895-1945), the Taiwanese population still retains many cultural, social, and linguistic ties to their former rulers. Popular games, comics, and toys are among the more overt expressions of those connections.
The Core Pacific City, otherwise known as the Living Mall (京華城), is a monument to the high end, luxury-branded, one-stop shopping experience that seems to represent the best of western culture to the average Taiwanese …
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Visual Inventory
by Malcolm Parker on August 9, 2012
This photo of a family, its yurt* and possessions is from a photo project begun in 2005 by Huang Qingjun and Ma Hongjie. They travel around the country and photograph families outside their homes with all their possessions. Simple and lovely. The tone of the photos (the processed ones at the start, not the others at the end) reminds me of Alec Soth’s fantastic book, Sleeping by the Mississippi ** and …
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Vignettes From the Other China 三
by Marc J Chalifoux on August 4, 2012
Riot police mobilize in front of the presidential palace in April 2004 when it becomes clear that Kuomintang (KMT) supporters do not accept the results of the recent election.
Revelers stand at point-blank range before a large bank of “bee-hive” bottle rockets on the final day of the annual lantern festival in Yenshui (鹽水區). It is considered auspicious to be struck by live fireworks at this time of year.…
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Alberta Aboriginal Arts Premieres International Dance Production
by Marc J Chalifoux on June 19, 2012
This past week Alberta Aboriginal Arts presented the world premiere of the contemporary dance work They Shoot Buffalo, Don’t They? and a workshop presentation of Connection.1 at Edmonton’s Catalyst Theatre as part of the 4th Annual Rubaboo Arts Festival.
They Shoot Buffalo, Don’t They? is a rugged and haunting work that uses the choreography of traditional First Nations dances and ceremonies as its template. It depicts the fate of both …
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Fun with Tom and John
by Malcolm Parker on May 15, 2012
I’ve seen some of John Baldessari’s dot photos and I laughed because they are great and fun. They upset people whose definition of modern art is “I could’ve done that” + “Yeah, but you didn’t”‘, a defintion almost all of the Canadian government should have known when the kerfuffle over Barnett Newman’s ‘Voice of Fire’ happened (I’d bet that Harper’s lot would do the same). Joy is a good reaction, and in this piece …
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Views with Points
by Malcolm Parker on April 23, 2012
Photo-agency Magnum has ten of its photographers – Martin Parr, Alec Soth, Bruce Gilden, and Paolo Pellegrin among them – in Rochester, NY, picture-making and tumblring (and ing-ing other social media I don’t have access to). House of Pictures, from the larger Postcards from America project, has up some stellar work already, like this by Paolo Pellegrin.
Check out the Tumblr here.
v/t A Photo Editor.
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Whimsical Wenders
by Malcolm Parker on April 10, 2012
A good filmmaker being a good photographer is less surprising than a good photographer being a good filmmaker. The demands of filmmaking are complex and images serve this while an image, though complex, doesn’t always involve a narrative. Kubrik and Anton Corbjin (Control, The American) are samples of the second, and Wim Wenders of the first.
Here’s an interview with Wenders about what appeals to him about photography. …
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