四年前，裴炳雨首次在香港展出大尺寸的松樹作品，從中環移師黃竹坑的Axel Vervoordt畫廊，最近再次舉辦他的展覽，展出十多幅由他親自沖印的小型作品，除了松樹，還有在濟州島拍攝的海景照片，每幅都是獨一無二。早在1980年代，當韓國人尚未認真將攝影當成藝術的年代，身為首爾藝術大學（Seoul Institute of the Arts）的教授，裴炳雨已開始在黑房裏用明膠銀鹽相紙曬相。
Paul Fusco生於1930年的美國麻省，二戰期間，許多經典戰爭照片廣為流傳，讓戰地攝影師這身分變得廣為人知。無獨有偶，二戰結束那年，十五歲的他開始對攝影感興趣，並在韓戰期間（1951-1953）得到很好磨練。當時他加入美國陸軍通訊兵（United States Army Signal Corps），成為一名攝影師，拍攝美軍在當地的行動。韓戰結束後，他回國修讀新聞攝影，大學畢業後搬到紐約，成為《Look》雜誌攝影師。這本雜誌非常重視圖片故事，寇比力克（Stanley Kubrick）在成為大導演之前，就是在雜誌社練就出色的說故事能力。Paul Fusco其中一輯最廣為人知的照片，就是受《Look》雜誌委託拍攝的。
1968年6月5日，民主黨總統候選人羅拔甘迺迪（Robert F. Kennedy）在洛杉磯遇刺身亡，事件令舉國震驚，畢竟他的兄長約翰甘迺迪總統，在五年前同樣因槍殺逝世，令人傷心不已。在紐約舉行葬禮後，羅拔甘迺迪的遺體被運送至華盛頓特區附近的阿靈頓國家公墓，葬在約翰甘迺迪旁邊。Paul Fusco當時登上運送靈柩的火車，拍攝沿途在路軌旁邊送別他的民眾。
雖說iPad及電子書籍當道，但書籍仍有知音人，圖書館聽落是老餅的代名詞，卻仍吸引萬千在文字世界追尋知識的人。網上經常有人轉載「世界十大最漂亮圖書館」此類的文章，每間圖書館都美輪美奐，細看照片，原來當中不少都是法國攝影師Franck Bohbot的作品，2011年開始，他展開名為「House of Books」的攝影計劃，從巴黎出發，踏足意大利、日本、美國等多個國家，拍攝下世上各座書本的天堂。
Paris, under the lens of the late German female photographer Ilse Bing (1899-1998), was particularly charming and fascinating. She spent the most fabulous ten years in Paris and captured its exuberance in the 1930s. F11 Foto Museum exhibited 103 photographs by Ilse Bing, and it also revealed her complicated life.
Bing was attractive to Paris’s vitality, and successfully seize its liveliness through the camera. The dynamic dancer’s picture she photographed with ambient light at the Moulin Rouge was much appreciated. Emmanuel Sougez, an art critic and founder of the French Periodical L’Illustration, was amazed by her images, praised her ability to capture the enchantment, and describer her as “Queen of the Leica.”
In a male-dominated society in the 1930s, Ilse Bing, as a photography enthusiast, gained her reputation as “Queen of the Leica.” She believes that photography is an art and focused on this new medium. The compact camera allows her to take pictures everywhere. In one of the most iconic selfies, she half-covered her face with a Leica camera, and the mirror behind reflected her side face, The two of her in the picture symbolize her photographic manifesto, which demonstrates the unlimited possibilities of photography.
This talented and intelligent woman combined art and commercial photography skillfully, and her talent was immediately recognized. At that time, she worked for Vu and Vogue Magazines and also photographed for the American version of Harper’s Bazaar. In 1936, she exhibited in the first modern photography exhibition in the Louvre, and also displayed in the “Photography, 1839-1937” exhibition held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The decade in the 1930s was the peak of her photography career.
這一招雖然並非百試百靈，不過成功率也相當之高，在2009年尾至2010年期間，他用半年時間成功拍攝130位乘客（只有九人拒絕），之後再篩選三十張做展覽，當年BBC及《衛報》都曾報導。“As a taxi driver, you get to see a real cross section of society.”——他如此形容自己的「TAXI」拍攝計劃。
作為外來者，他先被當地村莊的建築吸引，拍攝房屋、家居擺設及謙卑的當地人，集結成《Dorps: Small Towns of South Africa》一書。之後，他將重心慢慢從房屋轉移到人身上，拍攝不同南非居民的肖像，關注他們的精神狀態，發表的多本著作之中，尤以2001年面世的《Outland》最廣為人知。世人眼中，白人在南非享有特權，然而Ballen鏡頭下拍攝的，是生活在郊區小鎮貧民窟的白人，他們長期與世隔絕，因各種遺傳原因，樣貌逐漸變得怪異，也慢慢出現許多令人費解的行為。
Mario Testino原本修讀的是經濟學，1976年，22歲的他毅然移居倫敦學習攝影。倫敦的時尚風氣與秘魯簡直天淵之別，這也讓喜歡時尚的Mario心靈得到解放，展開對時尚攝影的追求。「大明星御用攝影師」這個稱號背後，是長年努力所累積的，當時他在英倫無人無物，在跟隨兩位攝影師當過一年學徒之後，就滿腔熱血向雜誌社自薦，卻一次次遭受不留情面的回絕。為了養活自己，當時生活拮据的他一邊在餐廳打工，更不得不住在廢棄的精神病院。
Among many beautiful images of Princess Diana, Peruvian photographer Mario Testino has captured the most charming and attractive one.
Mario started his career in the British fashion industry in the 1980s and gained a reputation in the 1990s. In 1997, he photographed Lady Diana for Vanity Fair Magazine.
It was his first time shooting for the British Royal Family, and also the last fashion photographs of the princess; she was full of confidence with elegance.
Not long after the magazine published, she died in a car accident, and the whole of England mourned. These smiling photos of Diana became the last impression of her incredible life.
In 1980, shortly after China’s “reform and opening up” policy, the 23-year-old photographer KanTai Wong embarked on a journey to Xinjiang. “Turpan and Kuqa in Xinjiang are the Flaming Mountain and Ladies’ Kingdom in the famous novel The Journey to The West.”
The imagination of Literature attracted him to this trip. When separated from two friends in Urumqi, he got the remaining “Foreign Exchange Certificate” of his friends. He took the bus alone to Kashgar in southern Xinjiang. “Turpan, Kuqa, Kashgar are similar to the Islamic world, especially Kashgar is an important ancient city in Central and West Asia. It is permeated with the Islamic atmosphere, Uyghur women wrap their heads with fabric, and people read the Quran.”
Looking back, he said that although he felt that people were a little wary, they were generally amiable. He photographed the little girl’s shy smile, the little boys swimming naked in the river, the locals grazing, and the bazaar. He did not capture it with a newfangled mindset, but by recording their traditions, such as hats and beards, and belief, to present dignity. “I think the life quality in Xinjiang is not impoverished like it used to be, but the tradition has broken down, and it feels like this dignity is gone.”
Gregory Colbert的職業生涯始於1983年，當時這位年僅23歲的年輕人，開始在巴黎拿起錄影機拍攝反映社會問題的紀錄片，關於強姦案的、關於瀕臨死亡的藝術家、也有關於愛滋病的題材，尤其《On the Brink: An AIDS Chronicle》這部愛滋病題材的紀錄片迴響很大，之後他把創作的重心轉向藝術攝影。1992年，在瑞士和日本舉辦的個展《Timewaves》，吸引不少收藏家和基金會的注意，在他們的資助下，他開始周遊世界拍攝大象、豹等動物，展開為期十年的拍攝計劃「Ashes and Snow」。
Ashes and Snow
從1992年開始，他完成逾四十次遠征，足跡遍及南極洲、北極、澳洲、東南亞及非洲等多處地方，拍攝大象、鷹隼、羚羊、鯨魚、美洲豹、長臂猿和鱷魚等動物，也把鏡頭對準緬甸和尚、南非桑族人、蒙古人和世界各地的原住民。所有照片都沒特別標題，只有一個共同名字：「Ashes and Snow」（塵與雪）。
1999年，他構想一座可輕易搭建的美術館，作為在全球巡迴展覽時的短期場地。經過多年構想，第一座美術館終於在紐約問世，配合「Ashes and Snow」的作品展出，後來又踏足加州、東京、墨西哥城、巴西等地方，根據不同的當地環境，採用各具特色的設計。時至今日，展覽已吸引逾一千萬人次觀眾，這樣人潮踴躍的個展，在所有在世的藝術家裡，絕對是絕無僅有的。
