翻譯員宛超凡 @wanchaofan 1991年生於河北省,東京藝術大學博士。STAIRS PRESS出版社聯合創始人。TOTEM POLE PHOTO GALLERY成員。攝影集有《在水邊》(2016, STAIRS PRESS)、《觀物》(2018, WAN PUBLISHING)、《在石頭內部燃燒》(2020, WAN PUBLISHING)。獲第5回Canon Photographers Session佳能獎(2016)、第44回寫真新世紀優秀獎(2021)。作品被清里攝影美術館收藏。
當時日本傳媒廣泛報導他的身故,當中不乏觀點偏頗的文章,其時傳媒蜂擁向細江英公徵求刊登《薔薇刑》照片,他以守護三島由紀夫及相片的名譽為由,拒絕提供照片給傳媒,一來照片與他的自殺事件無關,二來也害怕傳媒以偏頗的文章配上《薔薇刑》,感覺對三島先生不尊重。其實在三島自殺之前,由於攝影集在海外也大獲好評,他們已籌備出版國際版《薔薇刑》,事件發生後,細江英公中斷出版計劃,幸好後來三島由紀夫太太瑤子致電他務必將其付梓,於是翌年才有這本《薔薇刑》(Barakei – Killed by Roses),由著名設計師橫尾忠則負責裝幀設計。
當時細江英公不僅拍攝她在工作室的場景、在工作室外第14街表演行為藝術的時刻(14th Street Happening),同時記錄下她在紐約Castellane Gallery展出的情景。最特別的一張作品,是草間彌生被陽具雕塑圍繞, 雙腿向上伸展呈V字型,目光自信地望向鏡頭。細江英公以影像疊加的方式,令相片產生一種夢幻的效果,突出藝術家「重複」的創作理念。
1995年,在細江英公的提倡下,位於山梨縣的清里攝影美術館 (K*MoPA,Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts)成立,由細江擔任館長多年,以教育為目的收藏攝影作品,尤其是鉑金相片,收藏量豐富。去年到訪日本攝影師志鎌猛(Takashi Shikama)位於山梨縣家中時,夫婦二人曾帶我參觀清里攝影美術館,當年志鎌猛先生正是在這裡見到鉑金相片的魅力後,從而開始鑽研鉑金鈀金照片十多年。
《William Klein: Painted Contacts》,29 x 20cm,HKD320,可inbox @photogshop 購買,
While reviewing his contact sheets for a film he made in the 1980s, William Klein conceived this original series by working at the nexus of painting and photography.
Referencing the age of film photography, when photographers selected images by circling individual negatives on a contact sheet with brightly colored grease pencils, Klein’s works invent a unique art object that organically combines painting and photography.
The resulting pieces are bold, kinetic color frames and reframes of enlarged black-and-white images throughout his career. Klein‘s iconic fashion and street photography always look gritty and bold, and are given a new vanguard and extraordinary perspective.
In his foreword to this edition, Klein describes these works as ”all brush strokes and jubilation. The jubilation of painting recalls the celebration of taking the photo.“
Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze’s ‘Concrete Stories’: A Fresh Angle on Hong Kong Rooftop Photography
‘Concrete Stories’ is a collection of genuine moments capturing people’s daily lives from the rooftops in Kowloon districts.
From 2014 to 2018, Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze, a French photographer based in Hong Kong, explored the city’s rooftops in a unique way. His lens captured the city from a fresh angle, focusing on aged buildings without alarms or security cameras and favoring sunny days for enhanced luminosity.
In his lens, you can see students skipping rope, women drying clothes, and people practicing Tai Chi. The scenes on the rooftop become more dramatic under the setting sunlight. After taking the photo, the final step was to carefully crop the images to highlight the rooftop and people’s activities.
These buildings, once a vibrant part of the city’s landscape, are now disappearing at an alarming rate. The pressing need for land has led to the demolition of low-rise structures, making way for taller, more modern ones, often with inaccessible rooftops.
植田正治曾說過:「只有普通人看得懂的照片,才是真正的好照片。」以業餘攝影愛好者自居的他,一生主要以沙丘為舞台,拍攝家人與家鄉鳥取的人文風景,雖然大部分作品都如舞台攝影般以「擺拍」進行,但卻絲毫不顯生硬,反而有一種魔幻的趣味。由日本便利堂(Benrido)推出的珂羅版迷你作品集《Gone are the Days》,精選六幅植田正治與家人在鳥取沙丘擺拍的照片。
Shoji Ueda《Gone are the Days》 時間來到1983年,一直支持植田正治的妻子紀枝離世,對他造成巨大打擊,他變得沉默不語,甚至喪失對攝影的興趣。讓植田重燃熱情的人,是身為藝術總監的二兒子充,他委託父親為設計師菊池武夫的品牌Takeo Kikuchi拍攝時尚寫真。一向以業餘自居的植田正治,忽然要拍攝商業攝影,震驚當時的攝影界。
不過對植田而言,這卻是難得的經歷,他重回熟悉的鳥取沙丘,模特兒自由地表演,他則透過鏡頭重拾攝影的樂趣。由日本便利堂推出的這本植田正治迷你作品集《Gone are the Days》,是植田正治晚年時期的商業創作,精選六幅由珂羅版 (Collotype) 印刷的照片,包括沙丘上的地壇與煙花、頗有Rene Magritte超現實風格的手持圓頂禮帽的照片等,這種充滿舞台感的超現實畫面,正是為人熟悉的「植田調」。
Issei Suda《Anonymous Men and Women Tokyo 1976-78》,「顯影·書櫃」有售。
第二章是「Law of Desire」,作為一名同志攝影師,李志超拍攝過不少裸體作品,無疑為當時性觀念仍十分保守的社會,帶來一定程度上的衝擊,他的照片令人反思身體與慾望的法則。這個章節同時收錄多幅他為《妖夜迴廊》(同名電影也由他執導,吳彥祖主演)、《放火燒城》、《暗夜機密》等個人小說及為《少年邪》、《巴黎私生活》等散文集拍攝的封面,也有為外國作家拍攝的書籍封面照片。