Results tagged “photography”

Kicking off a new event idea that may very well turn into a monthly occurrence, Dada Bar is getting the word out about their ‘Shanghai Photographer Night’ on November 18th. The concept behind the event is an attempt to combine photography and music into one cohesive event. Rather than playing the uninspired, whiny music that is often found in art gallery exhibits, each photographer will him or herself select music to accompany their contribution, giving the entire experience a more consistent theme (or so goes Dada’s theory).

   

Photos are Bath Time by Elke Martini and World Expo Construction (世博建筑) by Yilong Design

Plagiarism is sad to see, especially when it's of art, and exceptionally when it's too blatant to chalk up to "artistic inspiration". Danwei has a story on a painting called "When I Was Young" by Li Yueliang, an artist from Zhejiang province, which was on display in Jinan at the National Games.

      

To give us some perspective on the massive social and economic impact of pollution throughout China, we've turned to photographer Lu Guang's "Pollution in China" project. Lu won this year's $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography from the Asia Society in New York. His project documents families, farmers, industrial districts, rivers, the countryside, cancer patients, children; anyone and everything affected by pollution across China.

     

We're always fascinated by old pictures of China--we love seeing the tangible change in photographs from eras past. And since we can never get enough, here are a few more pictures from a wonderful photoset taken nearly thirty years ago.

Shanghai native Xi Wenlei, or XiZi as he is called on the Net, won the competition for the second month running this September. His winning work, with a composition that suggests a painting, shows a cat sitting next to an open window of an old Shikumen House, which is to be dismantled to make way for the Expo. Not just any window, the one in his photograph is made of multicoloured glass panes, a relic from a soon to be bygone era. XiZi has made nostalgic imagery expression of Shanghai’s old days juxtaposed with the present his signature style.

Continue reading "Shanghai Corporate Pavilion photo competition's September winners"

     

We're fans of anything old timey, and so these photos of Shanghai (and Mongolia, and Beijing) in 1981 have really struck our fancy. Don't worry, despite depicting the 80s, there are no mullets or shoulder pads to be found.

Everyone's excited about the upcoming 60th Anniversary: after all, it marks a significant milestone in the country's history. A lot has changed over the years, to say the least. To commemorate the many stages and changes of the PRC, in2marcom has a wonderful collection of China Pictorial covers.

We were alerted to this neat little site when it was still just a photo blog, with beautiful pictures of random 老百姓 (laobaixing - local civilians) around the Xinjiang area. Now its creators, Andy and Evan, are setting off for a year-plus tour of China by bicycle... today!

We were great fans of (now ex-)New York Times Shanghai bureau chief Howard W. French's 2006 photo exhibit in Berlin, which documented "Disappearing Shanghai," the alleys and homes being torn down for redevelopment back then. Now he's ready with a sequel.

Remember that People's Archive photo competition being hosted by the Shanghai Corporate Pavilion that we told you about way back when? If you submitted something, you might want to check to see if your photo has won.

• Ever wanted a ranking of the five sexiest pavilions for the World Expo? Well now you've got it. [Chinatravel.net]
• Speaking of pavilions, Germany's pavilion will guide visitors through its many exhibits with a storyline involving a Chinese woman and her German friend and end with a live performance by the story's characters [China Briefing]
• If you thought that the all the rain this week had something to do with the eclipse, you are wrong [China Daily]

We were tipped off (thanks @breningstall) to this neat photographic experiment/coffee table book that compares and contrasts Shanghai scenes and Stockholm sites in 164 color images, finding weird connections and juxtapositions between the two vastly different cities.

As much as we'll sometimes snark on the World Expo, it's sure to present anyone who displays anything there a crapton of foot traffic. So if you're a photographer, the Shanghai Corporate Pavilion's offer is probably worth considering.

Because you never know who might be watching what we put up on the site. Longtime photo contributor Jakob Montrasio had his amazing images of Pudong skyscrapers featured in a New York City exhibition at the Skyscraper Museum this month. How did they find out about him? Through us! We featured his pics in a post titled “Photos that actually make Pudong look cool” in April 2007.

For the past year, the non-profit and non-governmental organization Hands on Shanghai, with the help of ad agency TBWA and Kodak, has been putting cameras in the hands of children from migrant families and teaching them principles of photography both inside the classroom and out in the field. Several of the photos taken by the kids through this learning program, called "Shutterbugs," will be on display and up for auction this Sunday at Glamour Bar, with the proceeds going towards expanding the program in Shanghai and Chengdu.

Shanghai Daily first alerted us to the fact that the Oriental Crown, China's pavilion for the World Expo, was given its first test light up yesterday night. The pretty awesome pic they snapped made us curious to see if we could find any slightly bigger ones. Well, turns out World Expo Blog has a couple sweet ones. Looks like that's the place to go for more Oriental Crown previewing!

Porn shoot? Nope. Actually, this was a photography competition hosted by a real estate company in Hubei. The photographer's mission, if they chose to accept it, was to take a great picture of a (very naked) human figure on pieces of property the company had up for sale. And accept it they did... in droves. Over 100 pervy photogs showed up to snap pics... we're betting not all of them made it to public collections.

     

What is contemporary art in China? And in what way do we perceive the rapidly disappearing Mao murals throughout the ever changing city of Shanghai? Conceptual artist Pia Johanson and street photographer Elke Martini are investigating and documenting these topics in "Mao for Sale", an exhibition that just opened at The Studio.

The latest exhibition at the Art Labor gallery on Yongjia Lu is a satirical take on last summer's Beijing Olympics.

A photographer in Xiamen has been condemned for lying in wait to get these unfortunate (but, we admit, amusing) pictures of people on bikes hitting a pot-hole submerged in rainwater. According to Ananova, one netizen wrote: "The pictures are well shot, but the person who shot this is disgusting. He knew there was a pit, but was waiting htere for someone to fall over." The photographer defended himself by arguing that without the pictures, the government would have never noticed the pit. (Oof, turns out this whole story is at least four years old. On the bright side, chances are the pot hole has actually been fixed by now! Thanks @apgalbraith for the check.)

More photos on the Shanghaiist Contribute page. To see your photos on our Contribute page, use Flickr and tag your photos “shanghaiist”. Or you can email your photos to photos@shanghaiist.com and they will automatically appear on our site (and here).

Satisfying our craving for old China photographs, the BBC has put up some online versions of rare 19th Century prints that recently went on display in Beijing.

More photos on the Shanghaiist Contribute page. To see your photos on our Contribute page, use Flickr and tag your photos “shanghaiist”. Or you can email your photos to photos@shanghaiist.com and they will automatically appear on our site (and here).

One of the winners of this year's Sony World Photography Award at Cannes used Shanghai for his inspiration. Michael van der Bogaard, based in Cologne, Germany, got first place in the Architecture category for a series about Shanghai's less glorious lanes and alleys.

This was taken by Ben Shipley in a rest stop on the way to the Nine Dragons Hill Resort in Zhejiang.. Help us come up with a good caption!

Photojournalist Chua Chin Hon has amassed an impressive collection of photographs charting the transformation caused by the Three Gorges Dam project, soon to be showing at Southern Barbarian. The pictures, taken over repeated visits to the area in the last five years, document historic townships being submerged and new communities taking their place.

More photos on the Shanghaiist Contribute page. To see your photos on our Contribute page, use Flickr and tag your photos “shanghaiist”. Or you can email your photos to photos@shanghaiist.com and they will automatically appear on our site (and here).

More photos on the Shanghaiist Contribute page. To see your photos on our Contribute page, use Flickr and tag your photos “shanghaiist”. Or you can email your photos to photos@shanghaiist.com and they will automatically appear on our site (and here).

More photos on the Shanghaiist Contribute page. To see your photos on our Contribute page, use Flickr and tag your photos “shanghaiist”. Or you can email your photos to photos@shanghaiist.com and they will automatically appear on our site (and here).