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Excerpt from www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/community/art_archi_syp_st_sce...:
Art in station architecture
Artwork Title:
Street Scenes of Sai Ying Pun
Artist Name:
Tse Ming-chong and Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation (Hong Kong)
Artwork Location:
Sai Ying Pun Station - Entrance/ Exit B1 and B2 Concourse
Form of Artwork:
Digital Printing on Self Adhesive Vinyl Film
Artwork Completion Date:
March 2015
Artist's Concept:
"Street Scenes of Sai Ying Pun" is a community arts project led by the Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation and local photographer and artist Tse Ming-chong.
In recent years, the historical district of Sai Ying Pun has undergone huge changes. To help document these changes and create an archive of memories for the community, over thirty young people worked with the artist to create photo collages combining over 450 pieces of monochrome photos. The artwork depicts the unique and vibrant character of the neighbourhood and records the traditional shops, the heritage buildings and the daily lives of the local residents.
Excerpt from www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/community/art_archi_syp_st_sce...:
Art in station architecture
Artwork Title:
Street Scenes of Sai Ying Pun
Artist Name:
Tse Ming-chong and Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation (Hong Kong)
Artwork Location:
Sai Ying Pun Station - Entrance/ Exit B1 and B2 Concourse
Form of Artwork:
Digital Printing on Self Adhesive Vinyl Film
Artwork Completion Date:
March 2015
Artist's Concept:
"Street Scenes of Sai Ying Pun" is a community arts project led by the Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation and local photographer and artist Tse Ming-chong.
In recent years, the historical district of Sai Ying Pun has undergone huge changes. To help document these changes and create an archive of memories for the community, over thirty young people worked with the artist to create photo collages combining over 450 pieces of monochrome photos. The artwork depicts the unique and vibrant character of the neighbourhood and records the traditional shops, the heritage buildings and the daily lives of the local residents.
Excerpt from www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/community/art_archi_hku_our_me...:
Art in station architecture
Artwork Title:
Our Memories of the Western District - HKU
Artist Name:
Photo winners from local community and MTR Corporation (Hong Kong)
Artwork Location:
HKU Station - Concourse
Form of Artwork:
Digital Printing on Glass
Artwork Completion Date:
December 2014
Artist's Concept:
The photographic competition entitled "Our Memories of the Western District" was the inaugural activity of the West Island Line Community Art Programme. Unique images of the HKU area were captured by local residents and the winning photographs from the champion, 1st runner-up, 2nd runner-up and merit award recipients were selected as the theme images for use in HKU Station. These photographic images were then pixelated using thousands of images collected from the community and then combined with monochrome graphics to create a panoramic collage, reflecting the uniqueness and culture of Western District with traditional buildings and daily life of the local community.
Holga 120N, no idea the film, probably developed in D76.
So, today I made a key discovery in my digital printing. This is a scanned negative, but I printed it along with several others that are for other people. I somehow stumbled on the Epson Layout Manager, and it changed my world...everything that I have been wondering about, "How do I customize the print size?" or "How do I make the print darker/lighter?" Then I couldn't figure out how to get other images into Layout Manager, after I mystically got the first one in. Persistence paid off, and I figured it out. I had myself a little print session, which was so very satisfying. I even found out how to change the image tone, which was a real source of irritation for me. I was able to warm up tones to look more closely like my dark room prints...
Excerpt from www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/community/art_archi_hku_our_me...:
Art in station architecture
Artwork Title:
Our Memories of the Western District — Kennedy Town
Artist Name:
Photo winners from local community and MTR Corporation (Hong Kong)
Artwork Location:
Kennedy Town Station - Concourse
Form of Artwork:
Digital Printing on Glass
Artwork Completion Date:
December 2014
Artist's Concept:
The photographic competition entitled "Our Memories of the Western District" was the inaugural activity of the West Island Line Community Art Programme. Unique images of the Kennedy Town area were captured by local residents and the winning photographs from the champion, 1st runner-up, 2nd runner-up and merit award recipients were selected as the theme images for use in Kennedy Town Station. These photographic images were then pixelated using thousands of images collected from the community and then combined with monochrome graphics to create a panoramic collage, reflecting the uniqueness and culture of Western District with traditional buildings and daily life of the local community.
Excerpt from www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/community/art_archi_hku_our_me...:
Art in station architecture
Artwork Title:
Our Memories of the Western District — Kennedy Town
Artist Name:
Photo winners from local community and MTR Corporation (Hong Kong)
Artwork Location:
Kennedy Town Station - Concourse
Form of Artwork:
Digital Printing on Glass
Artwork Completion Date:
December 2014
Artist's Concept:
The photographic competition entitled "Our Memories of the Western District" was the inaugural activity of the West Island Line Community Art Programme. Unique images of the Kennedy Town area were captured by local residents and the winning photographs from the champion, 1st runner-up, 2nd runner-up and merit award recipients were selected as the theme images for use in Kennedy Town Station. These photographic images were then pixelated using thousands of images collected from the community and then combined with monochrome graphics to create a panoramic collage, reflecting the uniqueness and culture of Western District with traditional buildings and daily life of the local community.
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To paraphrase a co-worker of mine, I think everyone should get to shoot a Hasselblad in their photographic lifetime. It is not because I think it is the perfect camera or that I am a being a camera snob about it, but it is always good to have a reminder of what a finely crafted mechanical machine, with superb glass and a well exposed piece of film can do, then to be further reminded that this particular camera has already been in existence for the past 50 years and it can be bought for about the same price as most mid-range digital SLRs brand new. I am not trying to pick on digital, but rather most new cameras these days in general, film and digital. It is often disheartening to see the current trend we are in to embrace lighter (more plastic), cheaper, more automatic (less required knowledge on our part) cameras. And so many of the cameras these days, again film and digital both, but mostly digital, are basically expensive disposable cameras. They will hopefully give you five years of good use and then break and it will not be economical to repair them, rather you throw them out and plunk down another 300 to 500 (or more) on the latest generation because they are constantly getting "better". Remember how excited we all got about those 2 million pixel cameras? And to be fair, there are a number of digital cameras these days that I really like, the Canon 5D for example, and use on a number of occasions when I can borrow one. Same with film, the Nikon F6 is a glorious camera, but their other still-in-production film body, the FM10 is certainly not.
It is not so much the progression of technology that bothers me so, it is the forgetting we do concerning the technology and equipment we already have, have had in fact for decades. In fact some could point out in terms of 4x5 and 8x10, we have been able to make super high quality photographs for about a hundred years moderately easily. It seems such a shame that a camera like the Hasselblad could one day become extinct because people just do not realize how nice a well shot piece of film can look when put through a camera that lacks auto-everything, in fact does not even need a battery. When in truth, this camera has a lot of merit, it makes exceptionally nice images, but because it does not have a 14 point autofocus ultrasonic motor, or plugs into a computer, it ends up being remembered by a small minority of people.
Some people still talk about film becoming extinct, though less so than they did a couple of years ago. I highly doubt that it will anytime in the next ten or twenty years at least and probably not for much longer than that. But at the same time, it is troubling to see just how rapidly we move away from the aesthetic of film grain and good optical printing on actual photo paper. How easily we let ourselves become accustomed to cheap digital printing, or cameras that have shorter lifespans and higher price tags. And yes to also see digital's effect on film. I have said often that a camera is a camera, and digital has its merits separate from film, but film has them too. That is why I posted this picture. I do not actually own a Hasselblad. I doubt I would even buy one unless I won the lottery as I already have my Pentax 67. But this camera has its strengths, its own characteristics, and that is why I took it out this weekend. I felt like shooting square, super-sharp, medium format black and white film and the Hasselblad fit that bill perfectly. Sometimes I feel like shooting pinhole, sometimes I feel like experimenting with digital infrared, sometimes 35mm film, and at others I will take out a digital SLR. The point is different cameras have different uses, and just because something is 50 years old and entirely mechanical by no means, means that is has become obsolete. And we would do well to remember that as we rush headlong towards the next big technological breakthrough in the camera world, that maybe we should spend just a bit more time looking back. Not necessarily most or even a lot, but just a bit more. We have made some exceptionally nice cameras over the years, just seems a shame sometimes to see them forgotten.
This was taken this weekend up at Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood by the way. I love the windswept trees up there. In fact I seem to be developing a bit of a tree thing. While down at Crater Lake I was really fascinated by the gnarled white bark pines down there. Next on my list are the bristlecones of the Sierra Nevada. I have a small series of these trees, there is something about the stark nature of the shot and their obvious age and seeming permanence that really strikes me. Amazing to think of the conditions these trees have weathered over the years. Hardy things they are.
Taken with a Hasselblad 500C and Fuji Neopan 400.
If you are interested in pricing for my images, or just plain curious, more info can be found at my website: www.zebandrews.com
Edition of 75 numbered and signed copies
40 photographs
44 pages 14,8 x 21 cm (soft cover, staple binding, digital printing)
Point Pelee National Park, Ontario Canada
Announcing "Monochromatic Editions" by Jeff Gaydash
In conjuction with Joel Tjintjelaar's relaunch of www.bwvision.com, I am now offering my specialized B&W printing as a service to other photographers. I have partnered with bwvision.com to provide the highest standard in black and white photographic reproductions that will be made available through his website.
All my prints are made using Piezography, a high-end digital printing system utilizing carbon-based monochromatic inks and specialized software. I have an Epson 9600 using Special Edition K7 inks for matte prints and an Epson 9880 dedicated to glossy printing using MPS selenium toned inks. I also have a desktop system with Neutral inks for prints up to 13" wide.
I will also be offering print workshops for anyone interested in learning how to set up and print using Piezography.
For more information go to www.jeffgaydash.com/editions or contact me via Flickr mail.