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Joachim Schönfeldt
Four Musicians (moo, roar, chee-ow & yeeeoh)
2010
‘… a musical piece to be performed by musicians. The backdrop is important. It is the inspiration for the composition of the musical piece, the gusto of its performance and also its “speech”.’ – Okwui Enwezor
Four Musicians (moo, roar, chee-ow & yeeeoh) is a performance and sculpture by Joachim Schonfeldt, based on the German folklore tale of the Bremen Town Musicians, as recorded by the Brothers Grimm. In the original tale, a cat, a donkey, a rooster and a dog, past the primes of their lives, leave their masters’ homes, band together and set off on an adventure to Bremen, proving that the whole is stronger than the sum of its parts.
The tale has been retold and interpreted many times in popular culture (film, animation, theatre, literature) and has been represented by a number of contemporary artists (including Maurizio Cattelan).
Four Musicians (moo, roar, chee-ow & yeeeoh) the sculpture substitutes the donkey, dog, cat and rooster with taxidermied animals: an indigenous Nguni cow, a lioness and a vulture – all symbols of African pride and power. The sculpture rests on a base resembling a traditional Zulu shield, in reference to the theme of conflict and security. Schonfeldt also stacks the animals from large to small – an effective inversion of power relations.
The sculpture functions as a backdrop to a performance of original music by James French executed by four musicians stationed opposite the sculpture and playing a selection of cornet, trumpet, trombone, french horn, baritone or tuba. These wind instruments infuse or breathe life back into the inanimate objects or animals.
The artist states:
‘The piece performed by the musicians is in essence the work. I anticipate it to be a bit like the idea of ‘windjammers’, an American circus concept that describes the intensity of the music played during the climax of an act. The stuffed animals are, to a large extent, backdrop: the often mentioned augmentation in my work. The animals augment a ’speech’ here. The speech is represented by the commissioned piece of music performed by four musicians. The four blow instruments give an impression performance of the four animals (moo, roar, chee-ow & yeeoh); ‘A full breath of air’ perhaps the operative idea. The piece of music is of a circus-band nature and very intense, performed at high pace and leaving all "breathless"’.
www.goodman-gallery.com/artists/joachimsch%c3%b6nfeldt
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The Armory Show is the United States’ leading art fair devoted to the most important artworks of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its twelve years, the fair has become an international institution. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week.
The Armory Show 2010 also features The Armory Show – Modern, specializing in modern and secondary market material on Pier 92. Pier 94 continues to be a venue to premiere new works by living artists. With one ticket, visitors to The Armory Show on March 4–7, 2010 have access to the latest developments in the art world, and to the masterpieces which heralded them.
Piers 92 and 94 on 55th Street and 12th Avenue, NYC
March 4-7, 2010
Acura (show sponsor)
3.7-liter VTEC Engine
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The Armory Show is the United States’ leading art fair devoted to the most important artworks of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its twelve years, the fair has become an international institution. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week.
The Armory Show 2010 also features The Armory Show – Modern, specializing in modern and secondary market material on Pier 92. Pier 94 continues to be a venue to premiere new works by living artists. With one ticket, visitors to The Armory Show on March 4–7, 2010 have access to the latest developments in the art world, and to the masterpieces which heralded them.
Piers 92 and 94 on 55th Street and 12th Avenue, NYC
March 4-7, 2010
Architectural facade + reflection of the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station at Times Square, New York City, SML8ed by SML Brands color. Everything looks better this way!!!
The not-too-typical cell from the Eastern State Penitentiary. Compare to the typical cell arrangement.
This was the cell of Al Capone (Wikipedia), an American gangster who led a crime syndicate dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging of liquor and other illegal activities during the Prohibition Era of the 1920s and 1930s.
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Morgan Haquenne, the gallery rep from Belgian art gallery Baronian_Francey spoke to See-ming Lee about Tony Oursler's mixed media installation: 20 Franc at The Armory Show 2010, an international art fair for contemporary art held in New York City every year.
See the video interviews here:
When I saw the Sapien Bookcase (2003) by Bruno Rainaldi at DesignWithinReach I gotta have it because this is exactly how I always do: stack books!
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Margot Carr aka Pearl the Mime: actress, winger and street performer.
www.youtube.com/user/inluminary
Public housing estates in Hong Kong are a critical component of the city’s housing strategy, providing affordable accommodation to a significant portion of the population.
For me, these orderly structures are beautiful — offering a beautiful balance of macro vs micro. On the outset, you see macro view of boxes. When you zoom in, you see variations within each of the frames.
I like to photograph architecture from afar using a long lens. I have found this to be the best way to remove the need to correct for perspective distortion during post-processing.
- Camera: Canon EOS 7D
- Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender
- Exposure: 140mm, 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100
- Series: Forms, Architecture
- Date: 2013-03-06
Public Housing Estates in Shatin, Hong Kong, Architectural Forms / SML.20130306.7D.26910
Lago Argentino is a lake in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, at 50°2′S 72°4′W. It is the largest freshwater lake in Argentina, with a surface area of 1,415 km². It has an average depth of 155 m, and a maximum depth of 500 m.
Getty Images: www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/lago-argentino-panorama-...
From top to bottom:
1. Toshiba HD DVD Player. Clearly useless now though useful for some HD DVD collection purchased when it first came out. I wonder if the studio would let me trade in HD-DVD for Bluray equivalent?
2. Oppo Digital BDP-83. Blu-ray Disc Player w/ SACD & DVD-Audio. Amazing performance. Highly recommended!!!
3. Cambridge Audio Azur 540D DVD Player. No use now though the DVD-Audio processing is pretty sweet so keeping it for now. The unit contains Six 12-bit/54MHz video DACs - and you really can tell a difference.
4. Monster Power block. It's much easier when the power source is not on the floor. Clean power is noticeable for high def. The electricity circuits in my building is really nasty so this helps.
5. Denon AVR-3801. Have this for years. Still enjoying it. Although a bit cramp in the back now that I have used up every single channel.
These lockers seen at the Supercell Headquarters in Helsinki are intended to be used by visitors.
They’re beautifully designed. The staggered forms of small, medium, and large sizes create visual rhythm that makes it pleasing to look at.
Turning utilitarian objects into artistic expressions that delights is an aspect that’s often overlooked by brands.
Everything can be and should always be designed. When you show attention to detail in the smallest things that no one else care about, it’s a testimony to the other things that you do care about.
That’s what makes a brand stand out.
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Supercell is a game company based in Helsinki, Finland, with offices in San Francisco, Seoul and Shanghai. Since their launch in 2010, they’ve brought five games to the global market — Hay Day, Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars.
- Apple iPhone 13 Pro
- Back triple camera 5.7mm f/1.5
- 5.7mm, 1/120 sec, f/1.5, ISO 100
- GPS Altitude: 7.8 m Above Sea Level
- GPS Latitude: 60 deg 9' 38.61" N
- GPS Longitude: 24 deg 55' 17.30" E
- Location: Jätkäsaarenlaituri 1, 00180 Helsinki, Finland
- Date: 2022-09-22 09:57:24.689 UTC+3
- Process: 2024-05-08 18:56:19 UTC+8
- Series: Clash Royale, Photojournalism
Copyright 2022, 2024 See-ming Lee / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
Creative Commons Attribution (CCBY)
Lockers at the Supercell Headquarters in Helsinki / SML.20220922.IPH13.09868
Believe it or not, I met Juhan Sonin three years ago on librarything.com, a social media site for book lovers. LibraryThing has an interesting feature which compares similarity of libraries and Juhan came out as in my top 3 list.
Organizing books by color is definitely a first - I must try this some time!
Compare our libraries - though clearly Juhan's is much bigger!
Changbaishan (長白山 Chang Bai Mountain) has two separate areas: the northern slope and the western slope. Each offers a different view of the mountain. The photo here depicts the western slope of the mountain.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM. 10 captures stitched using cylindrical projection covering a FOV of 68.08 x 29.10.
長白山西坡 Western Slope, Chang Bai Mountain (Changbaishan) / 中國東北 Dongbei, China / SML.20140725.6D.33117-SML.20140725.6D.33126-Pano.i10.C.68.08x29.10(-7.32).P1
I woke up early in the morning to wait for sunrise, and to try some long exposure shots for the Serenity series. This particular capture was exposed for 60 seconds, so the clouds are blurry and the water is clear. It was raining a little bit earlier and I think that I really need to clean my lens somewhat. But I am happy with the result.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM mounted on tripod in Ma On Shan, Hong Kong.
日出雲影 Sunrise Cloudscape / 寧 Serenity / SML.20140715.6D.32930.P1
Volkswagen has been trending for a while in the social media sphere in recent years. Their retro vans and beetles have been remixed to unrecognisable magical form. So to see this at Art Basel is a surprise. The higher echelon of the art world often feel somewhat dated, filled with “old people” hiding behind the gates in their ivory towers. It is unclear if this means that they are rebranding, or perhaps simply that Asia is the “new world” in art as California is in the world of wines.
This work is by Indonesian artist Ichwan Noor (b. 1963), an artist born in Jakarta and studied at the Indonesian Art Institute, Yogyakarta. He got his idea of this piece from his personal perception that objects are products of a “transportation culture,” which induced hints and signs of spiritual emotion.
For this sculpture / installation, real parts from VW Beetle '53 is used as raw materials, and combined with aluminium and polyester to form this majestic sphere measuring 180 x 180 x 180 cm. Exposure to Indonesian contemporary artworks is a first for me at Art Basel Hong Kong, and I am seriously considering traveling to Indonesia for more.
Seriously. Crazyisgood. SML Love. VW lovers rejoice!
Ichwan Noor
Beetle Sphere, 2013
Aluminium, polyester, real parts from VW beetle '53, paint
180 x 180 x 180 cm
# Ichwan Noor
www.artbaselhongkong-online.com/?Action=showProduct&i...
www.mondecor.com/kuratorial/ichwan-noor-solo-exhibition-e...
# Art:1 by Mondecor Gallery
Jl. Rajawali Selatan Raya no. 3
Jakarta 10720
Indonesia
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:48:05+0800
+ Dimensions: 5118 x 3570
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 19 mm
+ ISO: 500
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.14135
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Ichwan Noor (b. 1963): Beetle Sphere, 2013 (Aluminium, polyester, real parts from VW beetle '53, paint)” / Art:1 by Mondecor Gallery / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14135
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #Crazyisgood #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #IchwanNoor #MondecorGallery #Indonesia #WTF #Beetle #VW #Volkswagen #installation
Colorful boats parked at the dock inside Jilin Beishan Park, a scenic park in Dongbei, China.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM. Panorama stitched using 12 images covering a FOV of 11.71 x 4.05.
Rainbow Boats / 中國東北吉林市北山公園 Jilin Beishan Park, Dongbei, China / SML.20140727.7D.52140-SML.20140727.7D.52151-Pano.i12.P.11.71x4.05(6.90)
The Saint Sophia Cathedral in Harbin (聖索菲亞教堂) is a former Russian Orthodox church located in the central district of Daoli, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, China. Built in 1907 and expanded from 1923-32, it was closed during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution periods, and turned into a museum in 1997.
The church stands 53.3 meters (175 ft) tall, occupies an area of 721 square meters (0.18 acres), and is the perfect example of Neo-Byzantine architecture. The main structure is laid out like a cross with the main hall topped with a huge green tipped dome. Under the bright sun, the church and the square area it lies on looks quite like the Red Square in Moscow.
Pictured is the view of the church from its side, where pigeons gather around its facade. Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Sophia_Cathedral_in_Harbin
聖索菲亞教堂 Saint Sophia Cathedral in Harbin / 中国黑龙江哈尔滨 Harbin, Heilongjiang, China / SML.20140728.6D.33452.P2
This panorama shows the indoor view of the Bird’s Nest National Stadium used for the Olympics 2008 in Beijing, China. Here you see the chairs fade gradually from red in the bottom to white at the top. It also shows that when the stadium is not used, tourists are invited to ride Segways around the stadium.
This image is stitched together using 22 handheld captures. The original photo shows a 360-degree view but I find the “back” of the photo a bit distracting so I have cropped it to show a 180-degree sweep only. Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM.
鳥巢北京國家體育場 Bird’s Nest Beijing National Stadium (Panorama) / 中國北京體育建築之形 Sports architecture forms in Beijing, China / SML.20140502.6D.31746-SML.20140502.6D.31767-Pano.i22.C.360.00x79.32.P1
Mixed media paintings by Dean Russo (Facebook). Photographed inside the artist's studio during Dumbo Art Festival in 2009.
Dean Russo on the Web
13th annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® (Sept 25 to Sept 27, 2009)
www.dumboartfestival.org/press_release.html
The three-day multi-site neighborhood-wide event is a one-of-a-kind art happening: where serendipity meets the haphazard and where the unpredictable, spontaneous and downright weird thrive. The now teenage D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® presents touchable, accessible, and interactive art, on a scale that makes it the nation's largest urban forum for experimental art.
Art Under the Bridge is an opportunity for young artists to use any medium imaginable to create temporary projects on-the-spot everywhere and anywhere, completely transforming the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, New York, into a vibrant platform for self-expression. In addition to the 80+ projects throughout the historical post-industrial waterfront span, visitors can tour local artists' studios or check out the indoor video_dumbo, a non-stop program of cutting-edge video art from New York City and around the world.
The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) has been the exclusive producer of the D.U.M.B.O Art Under the Bridge Festival® since 1997. DAC is a big impact, small non-profit, that in addition to its year-round gallery exhibitions, is committed to preserving Dumbo as a site in New York City where emerging visual artists can experiment in the public domain, while having unprecedented freedom and access to normally off-limit locations.
Related SML
+ SML Flickr Collections: Events
+ SML Flickr Sets: Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009
Mixed media paintings by Dean Russo (Facebook). Photographed inside the artist's studio during Dumbo Art Festival in 2009.
Dean Russo on the Web
13th annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® (Sept 25 to Sept 27, 2009)
www.dumboartfestival.org/press_release.html
The three-day multi-site neighborhood-wide event is a one-of-a-kind art happening: where serendipity meets the haphazard and where the unpredictable, spontaneous and downright weird thrive. The now teenage D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® presents touchable, accessible, and interactive art, on a scale that makes it the nation's largest urban forum for experimental art.
Art Under the Bridge is an opportunity for young artists to use any medium imaginable to create temporary projects on-the-spot everywhere and anywhere, completely transforming the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, New York, into a vibrant platform for self-expression. In addition to the 80+ projects throughout the historical post-industrial waterfront span, visitors can tour local artists' studios or check out the indoor video_dumbo, a non-stop program of cutting-edge video art from New York City and around the world.
The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) has been the exclusive producer of the D.U.M.B.O Art Under the Bridge Festival® since 1997. DAC is a big impact, small non-profit, that in addition to its year-round gallery exhibitions, is committed to preserving Dumbo as a site in New York City where emerging visual artists can experiment in the public domain, while having unprecedented freedom and access to normally off-limit locations.
Related SML
+ SML Flickr Collections: Events
+ SML Flickr Sets: Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009
13th annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® (Sept 25 to Sept 27, 2009)
www.dumboartfestival.org/press_release.html
The three-day multi-site neighborhood-wide event is a one-of-a-kind art happening: where serendipity meets the haphazard and where the unpredictable, spontaneous and downright weird thrive. The now teenage D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® presents touchable, accessible, and interactive art, on a scale that makes it the nation's largest urban forum for experimental art.
Art Under the Bridge is an opportunity for young artists to use any medium imaginable to create temporary projects on-the-spot everywhere and anywhere, completely transforming the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, New York, into a vibrant platform for self-expression. In addition to the 80+ projects throughout the historical post-industrial waterfront span, visitors can tour local artists' studios or check out the indoor video_dumbo, a non-stop program of cutting-edge video art from New York City and around the world.
The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) has been the exclusive producer of the D.U.M.B.O Art Under the Bridge Festival® since 1997. DAC is a big impact, small non-profit, that in addition to its year-round gallery exhibitions, is committed to preserving Dumbo as a site in New York City where emerging visual artists can experiment in the public domain, while having unprecedented freedom and access to normally off-limit locations.
Related SML
+ SML Flickr Collections: Events
+ SML Flickr Sets: Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009
I knew that this won't work as a portrait when I photograph it. The reflection on the window is too great and it literally cuts off her head. But then I can't really get them to open the windows, and there is some interesting things happening with the forms of the bridge, the people in the car that you cannot really see, as well as the pedestrians on the road from the reflection - you can call this a one-frame collage!
13th annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® (Sept 25 to Sept 27, 2009)
www.dumboartfestival.org/press_release.html
The three-day multi-site neighborhood-wide event is a one-of-a-kind art happening: where serendipity meets the haphazard and where the unpredictable, spontaneous and downright weird thrive. The now teenage D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® presents touchable, accessible, and interactive art, on a scale that makes it the nation's largest urban forum for experimental art.
Art Under the Bridge is an opportunity for young artists to use any medium imaginable to create temporary projects on-the-spot everywhere and anywhere, completely transforming the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, New York, into a vibrant platform for self-expression. In addition to the 80+ projects throughout the historical post-industrial waterfront span, visitors can tour local artists' studios or check out the indoor video_dumbo, a non-stop program of cutting-edge video art from New York City and around the world.
The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) has been the exclusive producer of the D.U.M.B.O Art Under the Bridge Festival® since 1997. DAC is a big impact, small non-profit, that in addition to its year-round gallery exhibitions, is committed to preserving Dumbo as a site in New York City where emerging visual artists can experiment in the public domain, while having unprecedented freedom and access to normally off-limit locations.
Related SML
+ SML Flickr Collections: Events
+ SML Flickr Sets: Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009
There’s a whole lot of nothing at sea, but occasionally, you’d find huge blocks of floating icebergs. This is a tabular iceberg, which has steep sides and a flat top.
It’s gigantic and looked almost like an alien spaceship right out of a scifi movie from a distance. It‘s a huge gigantic block that’s surrounded by nothing but void.
I love the super minimal composition — almost like a reimagined Rothko. Compositions like this are unusual in landscape photography — and thus… special.
Canon EOS 6D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Tabular Iceberg, Scotia Sea, Antarctica 2015 / Minimalist Forms in Nature / SML.20151205.6D.35160
An old man crouches on the floor and fiddles with his phone next to his bike. He wears sneakers with the word “Fashion” painted over them.
Crouching this way while hanging out appears to be the norm for the mainland Chinese people. I don’t know how they do it. When I try the same pose, my feet are never able to lie flat, and my back hurts like hell. Everywhere I go, I see people squatting like this when they hang out. Is it just me? Can you do that?!
Photographed with the Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM inside Beishan Park, Dongbei, China.
Old Man + Phone (Asian Squat) / 中國東北吉林市北山公園 Jilin Beishan Park, Dongbei, China / SML.20140727.7D.52174
This panorama shows the path leading towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony (太和殿) after entering the Gate of Supreme Harmony (太和門). It can easily be seen that all the roofs inside the Forbidden City are glazed in the Imperial yellow (reserved for the emperor), and their walls painted in red for good fortune in Chinese culture.
17 captures were stitched together using cylindrical projection, with a field of view (FOV) of 132.63 x 45.69. Photographed handheld with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM.
太和殿全景 Hall of Supreme Harmony (Panorama) / 中國北京故宫 Forbidden City, Beijing, China / SML.20140430.6D.31390-SML.20140430.6D.31406-Pano.i17.C.132.63x45.69.P1
Nothing can quite describe the excitement of seeing a parallax-free render after spending the time to make the series of shots—not to mention carrying the gear to the location in the middle of the night.
The Manfrotto 303 SPH pano head is not cheap, but at last I do not have to make excuses of why the seams do not match and try to fix them post-processing unsuccessfully. This is the best purchase in recent years yet again.
I found this open space near Pier 10 at Central Pier. All the architectural landmarks in Central can be clearly seen here, as well as the Central Plaza to the right in Wan Chai.
The IFC is quite tall, and I photographed this with the 6D + 17-40 angled 15-degree from the horizon. Stitched together using 15 captures set at 24-degree each. With the 303SPH (the 300N rotating head component) it becomes very easy to photograph at intervals covering everything equally without much guess work.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-23T22:02:16+0800
+ Dimensions: 21166 x 4855
+ Exposure: 4.0 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 21 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Remote release, Manfrotto 303 SPH pano head, Manfrotto tripod
+ Panorama FOV: 360 degree horizontal, 87 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Spherical
+ GPS: 22°17'7" N 114°9'44" E
+ Location: 香港中環碼頭 Central Ferry Piers, Central, Hong Kong
+ Subject: 香港中環 Central, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Autopano Giga 3, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130623.6D.16533-SML.20130623.6D.16547-Pano.i15.360x87
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
夜深雲湧 Cloudy night / 香港中環全景 Central, Hong Kong Panorama / SML.20130623.6D.16533-SML.20130623.6D.16547-Pano.i15.360x87
/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #全景 #Pano #Panorama #SMLPano #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #城市 #Urban #中環 #Central #雲 #Cloud #天 #空 #Sky #山水 #landscape
I went to check out the giant inflatable duck art installation currently on view at Harbour City to see what the fuss is all about. And there it is, floating on water.
This gigantic rubber duck which measures 14 x 15 x 16.5 meters was created as a statement for peace. In the Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman’s own words, “the Rubber Duck knows no frontiers, it doesn't discriminate people and doesn't have a political connotation. The friendly, floating Rubber Duck has healing properties: it can relieve mondial tensions as well as define them. The rubber duck is soft, friendly and suitable for all ages!” [1]
As with all things crazy in Hong Kong, what was most spectacular is not really the duck, but how many it has appeared on the media as well as how many people were seen photographing the duck on the docks.
On the evening news in Hong Kong, it was reported that some photographers were pushing each other just to get a space to photograph this floating duck. Oh humans.
The best place to photograph this is on the roof of Ocean Terminal where the car park is. There are much less people there and you get to see the duck well. I am claustrophobic so this is obviously where I photographed it.
# Notes
1. Florentijn Hofman: Projects: Rubber Duck: Hong Kong 2013 www.florentijnhofman.nl/dev/project.php?id=192
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-08T16:07:39+0800
+ Dimensions: 5118 x 3412
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 32 mm
+ ISO: 200
+ Flash: DId not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'42" N 114°10'4" E
+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀海港城 Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130508.6D.05448
+ Series: Photojournalism, Crazyisgood, SML Fine Art
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Florentijn Hofman: Rubber Duck: Hong Kong 2013” / Crazyisgood Art Installation / SML.20130508.6D.05448
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #Crazyisgood #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #FlorentijnHofman #RubberDuck #ducks #yellow #WTF #LOL #people #crazy #installation #art #fineart
These are the stadium seatings inside the Bird’s Nest National Stadium. Most of the chairs were painted in a deep red color. Some chairs were painted in white, which would make more sense if you look at the whole stadium as a whole—they form a gradated pattern from the bottom to the top. This would be clearer once I posted a panoramic shot of the stadium.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM.
鸟巢紅椅 Red chairs inside the Bird’s Nest (National Stadium) / 中國北京體育建築之形 Sports architecture forms in Beijing, China / SML.20140502.7D.52037.P1
And now we take a short break from photojournalism and marvel at some truly incredible cloudscape seen recently outside my window stitched together using 5 full resolution RAWs with the 6D + 17-40 f/4L.
I switched to using Autopano Giga for my panorama stitching as I noticed that Hugin kept on removing resolution from my high res captures—but I couldn’t figure out why. APG has been pretty good so far though so it is nice.
# SML Translate: 白雲如棉挺山青 水映黃昏藍天明
+ 白: white.
+ 雲: clouds.
+ 如: (appears) like.
+ 棉: cotton (describe the clouds).
+ 挺: erect, holding up.
+ 山: mountains.
+ 青: blue / green (describes the color of the mountains).
+ 水: water.
+ 映: reflects.
+ 黃: yellow (color of the sunset)
+ 昏: sunset.
+ 藍: blue.
+ 天: sky.
+ 明: bright.
+ 白雲如棉挺山青 水映黃昏藍天明: during the yellow sunset, the water brightly reflects that of the blue sky with puffy white clouds.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-29T18:57:50+0800
+ Dimensions: 14616 x 5304
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 40 mm
+ ISO: 320
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 98 degree horizontal, 64 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Planar
+ GPS: 22°22'42" N 114°9'42" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG (Vista Paradiso, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China)
+ Subject: 香港中文大學 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) + 吐露港 Tolo Harbour
+ Workflow: Autopano Giga 3.0, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130529.6D.15293-SML.20130529.6D.15298-Pano.Planar.98x64
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“白雲如棉挺山青 水映黃昏藍天明” / 香港中文大學全景之寧 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Panoramic Serenity / SML.20130529.6D.15293-SML.20130529.6D.15298-Pano.Planar.98x64
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #雲 #Cloud #Cloudscape #自然 #Nature #CUHK
When our plane was about to land in Sanya, I spotted a gigantic statue near one of the coastline. It turns out that it was a statue of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (better known as Guanyin in East Asia). The statue is 108-meter (354 ft) tall, and as you can see from this aerial view, it is pretty big. The locals claim that ever since it was built in 2005, the frequent typhoons affecting Southeast Asia no longer cause any troubles for Sanya—which I can neither prove nor disprove with any meaningful data.
I usually try not to pull out my DSLR when all electronic equipments must be turned off, so sneaking the EOSM out is the best I could do. Useful little mirrorless camera, I have to say.
Photographed with the Canon EOS M + Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM on the plane from Hong Kong to Sanya.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guan_Yin_of_the_South_Sea_of_Sanya
南山海上觀音聖像 Guanyin of the South Sea of Sanya / 中國海南三亞 Sanya, Hainan, China / SML.20140506.EOSM.09918.P1.
It is not a skyscraper if it does not touch the sky. And on a foggy day like this, the International Commerce Centre (環球貿易廣場 ICC) certainly does [1] (pictured right). Besides being the tallest building in Hong Kong, it is currently the world’s fourth tallest building and the five-star Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong hotel currently occupies floors 102 to 118.
The red building to the left is The Arch (凱旋門). It is an 81-floor 231-metre (758 feet) tall skyscraper completed in 2006. It is currently the third-tallest residential building in Hong Kong and is made up of four towers. The towers join at the 69th floor to form an arch with the top floors and thus was named “The Arch” [2].
In the middle is another residential skyscraper called The Harbourside (君臨天下) [3]. It is a 255 m (836.6 ft) tall residential skyscraper which features many “Feng Shui Holes 風水洞” originally seen only at the luxury high-rise at the Southern District in Hong Kong. In Chinese mythology, the dragons flow from the north to the south and so architects decided to make “holes” for the dragon to pass through. Accordingly, the apartments near these holes are more expensive than the rest.
Altogether these building complex together with several other few and the shopping mall Elements make up what is called the “Union Square” area of Hong Kong in West Kowloon.
# Notes
1. The International Commerce Centre (Chinese: 環球貿易廣場) (abbr. ICC Tower) is a 118-storey, 484 m (1,588 ft) skyscraper completed in 2010 in West Kowloon, Hong Kong. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Commerce_Centre
2. The Arch (凱旋門 / 凯旋门) at Union Square Hong Kong. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Square_(Hong_Kong)
3. The Harbourside (君臨天下) is a 255 m (836.6 ft) tall residential skyscraper located at 1 Austin Road West, in the Union Square complex. Construction of the 74-storey building began in 2001 and was completed in 2004 under the design by P & T Architects & Engineers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Square_(Hong_Kong)
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-08T16:47:27+0800
+ Dimensions: 5301 x 3534
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 160
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°18'15" N 114°9'43" E
+ Location: 香港西九龍柯士甸道西一號 Union Square, 1 Austin Road, West Kowloon, Hong KOng
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, Crazyisgood
“摩天 Scraping the Sky” / 凱旋門 The Arch + 君臨天下 The Harbourside + 環球貿易廣場 International Commerce Centre / 香港摩天大廈建築之形 Hong Kong Skyscrapers Architecture Forms / SML.20130508.6D.05489
/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #ICC #Arch #Harbourside #skyscraper #sky
# Updates
+ Published in a Fotopedia story about ICC: www.fotopedia.com/reporter/stories/dqb0kROHZIV/view
eyebeam.org/events/open-studios-fall-2009
Eyebeam is pleased to host Open Studios for its 2009 Senior Fellows, Resident Artists, and Student Residents at Eyebeam’s state-of-the-art design, research, and fabrication studio; showcasing video performance, wearable technologies, code and humor, party technology, and sustainablity design.
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Eyebeam is the leading not-for-profit art and technology center in the United States.
Founded in 1996 and incorporated in 1997, Eyebeam was conceived as a non-profit art and technology center dedicated to exposing broad and diverse audiences to new technologies and media arts, while simultaneously establishing and demonstrating new media as a significant genre of cultural production.
Since then, Eyebeam has supported more than 130 fellowships and residencies for artists and creative technologists; we've run an active education program for youth, artists' professional development and community outreach; and have mounted an extensive series of public programs, over recent years approximately 4 exhibitions and 40 workshops, performances and events annually.
Today, Eyebeam offers residencies and fellowships for artists and technologists working in a wide range of media. At any given time, there are up to 20 resident artists and fellows onsite at Eyebeam's 15,000-square foot Chelsea offices and Labs, developing new projects and creating work for open dissemination through online, primarily open-source, publication as well as a robust calendar of public programming that includes free exhibitions, lectures and panels, participatory workshops, live performances and educational series.
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These are 紫芝, a type of Ganoderma (靈芝 Lingzhi) with a purple exterior. Ganoderma is a genus of polypore mushrooms which grow on wood, and include about 80 species, many from tropical regions. They are extensively used in traditional Asian medicines. And this particular type is sold in Sanya for treating diabetes, high blood pressure and liver diseases.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganoderma
紫芝 Purple Ganoderma (Lingzhi mushroom) / 中國海南三亞 Sanya, Hainan, China / SML.20140507.6D.32195.P1
This was shot handheld with the 7D + 100-400 during sunset last week. The color information is rather tricky in this shot, so I processed it mainly inside Photoshop Lab mode. If processed in black and white then the drama is somewhat gone, but leaving them in tact looks odd also. I might circle back and work on it more later.
Stitched with 4 captures.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-07-06T18:02:15+0800
+ Dimensions: 14160 x 3702
+ Exposure: 1/800 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ Panorama FOV: 9 degree horizontal, 2 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Planar
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'26" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG (Vista Paradiso, Ma On
Shan, Hong Kong)
+ Workflow: Autopano Giga 3, Lightroom 5, Photoshop CC
+ Serial: SML.20130706.7D.43781-SML.20130706.7D.43784-Pano.i4.9x2.L1.P1
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
黃昏雲影 Evening Cloudscape / 香港日落全景之寧 Hong Kong Sunset Panoramic Serenity / SML.20130706.7D.43781-SML.20130706.7D.43784-Pano.i4.9x2.L1.P1
The Hall of Supreme Harmony (太和殿 Tài Hé Diàn) is the largest hall within the Forbidden City. It was erected in 1406 and has undergone many repairs. Built above three levels of marble stone base, and surrounded by bronze incense burners, the Hall of Supreme Harmony is one of the largest wooden structures within China. It was the location where Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty Emperors hosted their enthronement and wedding ceremonies.
Pictured is the stairs leading towards the building. The path in the center, with highly detailed dragon carvings, is reserved for the emperor.
Photographed with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_of_Supreme_Harmony
太和殿 Hall of Supreme Harmony / 中國北京紫禁城 Forbidden City, Beijing, China / SML.20140430.6D.31415.P1
The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (中正紀念堂) is a monument erected in memory of Chiang Kai-shek, the former President of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
The Memorial Hall is white with four sides. The octagonal roof is covered with blue glazed tiles. The blue and white colors of the building and the red color of the flowerbeds echo the colors in the flag of Taiwan. The octagonal shape picks up with the symbolism of the number 8, a number traditionally associated in Asia with abundance and good fortune. Two sets of white stairs, each with 89 steps to represent Chiang’s age at the time of his death, lead to the main entrance.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Chiang_Kai-shek_Memorial_Hall
中正紀念堂 Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall / 台灣台北 Taipei, Taiwan / SML.20140213.6D.30749.P1
/ #台灣 #臺灣 #Taiwan #台北 #Taipei #TW #SMLTravel #旅遊 #旅游 #Travel #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #建筑 #建築 #architecture #landmark #memorial
Cloudscape is up to millions of interpretation. It never repeats itself and it never stops evolving.
This is how humans should live. For me, everything is an experiment. And I try not to repeat what I did before. This is the only way to live — to try different things and see what happens.
Life does not come with a manual. It has no rules — so as Mark Twain once said:
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
# SML Translate
+ 青: Blue. (It can also mean green and blue-green but in this context I meant blue)
+ 天: Heaven, sky.
+ 雲: Clouds.
+ 錦: Brocade. Here used as metaphor of the thickness of the clouds.
+ 龍: Dragon.
+ 藏: Hide, hidden.
+ 宮: Palace.
+ 青天雲錦龍藏宮: The clouds are so thick in the blue sky that the dragons have decided to hide in their palace (and that’s why you don’t see them :)
# SML Workflow
Photographed handheld with the Canon EOS 7D + EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + 1.4x. Processed in Lightroom 4.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-05 15:04:29 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/1250 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 235 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + 1.4x
+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'25" E (SML Universe HKG)
+ Serial: SML.20130205.7D.21291
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
“青天雲錦龍藏宮” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130205.7D.21291
/ #寧 #serenity #SMLSerenity #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #藍 #蓝 #blue #色 #color #雲 #云 #cloud #cloudscape
/ #山水 #landscape #攝影 #摄影 #photography
/ #香港 #HongKong #中國 #中国 #China #Canon7D #Canon70200