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Art Basel held its inaugural Asian art fair in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre today (May 23, 2013). The international art fair with a focus on modern and contemporary works originated in 1970 by Basel gallerists Trudi Bruckner, Balz Hilt and Ernst Beyele. To reach out for the increasingly popular American contemporary art, it launched in Miami Beach in 2002. The debut in Hong Kong is very much welcome by the local art community, which is young but growing.

 

Unlike the other art fairs which I have visited in New York, this particular event features a significant roster of Asian artists as well as Western artists using Asian motifs in their works. It is quite an eye-opener for me. If you have not had the chance, I do highly recommend that you pay a visit. The show is open to public from May 23-26, 2013. 12pm-7pm.

 

Tip for the photojournalists: unless you hold a press pass, they only allow small cameras into the show. Backpacks must be checked. If you have an SLR, take off your battery grips and place your SLR into your handbag and you should be good to go. The galleries themselves are more than friendly to let you take as many photos as you wish, but the ushers outside are not all that friendly.

 

# References

+ www.artbasel.com/en/Hong-Kong

+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Basel

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-23T13:44:10+0800

+ Dimensions: 5277 x 3518

+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0

+ Focal Length: 17 mm

+ ISO: 800

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

+ GPS: 22°16'50" N 114°10'25" E

+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13818

+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Ar

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

  

“Art Basel Hong Kong 2013” / SML Fine Art / SML.20130523.6D.13818

/ #新聞攝影 #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #文化 #Culture #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #Events #HKCEC

A tattoo-laden US Navy officer at the crew boarding security checkpoint tried to figure out what that giant scope was pointing at him—obviously, it was my lens, which is longer than some of the machine guns employed at the military.

 

His colleague on the other hand was too busy fiddling with his phone to notice me. Meanwhile, the security team from Hong Kong just gave me blank stares the whole time I was photographing them.

 

Nice tattoos! Interesting socks also—a bit unusual for this weather. Pants are a bit too short for my taste—though I suppose it is more practical to wear pants which do not go all the way to the ground for combat purposes.

 

He is very far away—this is a 400mm / ISO 12800 shot.

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-04-18T17:30:08+0800

+ Dimensions: 3395 x 5392

+ Exposure: 1/125 sec at f/7.1

+ Focal Length: 400 mm

+ ISO: 12800

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ GPS: 22°17'40" N 114°9'58" E

+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀海港城 Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

+ Subject: US Navy Officer, USS Peleliu (LHA-5), United States Navy

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130418.6D.01444

+ Series: Photojournalism, 男 Men

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

“登船保安檢查點 Crew Boarding Security Checkpoint” / USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in Hong Kong / SML.20130418.6D.01444

/ #Photojournalism #男 #Men #SMLMen #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #US #Navy #USS #Peleliu #LHA5 #Security #cute #boys #tattoo #guards #military #people

www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8559038308/sizes/o/ (7855 x 3363 original)

 

Here’s the flip side looking east at the same location, stitched together using 10 full res RAW on the 7D.

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-03-06 17:35:19 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 7855 x 3363

+ Focal Length: 17 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

+ Panorama FOV: 172 degree horizontal, 65.7 degree vertical

+ Panoramic Projection: Cylindrical

+ GPS: 22°22'46" N 114°11'29" E

+ Altitude: 9.2 m

+ Location: 中國香港新界沙田城門河瀝源橋 中国香港新界沙田城门河沥源桥 Lek Yuen bridge, Shing Mun River in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China

+ Serial: SML.20130306.7D.26942-SML.20130306.7D.26951-Pano.Cylindrical.172x65.7

+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4

+ Series: 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography

 

“沙田城門河東日落 Sunset in Shatin Shing Mun River East” / 香港全景攝影 Hong Kong Panoramic Photography / SML.20130306.7D.26942-SML.20130306.7D.26951-Pano.Cylindrical.172x65.7

/ #全景 #Pano #SMLPano #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #沙田 #Shatin #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #城市 #Urban #街 #Street

After affixing the iPad on the Hover Bar, I thought that it would be an excellent webcam to do video conference with. And apparently I had the same idea more than a year ago—because I already own the app for it: PocketCam by Senstic. It seems that I gave up on it before because doing teleconference while holding a device is no fun, but now that the iPad hover hands free it makes things easier.

 

In case you have no idea wtf is going on in this photo, I have zoomed in my monitor to show the Skype preferences window. By point the iPad cam to the greatly zoomed in window, I created a gigantic feedback delayed video loop. It is delayed because the video signal path to slow. But it is fun as you can see the windows rotate one by one over time. You see, lag is good for _something_. :)

 

itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocketcam/id316512204?mt=8

 

Photographed with iPhone 5, processed in Snapseed on the iPad 3.

 

“PocketCam turns iPhone + iPad into webcam for Skype” #ios #apps #opinions

/ SML.20130123.IPH5.iOS.Apps.PocketCam.Skype.Opinions

/ #SMLOpinions #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #Crazyisgood

/ #iphone #ipad iOS apps opinions #PocketCam #senstic #tools #fun #crazyisgood #nerds #geeks #photography IPH5 #computers #photography #delay #loop #video #skype #lag #hongkong #china

When I was in college, I learned in my art history class that it is customary for artists to build structures which leads the eye from point A to point B. So I try to do it with my photography. It is hard for things which have a very defined subject matter. But for forms composition it is easier, because it is possible to utilize the lines found in architecture to create the necessary flow.

 

This is an outdoor staircase of a shopping mall in Hong Kong. stairs travel from far above all the way down to the ground level. There was door in the middle which I do not know lead where, but a security guard was standing there all the time while some people exited. I think it might be the exit for a cinema in the complex.

 

The street is buzzing with people, and as usual, the reflection from the marble surface allows you to get a glimpse of the city without dominating the frame. These are fun studies.

 

I don’t yet know how to apply these techniques in portraitures though. Chinese people are very private and do not usually wish to be photographed, making human form studies a nearly impossible task at hand. In that regard, I do miss New York.

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-02-18 17:56:48 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 3211 x 4817

+ Exposure: 1/80 sec at f/2.0

+ Focal Length: 22 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS M

+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM

+ GPS: 22°25'30" N 114°13'56" E

+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山新港城中心商場戶所樓梯 中国香港马鞍山新港城中心商场户所楼梯 Exterior Staircase, Sunshine City Plaza, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Serial: SML.20130218.EOSM.02313.P1.L1

+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4

+ Series: 商場 Shopping Malls, 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms

 

“線上遊 The lines which lead the eye” / 商場人流建築之形 Shopping Malls Human Logistics Architecture Forms / SML.20130218.EOSM.02313.P1.L1

/ #商場 #ShoppingMalls #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #街 #Street #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #樓梯 #Stairs #人 #people #humans

The best WTF finds from ABHK came from Indonesia. These two acrylic paintings in the “Band of Sober” series are the works of Uji Handoko, an artist born in 1983 (yes, seriously!) also known as “Hahan”, which feature traditional asian religious figures situated next to some truly demented happy characters.

    

Surreal pop wtf insanity is exactly the kind of art I love. For more of the artist work, visit thisishahan.wordpress.com/ or Twitter: twitter.com/UjiHahan or Instagram: instagram.com/hellohahan/ @hellohahan

    

Definitely someone to watch out for—if they know how to do social media marketing for themselves they are generally unstoppable for viral growth… :)

    

Uji Handoko

Band of Sober - Effort, 2013

Acrylic on canvas

Diameter: 180 cm

    

Uji Handoko

Band Of Sober - Prayer, 2013

Acrylic on canvas

Diameter: 180 cm

    

# Uji Handoko aka ‘Hahan’

Born February 25 1983, Kebumen, Java, Indonesia.

+ 2009: Art Faculty, fine art program, major in print making, Indonesia Institute of The Art, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

thisishahan.wordpress.com/

    

# Langgeng Gallery

Cempaka 8B

Magelang 56123

Indonesia

    

www.langgeng.net/

    

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:55:11+0800

+ Dimensions: 4844 x 3229

+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0

+ Focal Length: 17 mm

+ ISO: 400

+ 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.14158

+ 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

    

Paintings by Uji Handoko ‘Hahan’ (b. 1983 Indonesia): Band Of Sober — Effort, 2003 + Band Of Sober - Prayer, 2013 (acrylic on canvas) / Langgeng Gallery / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14158

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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #UjiHandoko #Hahan #UjiHahan #LanggengGallery #painting #acrylic #WTF #LOL #pop

 

Visitors can reach the peak of Mount Tai via a bus which terminates at the Midway Gate to Heaven, from there a cable car (纜車 缆车 pictured) connects to the summit. Covering the same distance on foot takes about two and a half to six hours. (1)

 

Each cable car takes 8 passengers. On the way up they forced pack us as sardines to the maximum capacity, but on the way down they let us go loosely and allows me room to do some photography.

 

The cable cars are completely enclosed, but there is a utility cable car which is open air (pictured first on the right). I would have loved to be able to get on that one as the plexiglass windows on the cable car are scratched due to weather battering and I could have taken some better picture if there is no window between my lens and the scene.

 

# SML Data

+ Serial: SML.20121011.7D.09489.C23PS

+ Date: 2012-10-11 08:38:54 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 3026 x 4531

+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/3.5

+ Focal Length: 34 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Setup: Handheld

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

+ GPS: 36°14'22" N 117°4'58" E (approximate. GPS unit not available)

 

# SML Notes

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tai

 

# Related SML Universe

+ SML Flickr Set: 中國旅遊 中国旅游 China Tourism: sml8.it/smlflickr-chinatourism

  

纜車 缆车 cable car / 旅遊人流 旅游人流 Travel Human Logistics / 山東省泰山 山东省泰山 Mount Tai, Shandong Province / 中國旅遊 中国旅游 China Tourism / SML.20121011.7D.09489.C23PS

“This collection is inspired by global riot initiated by teenagers, local political and social issues. Traces of it can be seen from the pattern on fabrics, details on accessories to the vibe of the final outfits as a whole. This collection is also one of the so many ways to celebrate the waking up of youngsters from ignorance, self-egos and work their ways out against the corrupted social value, ideology and bureaucracy, of which their actions are always regarded as a form of social disturbance. on top of that, it allows me to express my own personal perspective.”—Rhyox Wan, designer

 

"…and we live off of the unsettling soul”

 

# WAN Wai Kit, Rhyox

…and we live off of the unsettling soul

 

# Sponsors

+ Fang Brothers Knitting Ltd.

+ UPW

+ Winning Textile Co., Ltd.

+ Awesome Mojito Handmade Leather Products

+ Long Tai Hong (Holding) Limited

 

Rhyox Wan (WAN Wai-Kit): …and we live off of the unsettling soul: Look 4 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.16845

Not my favorite look — but I love this model. Wearing oddly shaped garments with super high heels on the runway is no joke. I am always amazed how graceful they are to maintain the poise required for the catwalk.

 

# 黃倩汶 WONG Sin Man, Kitty

Unfolding

kitty92624@hotmail.com

+852 6427 1294

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

黃倩汶 WONG Sin Man, Kitty: Unfolding: Look 5 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.17111

/ #PolyUFashionShow2013 #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #Crazyisgood #SMLWomen

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #理工大學 #PolyU #fashion #design #people #黃倩汶 #WongSinMan #KittyWong #womens #women #WTF #Forms

Nora Ligorano showing off the complete set of sculptures with words from the seven deadly sins encased inside snowglobes during the Eyebeam Open Studios Fall 2009 held biennially in New York City.

 

See also video interview with the artist (Flickr HD video).

 

Deadly Sins

 

A new collectible, slated to set the mark as an icon for the 22nd Century - collect all Seven Deadly Sins. Due out by December in an exclusive limited edition set.

 

Pure Products USA | Ligorano/Reese Collaboration in Art

 

Towards a Surreal Politik…

 

In 1992, we began Pure Products of America as a series of multiple editions focusing on the impact of marketing on politics. Over the past 17 years, the series has expanded and now includes 14 pieces running the gamut from snow globes to underwear (our underwear was the first to pack a political message), to happy meals.

 

Each object is signed and numbered in various sized editions. When we introduce Pure Products, we send some of them as gifts to government officials. Presidents Obama, Bush, and Clinton, members of the Supreme Court and various Senators and Congressional representatives have all received a pure product at one time or another.

 

Pure Products also function as discreet elements in installations. The installations The Bible Belt, Pillars of the Clean Order, and Steel Nipples incorporated them in sculptural settings with video and other media. In 2001, we expanded on this idea with the inauguration of an online retail website as part of the project.

 

Each piece is grounded within a framework that satirizes political values and, often, lampoons morality. Some pure products, like Line Up and Contract with America underwear, became media sensations, reported in the press, on television and radio. The commentary surrounding the artwork is a mixture of absurdity and culture jamming, amplifying how much the media interprets and misinterprets contemporary art and blurs the connections between art, activism and commerce.

 

ligoranoreese.net/pure-products-usa

 

Bio

 

NORA LIGORANO and MARSHALL REESE have collaborated together as Ligorano/Reese since the early 80’s. They use collaboration to blend diverse talents into a singular voice and vision. In the process of creating their work, their individual contributions cross and criss-cross between each other from brainstorming to realizing and making the art on location or in the studio.

 

They use unusual materials and industrial processes to make their limited edition multiples, videos, sculptures and installations, moving easily from dish towels, underwear, and snow globes, to electronic art and computer controlled interactive installations.

 

They take and manipulate images, audio and text from old media: print, television, radio and combine that with the new: internet and mobile telecommunications. Their pursuit is an ongoing investigation into the impact of technology on culture and the associations and meanings that the media brings to images, language and speech in politics.

 

They have an interest with using open forms to involve community interaction, like their drawing contests, Crater Bay Area for the 01 Festival in San Jose and Crater New York at Location1. Installations that combine sculpture with public participation in drawing, within the context of a contest that is also streamed on the internet and in Second Life. Their ice sculptures, “Main Street Meltdown” and “The State of Things” share that same sense of open possibility, fusing natural processes of erosion and decay as flexible durations and markers to determine the experience of the work.

 

Many of their sculptures and installations reinterpret and reexamine older forms of technology - using objects that signify truth, authority and manifest cultural historicity. Ligorano/Reese use mirrors, clocks, metronomes and medieval codex bindings and combine them with video screens. They have invented micro-projection systems to display films on the head of a pin or the counterweight of a metronome.

 

Since 2004, they’ve investigated portraiture as a construct of social representation. Line Up (2004-5), their series of portraits of Bush administration officials in mug shot, acknowledges that the mug shot is the preeminent form of portraiture now that more people are incarcerated in the U.S. than any other country in the world. In December, 2007, the exhibition of these photos at the New York Public Library caused a firestorm of controversy with heavy rotation on FoxNews, DrudgeReport’s homepage and many, many other publications.

 

In 2001, they launched www.pureproductsusa.com, the online retail website for their infamous political art series the Pure Products of America. Since 1992, Ligorano/Reese have made 11 multiples in signed editions of 3 to 100. They are best selling editions at Printed Matter, artbook@ps1 and the New Museum store and have prompted, at least on one occasion, the RNC to threaten them with copyright infringement.

 

For more information see “The Joy of Collaborating: recipes for time-based art.

 

ligoranoreese.net/about

  

Eyebeam Open Studios: Fall 2009

 

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.

 

eyebeam.org

 

An invisible deadly web virus is spreading so the gang came together to raise awareness.

 

Papa Smurf: Did you know that up til 1990, homosexuality was considered a mental disorder by the World Health Organization (WHO)?

 

Little Green Man (LGM): Seriously? Humans are so backwards.

 

Rainbow Teddy (RT): This is why every year on May 17, we have decided to join up and bring awareness on social media.

 

Tigger: United we stand. To quote a tweet commonly attributed to (an unconfirmed) Morgan Freeman: “I hate the word homophobia. It’s not a phobia. You are not scared. You are an asshole.”

 

In Hong Kong, homophobia is still a huge problem. For most of my adulthood I have lived in New York mostly as I wish to distance myself from my family in order to not negatively affect them because of who I am.

 

I hope that one day I can just be.

 

For more information, visit www.homophobiaday.org/

 

# About The International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO)

 

The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) is an annual event celebrated every May 17. It is coordinated by the Paris-based "IDAHOBIT Committee", founded and presided over by Frenchman Louis-Georges Tin. The day aims to coordinate international events that raise awareness of LGBT rights violations and stimulate interest in LGBT rights work.

 

May 17 was the day that homosexuality was removed from the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1990.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_Against_Homophobi...

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-17T18:35:42+0800

+ Dimensions: 4856 x 3237

+ Exposure: 1/15 sec at f/6.3

+ Focal Length: 62 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ Flash: Canon EOS 580EX ceiling bounce

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Remote release, Manfrotto tripod

+ GPS: 22°25'51" N 114°11'35" E

+ Location: SML Universe (Hong Kong) Limited

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130517.6D.06866

+ Series: 生頌多樣 Life Celebrates Diversity, 彩熊 Rainbow Teddy, 玩具故事 Toy Story, Crazyisgood

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

“抗爭恐同症網絡病毒 Fight the homophobia web virus” / 生頌多樣玩具故事 Life Celebrates Diversity Toy Story: International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) / SML.20130517.6D.06866

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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #gay #Teddy #instagay #LGBT #Smurf #strobist #toys #homophobia #恐同症 #IDAHOBIT #IDAHO #events

 

www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8746465827/

This installation by Ellen Driscoll is so gigantic that I thought that only a video fly-through can really help experience the piece.

 

SML Simulcast

+ www.youtube.com/watch?v=q38bGDNWKQw (720p HD)

+ www.vimeo.com/6876739 (720p HD)

 

www.smackmellon.org

 

Two Solo Exhibitions

Exhibition dates: September 26 - November 8, 2009

Artists’ reception: Saturday, September 26, 5-8pm

 

Smack Mellon is pleased to present Ellen Driscoll’s installation FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 2 and Fernando Souto’s photographic series The End of the Trail. The two concurrent solo exhibitions compress layers of time to explore industries and lifestyles that go beyond geographic borders. Composed of thousands of discarded plastic bottles collected by Ellen Driscoll, FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 2 takes a critical look at the environmental and human damage inflicted by the oil and water industries in the last two centuries on regions as diverse as Nigeria and the United States. During extended trips to cattle ranches in the American West, Australia, and Uruguay, Fernando Souto photographed the fading culture of ranchers, creating black-and-white environmental portraits in the tradition of iconic photographers such as Walker Evans and Robert Frank. Both Driscoll and Souto are intimately tied to their craft—painstakingly cutting up salvaged bottles and printing large-scale silver gelatin photographs—asserting a tactile personal connection in their work.

 

Ellen Driscoll

FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 2

 

“This installation is a continuation of a multi-year series which explores the dynamics of resource harvesting and consumption. This part of the series focuses on oil and water. Rising at 5:30 AM, I harvest #2 plastic bottles from the recycling bags put out for collection on the streets of Brooklyn. For one hour, one day at a time, I immerse myself in the tidal wave of plastic that engulfs us by collecting as many bottles as I can carry. The sculptural installation for Smack Mellon comprises 2600 bottles transformed into a 28 foot landscape. Constructed solely of harvested #2 plastic, the sculpture collapses three centuries into a ghostly translucent visual fugue in which a nineteenth century trestle bridge plays host to an eighteenth century water-powered mill which spills a twenty-first century flood from its structure. The flow contains North American, Middle Eastern, and African landmasses (sites of oil harvesting and their consumer destination) buoyed by a sea of plastic water molecules. The piece looks back to eighteenth century American industry powered by water, and forward to the oil refineries of the Niger Delta, site of prolonged guerilla warfare against oil corporations and the source of over fifty percent of crude oil for the United States—the oil that produces the plastic within which our privatized water is currently bought and sold.

 

The wall drawings in the exhibition are based on a close study of the inner workings of an oil refinery. By using huge shifts of scale between the macro and the micro, they depict a dystopic future based on rampant oil consumption. An oil rig shares the horizon with ocean fires and garbage scows, mega shopping malls are abandoned to spontaneous communities of slums, and a refugee camp is inundated by the waters of a melting glacier. The worlds in the drawings are drained of color, but filled with the flux and spillage of a potentially chaotic future.”

 

Ellen Driscoll is a sculptor whose work includes FASTFORWARDFOSSIL: Part 1 at Frederieke Taylor Gallery, Revenant and Phantom Limb for Nippon Ginko, Hiroshima, Japan, The Loophole of Retreat at the Whitney Museum, Phillip Morris, As Above, So Below for Grand Central Terminal (a suite of 20 mosaic and glass images for the tunnels at 45th, 47th, and 48th Streets), Catching the Drift, a restroom for the Smith College Museum of Art, and Wingspun for the International Arrivals Terminal at Raleigh-Durham airport. Ms. Driscoll has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bunting Institute at Harvard University, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Massachusetts Council on the Arts, the LEF Foundation, and Anonymous Was a Woman. Her work is included in major public and private collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of Art. She is a Professor of Sculpture at Rhode Island School of Design.

 

Smack Mellon

92 Plymouth Street @ Washington

Brooklyn, NY 11201

 

Gallery hours are Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6pm.

  

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Rainbow Teddy (RT) went on a little date with Daddy Smurf at the Ma On Shan Sports Ground last night.

 

SML: What are you doing here?

 

RT: The property market in Hong Kong is off the charts, so we decided to join the flock of love birds in the area and come to this dark corner to have a date.

 

Daddy Smurf: Yes this place is made for us. It was so romantic until you have arrived.

 

SML: Oh, sorry about that. Let’s just take a photo and I will leave you be…

 

# Strobist Info

Taken with the 6D + 24-70 f/2.8L with 90EX as remote flash. Canon 580EX mounted on Manfrotto table-top tripod as make-shift light stand, bouncing off of ceiling of the stadium to create this almost daylight exposure.

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-13T22:09:57+0800

+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648

+ Exposure: 1/160 sec at f/2.8

+ Focal Length: 59 mm

+ ISO: 400

+ Flash: Canon 90EX on camera as remote, Canon 580EX on Manfrotto tripod as slave. Ceiling bounce

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM

+ GPS: 22°25'17" N 114°13'40" E

+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130513.6D.06491.C23

+ Series: Rainbow Teddy, Toy Story, Crazyisgood

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

“彩熊和藍精靈爸爸春天的約會 Rainbow Teddy + Daddy Smurf’s Date in Spring” / Crazyisgood Toy Story / SML.20130513.6D.06491.C23

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Thank you for Your Visit, Have a Nice Day is a performance piece by Agata Olek (Facebook / Flickr / Portfolio) created for Art in Odd Places:SIGN, an annual festival exploring the odd, ordinary and ingenious in the spectacle of daily life.

 

Curated by Erin Donnelly and Radhika Subramaniam

Director of AIOP: Ed Woodham

 

Artist Statement

"Inspired by a uniformed attendant holding the sign Hold the Handrail in a Taipei metro station, I've created this moving installation/performance piece. In wearable sculptures of multicolored crocheted camouflage, my performers appear in various sites on 14th Street, displaying photographs of signs I've collected from different countries that are in emphatic, ironic or amused dialogue with their location."

 

See also video by Technology Artist filmed on the same day at www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfjXrKQVwPU

 

More information about the festival

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Press

+ Timeout New York: Fall Preview 2009

+ Timeout New York: Own this City

+ New York Times: Spare Times

 

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My audio samples are stored in a FireWire external drive for use with the MacBookPro. I am migrating everything over to the MacBookAir and Apple told me that there is no way to use FW drives natively. WTF?!

 

So now I am copying everything over to the new drive. Now there are many ways you can do that. You can use OSX’s native copy and paste. But OSX copy and paste is slow and would go do file counting. It also had issues if you terminate file transfers in the middle of it.

 

But rsync does all these—and better at it. It is already built in inside OSX. Shell tools are better and more efficient. You can buy apps which do these kinds of things but why buy crappy apps when you have the best tool for it?

 

Syntax:

$ rsync -av [source] [target]

 

or what I did in my shell:

$ rsync -av /Volumes/Ra/Audio/ /Volumes/LaCie/Audio/

 

where:

-a is a flag to tell rsync to turn on archive mode, where “accessed date” and “modified date” will not be modified as a result of copying.

-v is the flag for verbose mode, which shows the files being copied as the process continues.

 

For the rest of what rsync can do, look no further than its built-in manual, of course:

$ man rsync

 

I know, it's a no brainer. But I continue to be surprised at what most people didn't know is readily available in OSX

 

# SML Workflow

Taken with the iPad 3, processed in Snapseed.

 

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Tony Oursler

20 Franc

Mixed media

2010

 

Tony Oursler est né en 1957 à New York, où il vit et travaille actuellement. Il est reconnu comme l’un des précurseurs de l’art vidéo. Dès ses premières œuvres, c’est la vidéo qui va lui servir de catalyseur pour la création d’un univers totalement singulier, car elle représente pour lui l’espace d’accès immédiat à la culture populaire.

 

Il exploitera jusqu’à aujourd’hui l’outil vidéo et surtout celui de la projection qu’il utilise notamment avec des images de corps ou fragments de corps sur des sphères suspendues, ou des poupées posées sur le sol. Il nous transporte dans des univers spectraux posant la question de l’humain et du non-humain et tentant de reproduire les émotions de l’homme face à la monstruosité ou à l’inanimé.

 

Le son et les textes occupent une place de première importance dans son travail quant à l’impact qu’ils suscitent sur le spectateur. Il fait sortir le médium vidéo de son état hypnotique en le retirant de l’espace plat du moniteur pour le réinstaller à l’intérieur du monde.

 

Dans l’univers d’Oursler rien ne peut échapper au visible, (le bruit et la lumière font partie intégrante des dispositifs). L’image est omniprésente, sa projection constitue l’œuvre. Le spectateur est placé devant l’hégémonie de l’œil et du visuel. Les multiples acteurs virtuels d’Oursler délivrent un message, tout en entravant le sens, pour écrire une parabole de la non- communication.

Cependant, l’important pour lui n’est pas la vidéo en elle-même mais plutôt sa projection sur un support 3D. Il crée des univers qui peuvent paraître drôles au premier abord et qui se révèlent peu à peu lourds de sens.

 

Difficile de rester indifférent au monde de Tony Oursler tant la mise en scène est saisissante. D’ailleurs le spectateur fait partie intégrante des dispositifs. Passant entre les projections il devient un instant écran, modifiant l’œuvre par sa présence. Le monde que donne à voir Tony Oursler est une « société du spectacle », dans laquelle il est difficile de trouver sa place, où la communication est omniprésente sans que l’on puisse s’entendre. On peut penser à une déambulation de brouhahas audiovisuels, un univers entre architecture et art, dispositif et vidéo.

 

Du 24 octobre 2009 au 17 janvier 2010, il bénéficiera d’une rétrospective au Kunsthaus Bregenz en Autriche

 

Ses œuvres sont présentes dans les collections de nombreux musées, comme le Musée d’Art Moderne Georges Pompidou à Paris, du MOCA à Chicago, du MoMA à New York, de la Tate Gallery à Londres,…

 

www.baronianfrancey.com/artists/117-tony-oursler/

 

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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

 

thearmoryshow.com

 

During Art Basel Hong Kong this year, Mayoral Galeria D’Art from Barcelona gave a solo show to Joan Miró, arguably one of the most important artists in Spanish history.

 

Born to the families of a goldsmith and a cabinet-maker, he grew up in the Barri Gòtic neighborhood of Barcelona. Miró initially went to business school as well as art school. His father is unsupportive of his art education, and when he had his first solo show at the Dalmal Gallery, his work was ridiculed and defaced.

 

But as you can see now, he is now universally recognised as a significant influence on late-20th century art. In 1954 he was given the Venice Biennale print making prize, in 1958 the Guggenheim International Award, and in 1980 he received the Gold Medal of Fine Arts from King Juan Carlos of Spain.

 

Hard work and perseverance usually pay off if you keep at it. Just do what you love.

 

Joan Miró

(Bacelona, 1893 - Palma, 1983)

Femme oiseaux (1978)

Signed ‘Miró’ (lower right); dated and titled ’III/78. Femme, oiseaux’ (on the reverse)

Oil and pencil on board

72 x 55 cm

28.3 x 21.7 in

  

# Joan Miro

 

Joan Miró i Ferrà (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈam miˈɾo]) (April 20, 1893 – December 25, 1983) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city in 1975.

 

Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism, a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride. In numerous interviews dating from the 1930s onwards, Miró expressed contempt for conventional painting methods as a way of supporting bourgeois society, and famously declared an "assassination of painting" in favour of upsetting the visual elements of established painting.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Miró

 

# Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Paris.

The Schulhof Collection.

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1979.

 

# Literature

J. Dupin and A. Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró, Catalogue raisonné. Paintings VI, 1976-1981, Paris, 2004, p. 116, No. 1866 (illustrated in colour).

 

# Mayoral Galeria D’Art

Consell de Cent, 286

08007 Barcelona

Spain

galeriamaroyal.com

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:49:20+0800

+ Dimensions: 1623 x 2128

+ Exposure: 1/200 sec at f/4.0

+ Focal Length: 37 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ 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.14027

+ 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

 

“Painting by Joan Miró: Femme oiseaux, 1978 (Oil and pencil on board)” / Mayoral Galeria D’Art / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14027

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Here is another mixed media installation by Chiharu Shiota (塩田千春 Shiota Chiharu b. 1972 Osaka, Japan), the artist I knew nothing about but fell in love with after my brief visit to Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 recently.

 

For her “State of being” series, a physical object—a boy’s kimono in this case—is suspended in air with black threads. Some have mentioned that they look like charcoal drawings, and they definitely do have that feel to it. Except that it is just a web of threads affixed to a metal frame.

 

It reminds one of an old precious long-forgotten item found inside the attic, memories which are trapped somehow—unreachable, but there.

 

Stunning at its simplicity but masterful in its execution. It is suspended between reality and surrealism. Highly recommended.

 

Chiharu Shiota b. 1972

State of Being: Boy’s Kimono, 2013

Metal, kimono, black thread

150 x 100 x 80 cm

59 x 39 3/8 x 31 1/2 in

 

# Chiharu Shiota

 

Chiharu Shiota (塩田 千春 Shiota Chiharu) is a Japanese installation artist born in 1972 in Osaka. She has been living and working in Berlin since 1996.She studied at the Seika University in Kyoto and at various schools in Germany and is represented by ARNDT in Berlin and Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiharu_Shiota

 

# Galerie Daniel Templon

Founded in 1966

 

30, rue Beaubourg

75003 Paris

France

 

www.danieltemplon.com/

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:53:14+0800

+ Dimensions: 3112 x 4661

+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.0

+ Focal Length: 29 mm

+ ISO: 800

+ 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.14043

+ 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

 

“Mixed Media Installation by 塩田千春 Chiharu Shiota (b. 1972 Japan): State of Being: Boy’s Kimono, 2013 (Metal, kimono, black thread)” / Galerie Daniel Templon / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14043

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“This collection is inspired by global riot initiated by teenagers, local political and social issues. Traces of it can be seen from the pattern on fabrics, details on accessories to the vibe of the final outfits as a whole. This collection is also one of the so many ways to celebrate the waking up of youngsters from ignorance, self-egos and work their ways out against the corrupted social value, ideology and bureaucracy, of which their actions are always regarded as a form of social disturbance. on top of that, it allows me to express my own personal perspective.”—Rhyox Wan, designer

 

"…and we live off of the unsettling soul”

 

# WAN Wai Kit, Rhyox

…and we live off of the unsettling soul

 

# Sponsors

+ Fang Brothers Knitting Ltd.

+ UPW

+ Winning Textile Co., Ltd.

+ Awesome Mojito Handmade Leather Products

+ Long Tai Hong (Holding) Limited

 

Rhyox Wan (WAN Wai-Kit): …and we live off of the unsettling soul: Look 3 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.16818

Here is a wider view of the Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter on the deck of the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) while it docked in Hong Kong. It was rainy when I shot these but even through the fog you can make out the skyline of Hong Kong across the Victoria Harbour.

 

A US Navy officer holding a large carbine is armed and patrolling on deck. I do not know the exactly what type of firearms he carrying, so please comment below if you do. Visually it looks like an Mk 18 Mod 0 CQBR (CQB assault rifle, 5.56x45mm NATO) to me, which according to Wikipedia is currently in use by the Force Reconnaissance|USMC Force Recon, and Coast Guard, US NAVY SEALS) so he might be a US Navy Seal then [1].

 

A fox insignia is seen on the exterior shell of the helicopter. If my research is correct, this should be the Purple Foxes HMM-364 which is stationed at MCAS Camp Pendleton, CA. [2, 3]

 

# Notes

1. Wikipedia: EN: List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_individual_weapons_of_the_U...

2. Wikipedia: EN: List of active United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_Marine...

3. Wikipedia: EN: US Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (HMM-364): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMM-364

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-04-18T17:33:38+0800

+ Dimensions: 3340 x 5010

+ Exposure: 1/160 sec at f/8.0

+ Focal Length: 160 mm

+ ISO: 5000

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ GPS: 22°17'41" N 114°9'59" E

+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀海港城 Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

+ Subject: Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion, US Navy, USS Peleliu (LHA-5), United States Navy

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130418.6D.01477

+ Series: Photojournalism, 男 Men

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

“持槍武裝美國海軍在CH-53直升機附近巡邏 Armed US Navy with guns patrolling on deck near the US Marines Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion Helicopter” / USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in Hong Kong / SML.20130418.6D.01477

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As an interaction designer, I love art works which uses technology and are interactive. I also love truly crazy ideas. So this piece by japanese collective Chim↑Pom is a by-chance encounter of pure awesomeness.

 

This work intends to provide an alternative source to energy by converting “libido” to electricity. Chim↑Pom inserted tiny erotic ads in newspaper to solicit calls from “needy” male adults. When they call this number, the machine will convert radio waves into electricity by an optical sensor with a relay. This “invention” is currently patent-pending, apparently.

 

When this work is shown at Art Basel Hong Kong, a similar ad was placed in a newspaper in Hong Kong. To figure out how this works, I called the number—if you zoom into the photo you will see my number on the iPhone. When it rings, the light bulb lights up through the machine. The calls are real, also — as the director of the gallery told me that quite a few people called multiple times thinking that it is a legit number.

 

Crazyisgood. SML Love.

 

Chim ↑ Pom an artist group formed in August 2005 in Tokyo and is consisted of six members: Erii, Ryuta Ushiro, Yasutaka Hayashi, Toshinori Mizuno, Takashi Okada, and Inaoka.

 

Chim↑Pom

Libido-Electricity Conversion Machine “EROKITEL” third and practical model “KIBOU”, 2011

Mixed media, sports paper ad

 

# Chim↑Pom(チン↑ポム)

Chim↑Pom(チン↑ポム)は、2005年8月、東京で結成されたアーティスト集団。メンバーはエリイ、卯城竜太、林靖高、水野俊紀、岡田将孝、稲岡求の6人編成。

 

ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chim↑Pom

chimpom.jp/

 

# Mujin-to Production

2-12-6 Miyoshi Koto-ku

Tokyo 135-0022

Japan

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:44:22+0800

+ Dimensions: 3648 x 5472

+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0

+ Focal Length: 32 mm

+ ISO: 800

+ 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.14290

+ 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

 

‘Interactive Installation by Chim↑Pom: Libido-Electricity Conversion Machine “EROKITEL” third and practical model “KIBOU”, 2011 (Mixed media, sports paper ad)’ / Mujin-to Production / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14290

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It is rare for me to remember any artist’s name after seeing their work only once, but El Anatsui is one of those very rare exceptions. I saw his work last at The Armory Show 2010 in New York [1], and I distinctively remember him mainly because of the transmutative properties of the medium which he chooses.

 

Anatsui’s sculptures look like a sort of abstract expressionist tapestry made out of fabric, but are in fact a knit of thousands of discarded aluminium bottle tops threaded together with copper wires.

 

Fluidity of form is a significant quality inherent to his sculptures. The artist insists that his hangings be draped rather than hung flat, and allow museums and galleries to do the draping themselves, thus leaving their actual appearance differ from each show adding a unfixed quality into the sculptural practice.

 

Anatsui was born in Anyako, and trained at the College of Art, University of Science and Technology, in Kumasi, in central Ghana. He began teaching at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in 1975, and has become affiliated with the Nsukka group.

 

El Anatsui

Earth developing more roots, 2011

Aluminium (bottle caps) and copper wire

129 x 141 inches

 

# El Anatsui (b. 1944, Ghana)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Anatsui

 

# Sakshi Gallery

6/19, 2nd Floor, Grants Building, Arthur Bunder Road, Colaba

400 005 Mumbai

India

www.sakshigallery.com/

 

# Notes

1. Sculpture (Detail) by El Anatsui / Jack Shainman Gallery / The Armory Show 2010 / SML.20100305.7D.03932: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/4420429650/

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:41:57+0800

+ Dimensions: 4700 x 3393

+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0

+ Focal Length: 28 mm

+ ISO: 320

+ 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.14115

+ 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

 

“Sculpture by El Anatsui: Earth developing more roots, 2011 (Aluminium bottle caps, copper wire)” / Sakshi Gallery / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14115

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Handheld 1080p video shot using the Canon EOS M and Canon EF 24-70 f2.8L lens at Queensway, outside of Pacific Place in Admiralty, Hong Kong SAR, China on 2012-11-20 for the Human Logistics series.

 

Series: Human Logistics

Camera: Canon EOS M

Lens: Canon EF 24-70 f2.8L

Video: H264 MP4, 1920x1080, 25fps, Progressive, 8.3 Mbps

Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo

Length: 2 min 13 sec

Location: Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong SAR, China

Date: 2012-11-20 (recorded) 2012-11-21 (processed)

License: CCBY: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported

Copyright: © 2012 See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Universe Limited

Serial: SML.20121120.EOSM.01290.queensway-bokeh.1080p25.youtube

 

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+ SML YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8NTi2nutfo

+ SML Universe YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDDJSBZEFd0

 

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+ SML SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/seeminglee/hong-kong-queensway-bokeh

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A 6-meter tall installation marks the entrance at the 3rd level at Art Basel Hong Kong 2013. This latest work by artist Haegue Yang is created using colourful venetian blinds to create an organic forms compositions through utilitarian materials.

 

Haegue Yang (Hangul: 양혜규) was born in 1974 in Seoul in South Korean. She represented South Korea in the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009. She is currently based in Seoul and Berlin.

 

No additional official information was provided about the installation.

 

# Kukje Gallery

54 Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu

110-200 Seoul

Korea, Republic Of

www.kukjegallery.com/

 

# SML References

+ Haegue Yang (Hangul: 양혜규; born 1971 in Seoul, South Korea) is a visual artist. Yang represented South Korea in the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009. She has exhibited at Portikus, Frankfurt and Walker Art Center (Brave New Worlds), she also participated in the 2006 Sao Paulo Biennial. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haegue_Yang

+ Blouin Art Info: Art Basel Hong Kong 2013: Time Remembered in Haegue Yang’s Encounters Installation: hk.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/905665/art-basel-hong-kon...

+ Kukje Gallery: Haegue Yang: www.kukjegallery.com/KJ_artists_view_4.php?a_no=176&v=4

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-23T13:53:35+0800

+ Dimensions: 3330 x 4994

+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/2.0

+ Focal Length: 22 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ Camera: Canon EOS M

+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM

+ 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.EOSM.03939

+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

“Mixed Media Installation by Haegue Yang: Journal of Mundane and Uncertain Days, 2012” / Kukje Gallery, Seoul / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.EOSM.03939

/ #新聞攝影 #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #文化 #Culture #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #installation #mixedmedia #HaegueYang #KukjeGallery #Seoul #Korea

 

www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8803569724/

 

彩熊 Rainbow Teddy (RT) overheard a conversation recently: “Why does the rainbow flag represents LGBT?” an SML Family member asked.

 

”Oh, it’s because the rainbow is all-inclusive and it represents people in all different colors,” RT hijacked the conversation while fanning out the Pantone Color guide to show the amazing beauty of color diversity.” But if you want more information about the rainbow flag, let me Google that for you:

 

According to Wikipedia, the rainbow flag, sometimes LGBT pride flag or gay pride flag, is a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) pride and LGBT social movements in use since the 1970s. The colors reflect the diversity of the LGBT community, and the flag is often used as a symbol of gay pride in LGBT rights marches. It originated in California, but is now used worldwide. [1]”

 

“可能中文會比較容易明白: 彩虹旗作為同志驕傲標誌是起源於美國加州。顏色反映的LGBT社區的多樣性, 所以自20世紀70年代成為LGBT (Lesbian 女同性戀者, Gay 男同性戀者, Bisexual 雙性戀者, Transgender 變性者)社會運動的象徵。”

 

RT is eager to share his Google knowledge with humans who don’t enjoy Googling. Please feel free to ask more questions in the future!

 

# Notes

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag_(LGBT_movement)

 

# SML Workflow

Photographed with Canon EOS M with Canon EF 17-40 f4L on tripod, processed in Lightroom 4.

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-01-25 23:56:39 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 3456 x 4802

+ Exposure: 0.6 sec at f/4.0

+ Focal Length: 31 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS M

+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'25" E (SML Universe HKG)

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

“彩熊解釋彩虹象徵同志驕傲標誌的因由 Rainbow Teddy explains why rainbow = symbol of gay pride” #LGBT #design #history

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/ #LGBT #同志 #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #bear #diversity #color #Pantone #swatch #pride #symbol #opinions history

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #攝影 #摄影 #photography

Roseline Koener

Cantate of Morning

Tempera and ink on cardboard and paper

15" x 16", 2009

 

www.walterwickisergallery.com/pages/exhibitions/roseline_...

 

The Art Of Roseline Koener

 

“... as a painter I feel that I have in my possession the means of moving others in the direction in which I myself am driven ...”

 

- Paul Klee, On Modern Art

 

Her grandfather was a collector, her mother a painter: what did eleven-year-old Roseline Koener want for her twelfth birthday? Oil paints! The following Christmas, her first book on art history arrived, and every week thereafter a book on a different artist. Soon Roseline Koener was studying with the masters. Then came la Cambre (a school founded by members of the Bauhaus) which drew her away not only from the conservatism of her earliest efforts but from art-making itself. In its place she turned to archeology and art history, working after graduation at a succession of museums. Unfulfilled creativity prompted study abroad and travel: Dublin, San Francisco, New York... During this period she learned (from Manuel Neri) “to draw not from seeing, but from feeling”. It was the culture of Africa that transformed her truly. “Its color, fabric, texture” changed the Belgium-born artist into a world cosmopolitan. Roseline Koener’s art strikes one immediately with its color, patterned space and tactile qualities.

 

Koener’s Westhampton atelier presents the visitor with an array of objects -- ceramics, baskets, linens, paintings and sculptures. Only a shelf’s worth of big bottles of dry pigment divides her workspace from living quarters. The former teems with her works, as well as huge basketfuls of colored fabrics, colored papers, occult-evoking sculpture collections, books, music -- much of this evidence of the wide range of her interest in indigenous cultures.

 

Roseline Koener’s work process tends to the spontaneous; her media -- fabric and paper foremost among them -- are arranged, layered, inserted, and glued together according to the dictates of color. Markings, dots, and lines then enrich her distinctively beautiful tonal field, bringing into play her highly-developed drawing sense and command of painting technique, until the fragments merge into the single new piece.

 

Koener’s colors –- her blue, pink, yellow, and green blended with pink and green, purple and blue – make for strong visual poetry; vibrant and intense. She creates them by mixing dry pigment with egg white and an emulsifier, or, alternatively, the dry pigment with ink. The dots or freely drawn lines guide us beyond these exuberant colors into the colors within.

 

Intellect plus depth of understanding, combined with force of impulse and spontaneity -- all together constitute this artist’s distinctiveness. Her experiences both intellectual and emotional, her biography of courageous embracings and of castings-off, all these have been translated into her work, which guides and pulls us toward her.

 

“To see the different beauty, to encounter the soul of the world, to discover the universal humanity”, Roseline Koener travels frequently, in-between stints as educator and working artist. Her ultimate goal as artist is to evoke spirituality through the illuminating light of her colors. It should be no surprise that she counts Matisse and Rothko among the artists that enchant her most.

 

Willo Doe

Art Critic

 

Willo Doe is the author of numerous catalogues and essays. In addition, she has written extensively for many art journals.

  

Never let who you are limit what you can do. I honestly believe that anyone can accomplish anything in life if they have the will to do it.

 

Pictured are two runners seen at the Ma On Shan Promenade after they have finished their run and are walking home. One of the men is visually impaired. But he is able to run outside with the help of a guide runner. A cotton rope binds their hands together, thus allowing the visually impaired athlete to be able to run out in open air.

 

I have never seen anything like this before. Hong Kong is awesome. And very accessible. Crazyisgood. SML Love.

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-02-08 11:20:37 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 3196 x 4794

+ Exposure 1/200 sec at f/5.6

+ Focal Length: 102 mm

+ ISO: 640

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III

+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'27" E

+ 中國香港馬鞍山海濱長廊 中国香港马鞍山海滨长廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, Hong Kong, China

+ Serial: SML.20130208.7D.21490

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Series: Crazyisgood

 

“領跑員 Guide Runner + 視障運動員 Visually Impaired Athlete” / Crazyisgood / SML.20130208.7D.21490

/ #Crazyisgood #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLMen #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #人 #people #男 #Men #街 #Street #攝影 #摄影 #photography #run #體育 #体育 #運動 #运动 #sports

Audacia Ray (Flickr / Twitter) is a media maker and activist who is passionate about sexual rights. Presently, Audacia is the Program Officer for Online Communications and Campaigns at the International Women’s Health Coalition, an adjunct professor of Human Sexuality at Rutgers University, and the co-host of the monthly reading series Sex Worker Literati in New York.

 

Dacia is the author of Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads, and Cashing In on Internet Sexploration. Audacia is a former sex worker who was an executive editor at $pread magazine for three years and is a co-founder of advocacy organization Sex Work Awareness, for which she edits the public education blog Sex Work 101 and provides media training workshops for sex workers. Dacia is also the award-winning director and producer of the porn feature The Bi Apple as well as the producer and star of the comedic film short Dacia’s Love Machine.She has blogged at WakingVixen.com since 2004 and has also edited a blog for the Village Voice and written for Fleshbot.

 

She has a BA from Eugene Lang College at the New School and a MA from Columbia University.

 

Source: www.hoshookerscallgirlsrentboys.com/september-3-2009-sex-...

 

Sex Worker Literati (Flickr Group) is a monthly readings series happening in NYC on the first Thursday of the month at Happy Ending.

 

The series is hosted by Audacia Ray & David Henry Sterry - these photos are from the readings and starring all of our fabulous performers! See videos and read stories at hoshookerscallgirslrentboys.com/

 

Behind the bumps and the grinds, under the garters and the pasties, in between the booze fueled clients and the stiletto heels there is in the exchange of sex for money a power dynamic that opens a window into the soul. Sex Worker Literati features sex workers, former sex workers, and people with stories about the sex industry who will read, monologue, perform, and shimmy their ways into your hearts, minds, and naughty bits.

 

Happy Ending, 302 Broome St between Forsyth and Eldridge

First Thursday of Every Month

Doors at 7, Reading from 8-10. FREE.

Portion of proceeds from the bar supports sex workers rights groups

 

Related SML

+ SML Flickr Tags: Events

+ SML Flickr Tags: Sex.Worker.Literati

These smaller fish are being dried directly under the sun on open-air racks.

 

I do not eat these, but they must be quite popular among locals as the fish market is filled with them.

 

Photographed in Lau Fau Shan (流浮山), Hong Kong.

 

日曬魚乾 Sun-Dried Fish / 中國飲食文化 Chinese Food Culture / SML.20131118.7D.51346

Thank you for Your Visit, Have a Nice Day is a performance piece by Agata Olek (Facebook / Flickr / Portfolio) created for Art in Odd Places:SIGN, an annual festival exploring the odd, ordinary and ingenious in the spectacle of daily life.

 

Curated by Erin Donnelly and Radhika Subramaniam

Director of AIOP: Ed Woodham

 

Artist Statement

"Inspired by a uniformed attendant holding the sign Hold the Handrail in a Taipei metro station, I've created this moving installation/performance piece. In wearable sculptures of multicolored crocheted camouflage, my performers appear in various sites on 14th Street, displaying photographs of signs I've collected from different countries that are in emphatic, ironic or amused dialogue with their location."

 

See also video by Technology Artist filmed on the same day at www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfjXrKQVwPU

 

More information about the festival

+ www.artinoddplaces.org

 

Press

+ Timeout New York: Fall Preview 2009

+ Timeout New York: Own this City

+ New York Times: Spare Times

 

Related SML Univese

+ SML Fine Art (Flickr Group) (FriendFeed / Twitter)

+ SML Flickr Collections: Art + Artists

+ SML Pro Blog: Art

Using thousands of yellow plastic straws as raw materials, Italian artist Francesca Pasquali created a landscape like no others. It matters not if you can paint or not, if you have the will to create, magic always follows.

 

In her own words, “Even if plastic is a new material, the technique of interlacing it in pre-constituted nets is connected to the past. It makes it live again in the shape of sculpture, which spreads out towards the space around, creating various texturised effects. Observing nature itself, I transfer the essential being of it. The interlacing forms transform the industrial material into soft and sensual shapes.”

 

Francesca Pasquali

Light Yellow Straws

2013

 

# Francesca Pasquali

www.francescapasquali.com/

 

# Tornabuoni Art

16 Avenue Matignon

75008 Paris

France

www.tornabuoniart.fr/

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:47:12+0800

+ Dimensions: 2970 x 4158

+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0

+ Focal Length: 40 mm

+ ISO: 320

+ 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.14022

+ 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

 

“Installation by Francesca Pasquali: Light Yellow Straws, 2013” / Tornabuoni Art / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14022

/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #SMLProjects #Crazyisgood

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #FrancescaPasquali #TornabuoniArt #yellow #plastic #straw #installation #Italy

Toy Story by SML

With a big glass of Pinot Noir in hand, Bert forgot about the pain of modeling while Ernie got trashed.

 

Toy Story by Erotocrat (NYC)

It was reported by Burt that the euphoria caused by Ernie is unlike hand-puppet jobs received from other muppets. I even remember my first experience with Ernie, who as a young muppet, emerged from Mr. Hooper’s bodega off of Sesame Street one crispy morning. Ernie glanced at me as though I were a masked Adonis of some sort and told me in no uncertain terms, that he felt like the letter B.

 

Fast forward

If you got here browsing my photostream and is looking for photos, skip ahead to the next photo!

The warm late afternoon sun casts long shadows along a row of stairs and handrails seen at an outdoor drama theater space within the Ma On Shan Recreation Ground in Hong Kong.

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-02-22 16:52:47 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 4753 x 3168

+ Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/5.6

+ Focal Length: 196 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III

+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'40" E

+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場 中国香港马鞍山游乐场 Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Serial: SML.20130222.7D.24266.P1.L1

+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4

+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms

 

“樓梯 Stairs” / 人流建築之形 Human Logistics Architecture Forms / SML.20130222.7D.24266.P1.L1

/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #樓梯 #Stairs

 

www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8497842482/

A symphony of lines, forms, reflections and lights at night in 香港中環 Central, Hong Kong.

 

The structure to the right is 置地廣場 The Landmark, a shopping mall which features most of the world’s luxury brands. The net like structure in the background is Giorgio Armani’s facade at 遮打大廈 Chater House. The upside-down T clip-like structure is the electricity wire for 電車 trams. And the silhouette human figure in the window is the upper deck of double-decker buses.

 

Shot at 280mm, the large focal length compresses everything into a flat still. Remarkable. I am loving the 1.4x Extender.

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-02-09 22:09:40 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184

+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6

+ Focal Length: 280 mm

+ ISO: 3200

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + EF 1.4x Extender III

+ GPS: 22°16'53" N 114°9'24" E

+ Location: 中國香港中環畢打街置地廣場外 中国香港中环毕打街置地广场外 Outside The Landmark at Pedder Street, Central, Hong Kong SAR, China

+ Serial: SML.20130209.7D.21684.P1

+ Series: 形 Forms, 商埸 Shopping Malls, 人流 Human Logistics, 抽象 Abstracts

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4, Photoshop CS6

 

“城市夜之形 Urban Night Forms” / 香港中環商場建築與人流之形 Shopping Malls and Human logistics Forms in Central, Hong Kong / SML.20130209.7D.21684.P1

/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #商埸 #ShoppingMalls #人流 #HumanLogistics #抽象 #Abstracts #SMLAbstracts #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #中環 #Central #夜 #night #街 #street #攝影 #摄影 #photography

It was a quiet and sunny afternoon, and Rainbow Teddy (彩熊 RT @rainbowteddy8) wanted to play with the kids outside. In a kids playground nearby, RT found a metal jeep designed for his tiny figure. At first, there was another boy playing there also, but RT was quickly dismissed because of how he looks.

 

Boy: You are so weird. You have hair all over you.

 

SML: But he is a very good boy. He won’t hurt you.

 

Boy’s dad: Get away from my boy at once! Bears are dangerous. I saw it on TV. Why would you be such a careless parent to bring a bear to the playground?!

 

SML: He really doesn’t harm anyone…

 

(The dad and son team disappeared quicker than wind into thin air)

 

RT: It’s ok, SML, I am used to it. People always look at me and said that I am small, furry, ugly, weird, crazy, different, but I am perfectly happy playing by myself. Would it be nice to be loved by others? Sure, but learning to survive on my own makes me stronger.

 

SML: I am glad that you see the world that way. Now say cheese to the camera and let’s enjoy this wonderful day!

 

P.S. Rainbow Teddy now has an Instagram account at instagram.com/rainbowteddy8 but he has not had the time to post anything yet. Stay tuned.

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-07-13T14:51:30+0800

+ Dimensions: 4557 x 3038

+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/9.0

+ Focal Length: 24 mm

+ ISO: 250

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM

+ GPS: 22°25'2" N 114°13'10" E

+ Location: 香港馬鞍山錦豐苑兒童遊樂場 Children’s Playground, Kam Fung Court, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong

+ Workflow: Lightroom 5

+ Serial: SML.20130713.6D.20411

+ Series: 彩熊 Rainbow Teddy, Life Celebrates Diversity, Crazyisgood, Toy Story

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

彩熊樂遊吉普車 Rainbow Teddy drives the jeep / Crazyisgood Toy Story / SML.20130713.6D.20411

/ #RainbowTeddy #彩熊 #ToyStory #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #Crazyisgood #LifeCelebratesDiversity #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #gay #Teddy #instagay #gaybear #LGBT #LOL #WTF #jeep #playground #diversity #life #HK

 

www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9408976748/

 

Tony Feher (b. 1956, Albuquerque, New Mexico) received his B.A. from the University of Texas, Austin in 1978. In 1981, Feher left Corpus Christi for New York City. The artist began exhibiting his work in 1980, and by 1991, was showing both nationally and internationally.

 

Rooted in the legacy of minimalism, Feher’s work emphasizes the importance of seeing objects as they are. The materials of his art derive from the incidental, the ordinary, the commonplace, and what many are apt to regard as the mundane. Feher stacks, dangles, arranges, and aligns detritus and ephemera. Repetition, materiality, and the architecture of his surroundings figure into his work. As the artist once explained, “I look for the ‘trick’ in materials, that indescribable something that allows me to exploit an object for my own purposes: a reflection of light, a color, a play of density versus transparency, a little something that sets it off.” Like the poet William Carlos Williams, with whom he is often compared, Feher’s work enables the viewer to observe and appreciate the beauty in the ordinary, everyday objects that surround them.

 

On November 8, 2007, the Public Art Fund presented a group exhibition called Everyday Eden at MetroTech Center’s public plaza in downtown Brooklyn. Feher’s plan to incorporate into his installation a selection of trees within the existing park created a free form organic sculpture. Everyday Eden remained on view through September 1, 2008. Most recently, the artist was invited by the Indianapolis Museum of Art to create an installation in the Efroymson Entrance Pavilion. A Single Act of Carelessness Will Result in the Eternal Loss of Beauty was on view from March 10 through October 21, 2007. During this time, The Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi organized Tony Feher: Some Time Soon, an installation created specifically for the museum. Dan Cameron contributed an essay to the accompanying exhibition catalogue. This past year, Feher also participated in Like color in pictures, an international group exhibition at the Aspen Museum of Art.

 

Tony Feher took part in Poetic Justice, the 8th International Istanbul Biennial, in September 2003. Given Hagia Sophia as his installation site, Feher utilized the ancient building’s architectural structure as a framework for his sculptural installation. The entire process had a profound impact on the artist.

 

His work has been featured in over 140 gallery and museum exhibitions worldwide. Important solo exhibitions were organized by the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College in 2001, a version of which later traveled to the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and the Worcester Art Museum installed Tony Feher: Maybe/Enjoy in 2002. Feher was a featured artist at the Chinati Foundation’s Open House in 2005. Other solo shows include Broadway Window Project, New Museum of Contemporary Art (1996), I’m Tired of Toast, Matrix 201a, Berkeley Art Museum (2002) and La Fundación “La Caixa,” Lleida, Spain (2004).

 

Tony Feher’s work is part of numerous public collections, including The Art Institute of Chicago; Baltimore Museum of Art; Des Moines Art Center; Israel Museum; La Colécion Jumex, Mexico City; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Whitney Museum of American Art; and Worcester Art Museum.

 

Tony Feher lives in New York City. He is currently represented by PaceWildenstein and D’Amelio Terras, and presented his first solo exhibition with PaceWildenstein in March 2008.

 

www.pacewildenstein.com/Artists/ViewArtist.aspx?artist=To...

 

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The Armory Show 2010

 

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

 

thearmoryshow.com

    

# 黃嘉麗 WONG Ka Lai, Kali

Monsters Family

kalai.w1990@gmail.com

+852 6849 7416

 

# Sponsor

+ China Union (Cashmere) International Group Limited

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

黃嘉麗 WONG Ka Lai, Kali: Monsters Family: Look 5 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.17006

/ #PolyUFashionShow2013 #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #Crazyisgood

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #理工大學 #PolyU #fashion #design #people #WongKaLai #KaliWong #黃嘉麗 #MonstersFamily #womens #women #models #cashmere

In usual fashion I am more impressed with the model which managed to work this look then anything else.

 

# 李璟希 LI King Hei, Lois

Steipnir in pastel

likinglois@gmail.com

+852 9050 8758

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

李璟希 LI King Hei, Lois: Steipnir in pastel: Look 6 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.17129

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Yes these people are walking on books, for real. Crazyisgood!

 

# KUN Tsz Yan, Joyce

so long, farewell, my stranger.

kunjoyce@yahoo.com.hk

+852 6442 2216

 

# Sponsors

+ Full Charm Knitters Ltd.

+ Novetex Textiles Limited

+ Jetco Zipper Limited

+ Long Tai Hong (Holding) Limited

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

Joyce Kun (KUN Tsz Yan): so long, farewell, my stranger: Look 1 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.16895.SQ

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Security guards in royal blue uniforms from the Avesco (Aviation Security Company Limited 機場保安有限公司) [1] teamed up outside the Hong Kong International Airport (香港國際機場 HKG) next to a security vehicle at the start of their work day.

 

Founded in 1997, the Avesco is a private non-profit company owned by the Hong Kong Government (香港特別行政區政府) [2] and the Airport Authority Hong Kong (香港機場管理局) [3] to provide security services of the airport.

 

They are responsible for the passenger safety inspection at the gate, security checks on the airplanes as well as safety passage for cargos. The company currently employs 2,800 people.

  

# Notes

 

1. 機場保安有限公司: Wikipedia: ZH: zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/機場保安有限公司 (English page not available)

 

2. Government of Hong Kong: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Hong_Kong

 

3. The Airport Authority Hong Kong (abbreviated as AA or AAHK) (Chinese: 香港機場管理局, abbreviated as 機管局) is the statutory body (governed by the Airport Authority Ordinance (Cap. 483)) of the government of Hong Kong that is responsible for the operations of the Hong Kong International Airport. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_Authority_Hong_Kong

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-04-25T09:27:04+0800

+ Dimensions: 5090 x 2987

+ Exposure: 1/640 sec at f/5.6

+ Focal Length: 400 mm

+ ISO: 640

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ GPS: 22°18'51" N 113°56'14" E

+ Location: 香港國際機場巴士總站 Bus Terminal, Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130425.7D.40183

+ Series: 男 Men, 香港人 Hong Kong Humans, Photojournalism

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

“香港國際機場保安 Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) Aviation Security” / 香港人 Hong Kong Humans / SML.20130425.7D.40183

/ #Photojournalism #男 #Men #SMLMen #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #機場 #Airport #保安 #Security

 

See also Flickr 720p HD video of this mixed media painting in motion + interview with artist's friend (Ayah Bdeir was nowhere to be found during the show...)

 

Ayah Bdeir

Les Années Lumière

22 x 30 inches

Electronics on Canvas

produced June 2008

in collaboration with Rouba Khalil

 

A bird’s eye view of a little over 3 years of violence, strife, and very bright lights rocking Lebanon, remembered and replayed in 45 minutes of proportionally timed light display.

 

www.ayahbdeir.com/category/work/electronics-on-canvas/

 

Biography

 

Ayah Bdeir is an artist, engineer and interaction designer. She graduated from the MIT Media Lab with a Masters of Media Arts and Sciences after studying Computer & Communication Engineering and Sociology in the American University of Beirut.

 

With an upbringing between Lebanon, Canada and the United States, Ayah’s work uses technology to look at cross cultural dialogue and media representation of the Middle East and its identities. Her work spans a range of mediums including interactive installations, electronic fashion, gadgets, reactive furniture, and has been published and exhibited in conferences, festivals and galleries in Amsterdam, Paris, New York, Rhode Island, Boston, London and others, and taught in the graduate Design Technology (DT) Department at Parsons School of Design.

 

Ayah is now an senior artist fellow at Eyebeam, a gallery for art and technology in Chelsea, New York and teaches at NYU as part of the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) a class entitled ‘Technology as Identity’.

 

www.ayahbdeir.com/about/

 

Contact

 

ayah AT ayahbdeir DOT com

+617 372 3729

540 W. 21st Street, (between 10th and 11th Avenues)

New York, NY 10011

 

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littleBits

 

littleBits is an opensource library of discrete electronic components pre-assembled in tiny circuit boards. Just as Legos allow you to create complex structures with very little engineering knowledge, littleBits are simple, intuitive, space-sensitive blocks that make prototyping with sophisticated electronics a matter of snapping small magnets together. With a growing number of available modules, littleBits aims to move electronics from late stages of the design process to its earliest ones, and from the hands of experts, to those of artists, makers and designers.

 

littlebits.cc

 

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Eyebeam 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.

 

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.

 

eyebeam.org/events/open-studios-fall-2009

eyebeam.org

   

Here is the side view of the sculpture seen previously [1]. As you can see, the sculpture is formed by four curvatures, and from this view it appears as a bent square.

 

It is so minimal yet so magical at the same time. Genius—I wish more art is like this.

 

Troika (Eva Rucki b. 1976 Germamny, Conny Freyer b. 1976 Germany, Sebastien Noel, b. 1977 France)

Squaring a Circle

2013

Mirror, steel, matte black flock

77.5 (D) x 139 (H) x 139 (W) cm

 

# Description

 

Constructed from steel and wrapped in a dense black flock flannel that absorbs light, 'Squaring the Circle' challenges the viewers sensibilities: on entering the room they see a black circular sculpture, but in the huge mirror opposite their ‘impossible reflection’ reveals them viewing a black square. 'Squaring the Circle' argues that if every method of inquiry reveals a particular facet of the truth or the nature of reality; their seemingly antithetical forms should find reconciliation in the knowledge, that ‘one-ness’ has a plurality of embodiments.

 

'Squaring the Circle' was premiered at OMR as one of 5 new works shown in Troika's solo exhibtion 'The far side of reason' in April 2013.

 

troika.uk.com/squaringthecircle

  

# Troika

Eva Rucki b. 1976 Germamny

Conny Freyer b. 1976 Germany

Sebastien Noel, b. 1977 France

 

Troika is a London based studio founded by Eva Rucki, Conny Freyer and Sebastien Noel who are known for their experimental practise and projects that employ a cross-disciplinary approach and intersect between sculpture, architecture, and contemporary installation.

 

They met while studying at the Royal College of Art and subsequently started their studio in 2003, emerging as an integrated practice that creates work collectively through detailed research, dialogue and experiment.

 

Often merging technology with their projects as a point of departure paired with a particular interest in perception and the spatial experience, their work explores the intersection of rational thought, observation and the changing nature of reality and human experience.

 

And while their work is often filled with polarities — solitude and interaction, transition and permanence, the artificial and the natural — their interest lies within man's resolve to synthesize these opposites.

 

Since establishing the studio in 2003 Troika's work has been exhibited, amongst others, at the Victoria & Albert Museum London, The Art Institute of Chicago, Tate Britain and MoMA New York. In 2010 Troika were selected to create three art installations for the UK Pavilion at the World Expo Shanghai. Troika's work is represented in the permanent collections of the Israel Museum Jerusalem, British Council, The Art Institute of Chicago, Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum Of Modern Art New York.

 

Troika has authored 'Digital by Design', Thames and Hudson, 2008; and, in 2009, won the D&AD Yellow Pencil for their digital sculpture 'Cloud' in London Heathrow Terminal 5 and ‘Palindrome’ at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 2011.

 

# Galería OMR

Plaza Río de Janeiro 54, Colonia Roma

06700 Mexico City

Mexico

www.galeriaomr.com/

 

# Notes

1. “Installation by Troika (Eva Rucki b. 1976 Germamny, Conny Freyer b. 1976 Germany, Sebastien Noel, b. 1977 France): Squaring a Circle, 2013 (Mirror, steel, matte black flock)” / Galería OMR / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13962.SQ: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8994001483/

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:31:11+0800

+ Dimensions: 5148 x 3432

+ Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/4.0

+ Focal Length: 17 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ 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.13964

+ 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

 

“Installation (side view) by Troika (Eva Rucki b. 1976 Germany, Conny Freyer b. 1976 Germany, Sebastien Noel, b. 1977 France): Squaring a Circle, 2013 (Mirror, steel, matte black flock)” / Galería OMR / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13964

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www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8995933250/

        

A (short-sleeve?!) leather jacket with “extension” infused with mini Koi 錦鯉(ニシキゴイ)prints and exotic flowers growing on Geta footwear.

 

# LEUNG Shuk Han, Stella

Kyotokyo

shukhan0126@hotmail.com

+852 9201 5598

 

# Sponsors

+ Colorway Graphics Limited

+ Numb

+ Long Tai Hong (Holding) Limited

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-06-26T16:09:51+0800

+ Dimensions: 3648 x 5472

+ Exposure: 1/160 sec at f/5.6

+ Focal Length: 190 mm

+ ISO: 1000

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS 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.20130626.6D.16780

+ Series: PolyU Fashion Show 2013, 新聞攝影 Photojournalism

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

LEUNG Shuk Han, Stella: Kyotokyo: Look 2 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.16780

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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #理工大學 #PolyU #fashion #design #events #people #LeungShukHan #StellaLeung #Kyotokyo #womens #Japan #WTF

Landscape photographers know that sunsets and sunrises are the best time for photography. The sun’s brightness is greatly diminished when at the horizon. At a relatively lower altitude, the clouds are rendered in a golden shade of off-white, thus balancing the overall color composition.

    

Human’s color vision is governed by two axis: Green ←→ Magenta and Blue ←→ Yellow [1], which is precisely why working in Photoshop’s Lab color space [2] has an advantage as you are balancing the what humans see and not what the monitor represents (which is RGB).

    

Pictured: The amazing cloudscape at sunset above 香港中文大學 The Chinese University of Hong Kong [3].

    

# SML Translate

+ 日: sun

+ 落: down, falling down, coming down

+ 日落: sunset

+ 西: west, western

+ 山: mountain

+ 日落西山: the sun sets at the mountain to the West

+ 雲: cloud

+ 海: sea

+ 觀: view, observation

+ 日落西山雲海觀: the sun sets at the mountain to the West while we observe the beautiful scenery of the sea of clouds.

    

# Notes

1. The color opponent process is a color theory that states that the human visual system interprets information about color by processing signals from cones and rods in an antagonistic manner.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opponent_process

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_vision

    

2. A Lab color space is a color-opponent space with dimension L for lightness and a and b for the color-opponent dimensions, based on nonlinearly compressed CIE XYZ color space coordinates.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lab_color_space

    

3. 香港中文大學 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Abbreviation: CUHK or The Chinese University) is the second oldest university in Hong Kong. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_University_of_Hong_Kong

    

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-01-21 17:21:02 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 3154 x 4731

+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/8.0

+ Focal Length: 24 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L

+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'25" E (SML Universe HKG)

+ Series: 寧 Serenity

    

# SML Workflow

Photographed with Canon 7D, processed in Lab mode in Photoshop CS6, noise reduction in Lightroom 4.

    

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

    

“日落西山雲海觀 日落西山云海观 Sunset Cloudscape” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130121.7D.20684.C23.P1

No noise reduction on this one. I think that what I wish to stress is that it is usable at ISO 12800—not that it is grain free.

 

The main challenge with the 6D is that it does not have as much AF point in low light, so for fast moving objects you don’t really have time to “recompose” so to speak. But certainly you would not see me running around with a 70-200 f/4 + 1.4 Extender at night with the 7D.

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-04-16T20:36:28+0800

+ Dimensions: 5411 x 3607

+ Exposure: 1/125 sec at f/5.6

+ Focal Length: 222 mm

+ ISO: 12800

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III

+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'44" E

+ Altitude: 4.9 m

+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場人造草地足球場 中国香港马鞍山游乐场人造草地足球场 Artificial Turf Soccer Pitch, Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Serial: SML.20130416.6D.00841

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

“腿部運動 Leg Exercise” / 香港夜間足球 Hong Kong Nighttime Soccer / SML.20130416.6D.00841

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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #夜 #Night #足球 #Soccer #Football

 

# 梁英傑 LEUNG Ying Kit, Yankee

Futuristic Classic

yankeeleung@hotmail.com

+852 6191 0654

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

梁英傑 LEUNG Ying Kit, Yankee: Futuristic Classic: Look 4 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.17146

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# LIU Chun Ki

Dasein

lck_25@yahoo.com.hk

+852 5132 7223

 

# Sponsors

+ Hale Textile Ltd.

+ Novetex Textiles Limited

+ Winning Textile Co. Ltd

+ Long Tai Hong (Holding) Limited

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

LIU Chun Ki: Dasein: Look 4 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.16964

/ #PolyUFashionShow2013 #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLMen #Crazyisgood

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Wrangling with cables is every nerd’s daily routine. I don’t actually think that there is a solution to this. I think that I have bought at least 4 strips of power outlets since moving back to Hong Kong in 2012.

 

Pictured is one of the power strips for charging batteries for photography equipment alone.

 

From left to right: Canon LP-E6 for the Canon EOS 7D (I have two of these). Canon LP-E12 for the Canon EOS M. Canon NB-7L for the Canon G12. Then there are two Energizer AAx4 together with another BP AAx4 unit.

 

NiMH batteries are the best if you want to get rapid firing action on flash. You know why I can strobe non-stop and keep up the high frame rate of the 7D? NiMH. Use them. They are awesome.

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-02-17 10:50:33 GMT+0800

+ Dimensions: 5105 x 3403

+ 1/30 sec at f/2.0

+ Focal Length: 22 mm

+ ISO: 3200

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS M

+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM

+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'27" E

+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山SML環球有限公司 中国香港马鞍山SML环球有限公司 SML Universe Limited, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Serial: SML.20130217.EOSM.02267.P1

+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4,

+ Series: Order + Chaos, SML Opinions

 

“Cable management is for pussies” (paraphrasing Olek) / Order + Chaos / Nerds Opinions / SML.20130217.EOSM.02267.P1

/ #OrderChaos #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #SMLOpinions

/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #工具 #Tools #Charger #Nerds #Opinions #Order #Chaos #電池 #电池 #battery #Canon #Energizer #Cable #Management

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