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These shoes caught my eye â mostly as the acrylic heel makes people look like that they are tiptoe-ing or walking in air â crazyisgood!
# é¢é¨æ° CHIN Chun-San, Francesca
Time Sculptor
francesca_chin@hotmail.com
+852 6220 5377
# Sponsors
+ Fenix Group Ltd.
+ UPW
+ Winning Textile Co., Ltd
+ Long Tai Hong (Holding) Limited
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee æææ / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
é¢é¨æ° CHIN Chun-San, Francesca: Time Sculptor: Look 2 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.17065
/ #PolyUFashionShow2013 #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #Crazyisgood
/ #ä¸å #ä¸å½ #China #é¦æ¸¯ #HongKong #æå½± #æå½± #photography #çå·¥å¤§å¸ #PolyU #fashion #design #people #é¢é¨æ° #ChinChunSan #FrancescaChin #TimeSculptor #WTF #models #womens #women
# 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 6 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.16932
/ #PolyUFashionShow2013 #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLMen #Crazyisgood
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #理工大學 #PolyU #fashion #design #people #JoyceKun #KunTszYan #SoLongFarewellMyStranger #men #people #mens #cute
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
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 嶺大划艇 Lingnan University Rowing Team took their boat out from storage towards the docks to train for a university championship to be held on the next day.
When these boys walk towards me, I would have guessed that they were much younger. But then I noticed the sign on the boat, which reads “Lingnan University,” that’s when I realised that they were in fact university students in Hong Kong.
As they became aware of the camera, a few managed to make the defacto hand-sign in Asia—V for Victory. Personally I would have wished that they would just go about their own business, but I suppose it is very hard to not notice a giant telephoto lens pointing at them from just a few meters away…
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-08-09T16:17:57+0800
+ Dimensions: 5172 x 3448
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 300 mm
+ ISO: 200
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°23'25" N 114°12'3" E
+ Location: 香港沙田賽艇中心 Shatin Rowing Centre, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 5
+ Serial: SML.20130809.7D.49242.BW
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
猛日移船 Moving the boat under fierce heat / 嶺大划艇 Lingnan University Rowing Team / 香港水上體育運動 Hong Kong Water Sports / SML.20130809.7D.49242.BW
/ #體育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #人 #people #攝影 #摄影 #photography #賽艇 #赛艇 #Rowing #嶺大划艇 #LURowing #嶺大 #boys #summer
“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
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
/ SML.20130125.EOSM.01589.C23.L1
/ #RainboyTeddy #ToyStory #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLOpinions #Crazyisgood #LifeCelebratesDiversity #SMLProjects
/ #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
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
# 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
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #Crazyisgood #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #JoanMiró #Miro #MayoralGaleria #galeriamaroyal #Spain #Barcelona #surrealism
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
# 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
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #Crazyisgood #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #ChiharuShiota #塩田千春 #GalerieDanielTemplon #Japan #Kimono #installation #sculpture #mixedmedia
“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
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
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
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
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
# 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
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
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
/ #Photojournalism #男 Men #SMLMen #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #US #Navy #Marines #USS #Peleliu #LHA6 #mil #military #men #guns #helicopter
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
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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
# 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
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #Crazyisgood #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #ChimPom #チンポム #MujintoProduction #Japan #WTF #interactive #mixedmedia #installation
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
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
# 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
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #Crazyisgood #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #Troika #GaleriaOMR #Mexico #Forms #sculpture #installation #genius
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
# Tornabuoni Art
16 Avenue Matignon
75008 Paris
France
# 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
This is one of my favorite Chinese snack. It is very popular in South East Asia and it has different names depending on region. It is known as krupuk or kerupuk in Indonesia; keropok in Malaysia; kropek in the Philippines; bánh phồng tôm in Vietnam and xiapian (蝦片 虾片 "prawn chips") in Chinese.
The ones seen in the photo was photographed at 東海酒家 East Ocean Restaurant in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. It is served as a light hors d’oeuvre before the meal and is infused with black pepper, which is very yummy.
Recommended.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-11 13:04:24 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/60 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 38 mm
+ ISO: 1600
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'52" N 114°10'32" E
+ Location: 中國香港灣仔港灣道25號海港中心3樓東海酒家 中国香港湾仔港湾道25号海港中心3楼东海酒家 East Ocean Restaurant, 3/F, Harbour Centre, 25 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130211.EOSM.01866
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 中國飲食文化 中国饮食文化 Chinese Food Culture
“黑胡椒蝦片 Prawn Cracker with Black Pepper” / 中國飲食文化 中国饮食文化 Chinese Food Culture / SML.20130211.EOSM.01866
/ #中國飲食文化 #中国饮食文化 #CNFoodCulture #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects #SMLOpinions #SMLLove #SMLRec
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #飲食 #饮食 #Food #文化 #culture #攝影 #摄影 #photography #opinions #recommended #蝦片 #PrawnCracker
“I am sorry.
I suck at ______.
Thanks for being patient with me.”
/ SML.20121211.Apologies.ThankYou
Being able to identify what I am not good at is difficult, so being diagnosed with ADHD + Bipolar was mostly a blessing as it became far easier for me to identify possible weaknesses using available statistics models.
What I suck at: time management, organization of physical space, people skills. By noting what I am not good at, I can then tackle the problem by delegating work which I cannot complete to others who are excellent at it.
+/ Since I suck at time management, I do not sign myself up on any large projects unless it has an excellent project manager.
+/ Since I suck at physical space organization, I find that it's often best if I date OCD people — ADHD/Bipolar + OCD = match made in heaven.
+/ Since I suck at people skills, I make sure that there is a “people person” co-host present when I wish to organize any event.
Apologies notes and thank you notes run through most of my daily communication. As such I was surprised to see that the majority of business stationary design jobs do not include these as standard deliverables. For my own business, I rarely find the need for business cards so I don't really print them (yet). However the first thing that I will be printing which I find to be most crucial are thank you notes and apologies notes such as these.
This will likely be printed on postcards so I can write + mail as needed.
Related see SML Pro Blog: Delete Perfection + Zero expectations / Happiness Life Hacks: Method 2: Ensure that people know that I am imperfect: blog.seeminglee.com/2012/12/delete-perfection-zero-expect...
/ #smlapologies #smlthankyou #ccby #smluniverse #設計 #design #identity #branding #notes #greetings #crazyisgood #smlprojects #香港#hongkong #中國 #china #馬鞍山 #maonshan #business #communication #cards #ADHD #bipolar #crazy #smlphil #smlprojects
This work by Chinese artist Xu Zhen 徐震 (b.1977, Shanghai) is titled “Jiang Shan 江山”. The English translation said that means “land” but there is much more to that word. 江 is the lake, 山 is mountains. On the surface it just says mountains + lakes, but it is in fact the word used by Chinese emperors to describe the kingdom which they own.
With that in mind it would be easier to understand why there is a warrior in seen with a horse in this collage which looks more like a sculpture (mostly because it is). Although the landscape resembles that of China, the warrior’s outfit is nothing that of Chinese origin, but appears more like that they originated from Europe. This reminded me of 八國聯軍 Eight-Nation Alliance [1], the joint alliance of Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, whose military forces invaded China in 1900.
Countless wars happened in the beginning of 1900s in China to take hold of the “Jiang Shan 江山” of China all in the name of “democracy”. The same wars are being fought in the Middle East where third parties intervene in the name of “good” but there is only evil as I see it.
I do not know what is intended by the artist. I would love to know his intention, but art as a form of communication is rarely linear and is somewhat magical that way.
Xu Zhen 徐震 (Produced by MadeIn Company)
Jiang Shan 江山 (Land), 2011
Collage on canvas
167 x 300 cm
65 3/4 x 118 1/8 inches
# Notes about the artist attribution
Almost all well known living artists no longer make art on their own, though most artists will try to hide this fact so it is interesting to see that Chinese artist provide credits to his team of minions for works produced this way.
Xu Zhen 徐震 is a Chinese artist born in 1977 in Shanghai. MadeIn Company 没顶公司 (沒頂公司) is an art production company created by him to produce artworks.
# Xu Zhen 徐震
b. 1977. Lives and works in Shanghai
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Zhen_(artist)
www.shanghartgallery.com/galleryarchive/artists/name/xuzhen
# Galerie Nathalie Obadia
18, rue du Bourg-Tibourg
75004 Paris
France
8, rue Charles Decoster
1050 Brussels
Belgium
# Notes
1. Eight-Nation Alliance: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-Nation_Alliance
八國聯軍: zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/八國聯軍
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:40:08+0800
+ Dimensions: 4887 x 2767
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8
+ Focal Length: 24 mm
+ ISO: 1250
+ 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.13986
+ 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
“Xu Zhen 徐震 (Produced by MadeIn Company): Jiang Shan 江山 (Land), 2011 (Collage on canvas)” / Galerie Nathalie Obadia / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13986
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In most parts of the world, seeing high-performance sports cars on the road is a rare sighting. In Hong Kong, these exotic birds are everywhere are such a commonplace that no one really pays attention to them.
Pictured is a green Porsche 911 GT3 RS [according to Wikipedia it is also known as 977 GT3 RS (Porsche’s internal designator)] waiting impatiently behind a traffic light for his turn to roar while cranking his engines for all to hear—but as seen in the photo, no one pays much attention to its presence.
Designed as a higher performance version of the Porsche 911 sports car, the GT3 begins its lineage way back in 1973 as the 911 RS. The RS is short for the German RennSport, literally "racing sport" in English. 997 GT3 RS is the road car version of the 911 RS racing series.
I don’t know how to drive but I get my fair share of what is available in the market just walking around in random neighbourhoods in Hong Kong. Getting the newest + greatest + shiniest toys of all is a bizarre consumerism culture in Hong Kong. Observation is often a far better indicator for what may trend in the future than reading analytics reports (which are, by definition, history already).
For more information, visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_911_GT3 + en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_997
# SML Data
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+ Dimensions: 5075 x 3384
+ Exposure: 1/320 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 170 mm
+ ISO: 640
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°16'55" N 114°13'15" E
+ Location: 中國香港西灣河筲箕灣道 中国香港西湾河筲箕湾道 Shau Kei Wan Road, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong SAR, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4, Photoshop CS6
+ Serial: SML.20130210.7D.21986.P1.L1
+ Series: Crazyisgood, 人流 Human Logistics
“Porsche 911 GT3 RS” / Crazyisgood 人流 Human Logistics / SML.20130210.7D.21986.P1.L1
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# 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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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
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
Full video on SML Universe YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT4W0TkGy68
The instruments we use changes the way we play. The track was recorded and played live directly on the iPad using Orphion’s “3rds Matrix” grid.
The natural position of my right hand touches A4 and A#4. The natural position of my left hand touches F4 and D4. By shifting my hands a note to the left and to the top right, I get RH: F4 F#4 LH: C#4 A#3 and then RH: A#4 B4 LH: F#4 D#4.
The whole song are essentially repeated notes of the following
1L: D4 F4 1R: A4 A#4
2L: A#3 C#4 2R: F4 F#4
3L: D#4 F#4 3R: A#4 B4
I don't know what key these are in. I just play. And so while as a classically trained pianist I am conscious of the notes and key signature when I play on a conventional keyboard, Orphion’s seemingly illogical layout renders some nice experimental results which I enjoy.
I use the in-app recorder to record my live playing which I then email myself as an M4A file. The file is then placed into Ableton Live where I manually wrap my human-playing into something which sounds somewhat on time — though obviously the nice rubato are lost. I will work on getting something that is less machine like perhaps.
Then I layered some repeated tracks, and added some ping pong to the piece to give it some nuance together with some Lexicon reverb goodness. Mastered with Ozone 5 and voila.
24-bit 48kHz WAV download:
SML SoundCloud: sml8.it/ToyppS
Album: Bits + Pieces
Video: H264 MP4, 1920x1080, 24fps, Progressive, 8 Mbps
Audio: AAC, 320 kbps, 48 kHz, Stereo
Length: 1 min 43 sec
Size: 14 MB
License: CCBY: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
Date: 2012-12-29 (recorded) 2012-12-29 (processed)
Music: See-ming Lee 李思明, SML Music
Media Production: SML Universe
Copyright: CCBY 2012 See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Music / SML Universe Limited
/ SML.20121229.Music.OrphionPingPong.005
/ SML.20121229.Music.OrphionPingPong.005.1920x1080p.h264.mp4
/ #ccby #seeminglee #smlmusic #smluniverse #smlprojects
/ #Orphion #AbletonLive #iPad #music #Lexicon #PSP #iPad #apps #iZotope #Ozone5 #ping #pong #album #cover #bits #pieces #design #branding
“Unfolding” is a fitting title for this collection, as they look like paper sculptures.
# 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 1 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.17098
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/ #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
I found it funny that there is a “Manly Ferry” at the pier. Is there a girly ferry somewhere also? It turns out that Manly is a surf beach in Sydney frequented by both locals and tourists. I did eventually go and it did not disappoint.
Photographed at Wharf 3, Circular Quay in Sydney with the Canon EOS 6D + Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L.
Manly Ferry / Sydney, Australia / SML.20140314.6D.30902.BW
# SML Translate
+ 靜: quiet
+ 夜: night
+ 靜夜: in the midst of night
+ 文: literature, cultural
+ 建: build, architecture
+ 文建: cultural architecture
+ 自: self
+ 行: walk, walking
+ 人: person
+ 自行人: person walking alone
+ 靜夜文建自行人: In the midst of night, a person walks by itself near cultural architecture.
# Location
香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Center
中國香港九龍尖沙咀梳士巴利道10號
中国香港九龙尖沙咀梳士巴利道10号
10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-01-19 19:38:57 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 2241 x 2989
+ Exposure: 1/15 sec at f/2.4
+ Focal Length: 4.13 mm
+ ISO: 800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Apple iPhone 5
+ GPS: 22°17'39" N 114°10'15" E
# SML Workflow
+ Taken with iPhone 5, imported into Lightroom 4 and metadata tagged, processed in Photoshop CS6.
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“靜夜文建自行人” / 香港文化建築夜之形 香港文化建筑夜之形 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Night Forms / SML.20130119.IPH5.09453.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
/ #體育 #体育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #夜 #Night #足球 #Soccer #Football
# 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 3 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.17121
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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
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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Well known for her use of polka dots and her thematic interest in psychedelic colors in environmental installations, the artworks by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生 or 弥生, Kusama Yayoi) is hard to miss. Although she is well in her 80s (b. 1929), her work has a child-like curiosity which is like no other.
These larger-than-life flowers bear more resemblance to one which could be found on video games like Mario Brothers than reality, but it is precisely their magical qualities which made them so appealing to the masses. It is thus no wonder that Kusama’s work has consistently performed strongly in the art market world wide and is considered one of the most important living artists today.
# Art Info
Yayoi Kusama
Flowers that Bloom Tomorrow, 2012
FRP (Fibre-reinforced plastic), metal, paint
H200 x 200 x 426 cm
78 3/4 x 78 3/4 x 167 3/8 in
# Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生 or 弥生 Kusama Yayoi, born March 22, 1929) is a Japanese artist and writer. Throughout her career she has worked in a wide variety of media, including painting, collage, sculpture, performance art and environmental installations, most of which exhibit her thematic interest in psychedelic colors, repetition and pattern. A precursor of the pop art, minimalist and feminist art movements, Kusama influenced contemporaries such as Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg. Although largely forgotten after departing the New York art scene in the early 1970s, Kusama is now acknowledged as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan, and an important voice of the avant-garde
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayoi_Kusama/
# Ota Fine Arts
Established in Tokyo in 1994, over the past nineteen years Ota Fine Arts has defined itself as a pioneer of Japanese contemporary art. Since its foundation, the gallery has promoted diverse Japanese artists, including the internationally acclaimed Yayoi Kusama and Hiraki Sawa.
Over the last few years, Ota Fine Arts has injected its programs with more regional character, originality, and qualities prevalent in the Asian cultural belt. The gallery has held exhibitions by various artists from Korea, China, Southeast Asia, and Iran. It opened a new space in Singapore in 2012.
For Art Basel in Hong Kong 2013, Ota Fine Arts is presenting a solo show of Yayoi Kusama, in collaboration with Victoria Miro Gallery.
47 Malan Road, #01-23 Gillman Barracks
Singapore 109444
Singapore
3F Piramide Building, 6-6-9 Roppongi, Minato-ku
Tokyo 106-0032
Japan
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T15:37:47+0800
+ Dimensions: 3422 x 5201
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 160
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'58" 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.13836
+ 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 Yayoi Kusama: Flowers that Bloom Tomorrow, 2012 (FRP, metal, paint)” / Ota Fine Arts / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13836
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #MixedMedia #YayoiKusama #OtaFineArts #Japan #草間彌生 #sculpture #installation
Shot for personal stock use. Unlike regular photography, the goal (pun intended) is to be simple enough to allow other elements to shine. So it should not contain a lot of distracting details. For this shot the background is a already a bit distracting, but it is left in so when I do use it I can figure out whether to crop them out or not.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-10T14:21:52+0800
+ Dimensions: 5064 x 3376
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 40 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'11" N 114°13'37" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場硬地足球場 中国香港马鞍山游乐场硬地足球场 Hard-Surface Soccer Pitch, Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130410.7D.37655
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“足球龍門 Soccer Goal” / 香港體育建築之形 Hong Kong Sports Architecture Forms / SML.20130410.7D.37655
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography #足球 #Soccer #Football #龍門 #Goal
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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Car is the new canvas? Just when you thought that mixed media cannot get more insane, Korean artist Inkie Whang (b. 1951) proves that WTF is the darling in contemporary works.
It is a scenery of Chinese (Korean?) traditional painting, but with the aid of computers, Inkie Whang digitalise and pixelated the essence and turn them into an abstract work of the original. Although he works with computer to create the template, the artist applies his building blocks—plastic circles in this case—onto the canvas (or car?!) by hand, which shows crafts and workmanship like no others.
Crazyisgood. SML Love.
Inkie Whang
An Old Breeze 13-3-2, 2013
Mixed media
144 x 133 cm
# Inkie Whang
1951 born in Korea
1971 Seoul National University, College of Engineering
1975 Seoul National university, College of fine Art (BA)
1981 Pratt institute (MFA)
2007 Professor at SungKyunKwan University
Whang, Inkie depicts traditional landscape views by employing various materials in his works including Swarovski crystals, silicon and plastic blocks (Legos). He paints the wooden background with thick layers and digitalizes the oriental landscape into small pixels, which is created with no outer lines but only with the materials. The process of authoritative craftsmanship through computer-aided manipulation alters the image that causes the abstract effect of the original image. Through his experimental style, the works connects the contemporary life with Korean traditional history, which is to modernize Korean identity and Korean aesthetics. He represented for the Korean Pavilion of Venice Biennale in 2003.
www.galleryihn.com/at/whang/bio.html
# Gallery Ihn
73 Cheongwadae-ro Jongno-gu
110 - 220 Seoul
Korea, Republic Of
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:43:02+0800
+ Dimensions: 4599 x 3066
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 27 mm
+ ISO: 500
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.14001
+ 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
“Inkie Whang (b. 1951 Korea): An Old Breeze 13-3-2, 2013 (Mixed media)” / Gallery Ihn / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14001
/ #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 #InkieWhang #GalleryIhn #Korea #mixedmedia #car #WTF
In 2005, a site-specific installation called “The Gates” by Bulgarian artist Christo Yavacheff and French artist Jeanne-Claude (aka Christo and Jeanne-Claud) was seen at Central Park in New York City [1].
This was not an art installation—just a pathway at a public housing development in Hong Kong. But its resemblance is uncanny.
The Chinese character 门 came to mind, which is the simplified version of the character 門 — and it means literally the “gate” or the “door”, thus giving new meaning to both the high art and this everyday object.
The yellow stripe paint serves the function of alerting the elderly. I quite like it. Form follows function.
# Notes
1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gates
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-12T11:42:18+0800
+ Dimensions: 3373 x 5060
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 34 mm
+ ISO: 125
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°25'22" N 114°13'35" E
+ Location: 香港馬鞍山頌安邨 Chung On Estate, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130512.6D.05734
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 中文字形 Chinese Typographic Forms (ZhTypography)
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“门 (Gate)” / 香港公共屋邨建築中文簡體字形 Hong Kong Public Housing Estate Architecture Simplified Chinese Typographic Forms / SML.20130512.6D.05734
/ #建築 #建筑 #architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #中文字形 #ZhTypography #中文 #typography #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan
One of my favorite of the show.
# 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 6 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.16927
/ #PolyUFashionShow2013 #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLMen #Crazyisgood
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# 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 3 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.17123
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#OnlyInHK—“Torino Lamborghini cigarettes” #wtf #crazyisgood
Branded as the L6 and L8, the Lamborghini cigarettes designate their product lines with respect to the amount of nicotine in each cigarette. Hong Kong cigarette packaging is very informational. You know exactly how much nicotine and tar you are consuming. Unlike in the US where cigarettes’ nicotine content is a complete guessing game, at a glance you know on the packaging that the L8 contains 8mg tar and 0.8mg nicotine. The Davidoff which I smoke usually contains 10mg tar and 0.9mg nicotine. Knowing this also makes buying Nicorettes easier.
How does it taste? Pretty good. I don’t really think that I will be changing brands any time soon. But I do still miss my additive-free cigarettes in New York: American Spirit and Nat Sherman’s, which I cannot find in Hong Kong at all. International travel is no longer an option either as cigarette allowance is 19 count (1 box of 20 minus 1) which is why the trash bin before custom is a cemetery for that single cigarette disposal. It is stupid really. Hong Kong Gov should just create a cigarette recycling bin I think…
Taken with the iPhone 5, processed in Snapseed on the iPad
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A collage of forms accented by human forms seen at a football (soccer) pitch in Hong Kong.
Yes it was shot on the same day as the goalkeeper’s permanent stand [1]. I have started to process photographs independently from each other so I can keep a fresh eye.
In the past I always work on the whole series and then post them all by one. Not only does it make my Flickr street incredibly boring to look at, processing very similar photographs on the same day within short intervals is also very boring. So I now just pick on photographs which I want to work with that day. And this works out far better.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-22 16:58:17 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3394 x 5091
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ 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°13'42" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場足球場 中国香港马鞍山游乐场足球场 Soccer Pitch, Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130222.7D.24354
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men, 形 Forms
# Notes:
1. “足球守門員永久的站 The permanent stand of a football/soccer goalkeeper” / 男性運動員 Men in Sports / SML.20130222.7D.24371: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8498732740/
“呂昌三9三6三昌呂” / 男性足球運動員 Men in Sports: Football (Soccer) Player + 形 Forms / SML.20130222.7D.24354
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The MTR stations in Hong Kong are color coded. Pictured is the station for 西灣河 Sai Wan Ho. Color coding stations serve a few purpose:
+ Recognizable during rush hours. If you have been on the metro in Hong Kong or Tokyo, you know that what NYC consider “crowdy” is no comparison. When you can barely move, there is no chance that you would be able to see what station it is in. But it is easy to see that you are surrounded by colors—yellow in this case.
+ Trans-cultural. Color coding transcends all language barrier. Although Chinese and English combined cover most of the languages spoken by the locals, travels to Hong Kong might not read these languages well. But most people (with the exception of the color blind, which is 1% male) would be able to recognise colors—so all they need to know is that they have to get off at the yellow station. This strategy works well for all.
+ Mood stabilising. Most of the colors utilised are in a heavy saturated spectrum. Colors have a psychological effect to humans. Whether you like it or not, cheery colors do relieve some of the stress. And workers in Hong Kong are highly stressed. Daily overtime is expected to most—and not just the bankers. I have found cheery paints painted on various public housing architecture in Hong Kong and I reason that perhaps any bit of ambient device can help.
I love design which serves a function. And the MTR is a great example of well done information design at work.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-10 12:00:09 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 4972 x 3315
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 27 mm
+ ISO: 500
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'54" N 114°13'20" E (approximate. GPS unit not functional without clear view of the sky)
+ Location: 中國香港西灣河地鐵站 中国香港西湾河地铁站 Sai Wan Ho MTR Station, Hong Kong SAR, China
+ Serial: SML.20130210.EOSM.01805
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 形 Forms
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
“西灣河地鐵站 Sai Wan Ho MTR Station” / 香港人流建築之形 Hong Kong Human Logistics Architecture Forms / SML.20130210.EOSM.01805
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# 王敏芝 WONG Man Chi, ManG
Contemporary Pinocchio
mang.wong0104@gmail.com
+852 9718 2302
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
王敏芝 WONG Man Chi, ManG: Contemporary Pinocchio: Look 6: Front / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.17176
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# 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 6 / PolyU Fashion Show 2013 / SML.20130626.6D.17013
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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
I had wished to find a time when no one is hanging anything at the net so I get a good shot of the goal. But every time I went by some kind of clothes is hung there. If not then some water bottles are randomly placed around the net. I suppose this is a good place? This looks like pants, but I can’t really make out what it is.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-22 17:04:37 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 3339 x 5009
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 500
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'7" N 114°13'44" E
+ 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
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130222.7D.24456.P1.L1
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 形 Forms
“足球龍門臨時衣架 Soccer Goal as Makeshift Clothes Hanger” / 體育之形 Sports Forms / SML.20130222.7D.24456.P1.L1
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