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姚璐︰不可思議的中國山水作品

如果看以上兩圖，大概你都會覺得是普通的中國風景水墨畫，來自中國攝影師姚璐的創作，這輯在2008年巴黎攝影博覽會獲獎的作品，到底有甚麼特別？或者多看兩幅你會察覺得到︰

看到了嗎？

沒錯，這些看似「水墨畫」的山水，其實是實物照片，而且不是一般的風景，卻是由堆填區的垃圾造成！那些用綠色保護網包著的垃圾成為了山，荒蕪的石地變成了前景！攝影師在替堆填區拍攝後，在後製上加了一些水墨畫特有的煙霧、古樹和流水，讓作品看起來就似國畫。

而這種視覺上的錯覺，令照片變得更加有趣而震撼！沒錯，是有後製元素，但這種想像力與創造力，絕對值得欣賞。

至於作品帶給你甚麼省思，就可由閣下自行判斷了。

via Gizmodo

The Legality and Ethics of Pointing a Lens Into a Private Residence for Art

 

Award-winning photographer Michael Wolf is raising some eyebrows with a new photo project titled “Window Watching.” The series features photographs of high-rise apartment windows in Hong Kong, offering glimpses into the lives of people living inside the private residences. Basically, Wolf pointed a telephoto lens at open windows to photograph people going about their day-to-day-lives, without their knowledge and consent.

The photos show relatively mundane activities: in one we see a person watching television, in another a young man is doing pushups, and in another a woman is packing a suitcase. In some of the shots the subjects’ faces are clearly visible, while in others they’re obscured either by motion blur or by something being in the way.

Just 6 months ago we featured a video interview with Wolf in which he talked about his fascination with “peeping into people’s lives through photography.” He had done a similar project a while back titled “Transparency City“. For that one, he photographed buildings in Chicago with a telephoto lens, and often captured glimpses into people’s private lives through the building windows.
Regardless of whether or not Wolf’s latest project is accepted by the general public, there’s a chance that the photographer’s work is unacceptable with the law in Hong Kong. TheSouth China Morning Post reports that an anonymous legal expert believes that the photos break the local privacy laws.

Although subjects in the photos could theoretically file lawsuits against Wolf for breaching their privacy, most of the subjects probably do not have the financial resources to engage in a legal battle. The newspaper also states that Wolf is unlikely to be in any trouble with authorities unless there is a formal complaint filed by someone involved.
You can view the Window Watching series of images for yourself over on Wolf’s website.
Michael Wolf photo exhibit may breach privacy law, expert warns [SCMP]

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P.S. Wolf is the same photographer who caused quite a bit of discussion in the photography world a couple of years ago after submitting Google Street View screenshots to the World Press Photo contest… and then walking away with an Honorable Mention.

瑞典攝影師鏡頭下的 2D 香港

來自瑞典攝影師 Christian Åslund 的作品「Honkey Kong」，他拍攝的本來是香港裏最平平無奇的街頭風景，但是，咦，這是不尋常的畫面呢！

如果你對香港的街道有夠熟悉，應該很快就意會到這是甚麼回事，甚至會有種會心微笑的感覺！因為這個角度太可愛了，很有佻皮的感覺，不知道拍攝的時候，路人的反應是怎樣呢？

拍起來也不容易啊，攝影師要站到哪裏去拍呢？而且天氣也要剛剛好，你看地面上沒有陰影的……

這是替鞋子品牌 Jim Rickey 拍攝的廣告照片，從高處以遠攝鏡頭拍下，將香港壓成 2D 畫面，就像電視遊戲的感覺，「Honkey Kong」大概也是呼應著一個著名遊戲「Donkey Kong」+ 香港英文名字「Hong Kong」的意思吧。

我看到上圖的話，大概會以為有謀殺案啊……

source: Christian Åslund