end of the school year poster

broken wing

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MY REFUGE

DOUBLE EXPOSURE

APETURE: 5.6
SHUTTER SPEED: 3'2
ISO 100

CONFUSION

shiny

double exposure

negative space

refugee

jump and portrait

jump

ISO: 346
apature: 1/60
shutter speed: 5.0


Portrait
ISO: 250
shutter speed: 5.6
Apature: 1/50

portraits

tri pics story

This story is inspired by the play "A Doll's House".

A woman is enclosed in the household and isn't allowed to contact with the outside world. But one day she runs away and jumps into the river to pursue her freedom. Before she commits suicide, she leaves the book by the riverside.

hand and feet (never stop seeking what seems unattainable)

ted talk

The speaker shows many different documentary photos that were taken by various famous photographers. Photographers tell the stories through their lens, while the viewers can see the amazing things through the photographers' work. It is impossible for a person to see every moment that is happening in this world, but photography enables us to connect with other's life. 

As a fan of national geography for years, I have found many photography work in extremely fascinating because many of them would create resonance with my feelings. Some of the special moments and scenes that the camera captured are the treasure of the beautiful earth, whereas others reflect the issues that exist in some exotic areas. Without those documentary photography, we will never be convinced that the polar bears in Antarctica and the elephants in South Africa are experiencing life danger that are directly caused by human being. Without the bloody images that record the ivory pulled from the elephants' mouths and the meatless bone of the filet sold to the indigent Africans, perhaps we will never be able to know the dark and cruel scenes behind the things we buy from the markets. 

The power of documentary photography is telling the stories and reflecting the unknown truth in a silent yet influential way, because as the moments touch our heart, we begin to cherish our lives, to appreciate the beauty of this word, but most importantly, to think of ways to make the world a better place to live.

me myself and i

maintain freshness(wrapped object)

found pattern

siskind

my day : )

wrapped object

I just realised that I have actually seen the wrapped parcel by Christo at Pompido Art Exhibition in Shanghai. (I didn't pay much attention to his work at the time when I saw it, because I didn't really know what he tried to express). But after looking up his other work, I feel like I have understood his concept of wrapping various objects.

One idea I have right now is to wrap a person's head with the red cloth and the other one is to wrap the window by sticking some red paper around the frame and to have a person standing beside the window and looking outside.

The first idea is inspired by one of the book we read this semester (The Doll's house). It's about woman's right. A lot of women in the world are arranged to be married with someone who they don't love at all. Men treat them like a doll, who can satisfy their desire. Therefore women at the time is more like a present to men instead of someone who is equally important as men in a love relationship.

On my own

it was rainy the other day, so I took a picture of the ripples in the pond. It was my first time taking a picture of the texture of water. The original picture was much bigger than this photo, which is almost microscopic. I put it in the photoshop and cropped it to rearrange the composition. To me, this is much more interesting than showing the whole scene, because it leaves enough space for the audiences to imagine what is in the picture. The patterns of the ripples form a unique composition. I also adjusted the light to add a mysterious colour to the photo and to enhance the contrast in color.

dapdrey that is not fabrics

I photoshoot my hand to imitate the scene of desert/mountain

red

bohkey

Info:
Apeture: 5.6
ISO: 1/800

proposal

Last year in my AP art portfolio, there was a painting in which I incorporated a map with the self-portrait.

When I was blousing on the internet for some creative ideas, I saw this photography. In the description, it says that the photography is done by double-exposure. I am very interested in trying this new technique in photoshop.

I think by intergrating a scenery with human portrait is a good way to show the inner emotions of the subject in the photography.

david hockney

object from 3 different angles

only white things

david hockney

David Hockney is a very famous British pop artist, who had courage to break the rules of art by exploring the deconstruction of proportion, linear perspectives and color theory. He is obsessed with Cubism, which is a way to combine many scenes to create a new composite view. He loves to paint the California sceneries and tricky spaces.

Hockney was openly gay, who advocate for gay rights. He even use art to demonstrate his voice. He loves to use bright colors like purple, green, yellow to express the sexual freedom.

He is also a photorealist. He believes that painting should rely solely on direct observations.

SURREALISM (Come, and catch me)

I used mirror and put it in the hallway of the photo studio to create this image. I photoshoot my own hand, which is a reflection of the mirror.

When you look at the image at the first glance, you will probably think that the shadow of the hand is behind the door. But as you take a closer look at the image, you will notice some abnormal compositions. For example, the door is placed in the middle of nowhere, and one may wonder where the hand is coming from.

This image is related to the this surrealism painting below. It's the inspiration of my photography work. By using mirror as a part of the composition, it helped altering the natural rule through the reflection and therefore adding a surrealism feel to the work.

When I first looked at this painting, I didn't notice anything bizarre. But later I realised that in reality, the mirror can only reflect the front face of this man.

Black and White

Hi, Mrs Kuntz! I thought the assignment is due this Sunday, so I didn't post. 

In this picture, two distinct art forms collide. Although audiences see the graceful movements on the stage, they don't see the tremendous amount of tedious practice behind every movement. The excruciating pain threshold that the ballet dancers have, especially the female dancers, with what they endure through pointe is amazing and incredible. The gentleness of the light and shadow and the breeze that gently stirs the curtain creates a harmonious image with the girl beside the barre, whose body is graceful yet full of strength.

surrealism

surrealism is the searching and interpretation of the unconcious mind and thoughts. It's the opposition of reality, something supernatural.

I really like Erik Johansson's photography work. To me, his photos have many philosophy concepts behind the images, which make me try to think deeper about his intention.

I love his photography, "Arms break, vases don't". People always believe that vases are the representation of fragility, yet Erik Johansson alters the reality by making the hands break into pieces.
 

ephemeral moment

 A subtle sound is to be heard,
As the raindrops splash and hit the ground.

I wish those ephemeral moments in my life could last longer,
Every second to be the first,
Every second to be the last.
Yet what has gone is gone,
So is my love.

I, alone
Standing in the silence
after a drop of rain broke my world into two separate pieces.
Only the leaves remain,
telling the story that has been told.