Posts Tagged ‘photography’

12 /// 29 /// 2009 ::

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

:: we had a party last night at my place and I decide to capture the second half of it with a new iPhone app called Hipstimatic. I used the Kaimal Mark II lens, however, there are quite a few more you can add-on.

I’m such a fan of the snapshot aesthetic.  // AjS

snaps | “i pledge allegiance…with liberty and justice for all” ::

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

:: a snap of me celebrating freedom in my glorious native land. Taken on Liberty Island, U-S-Motherfucking A! // AjS

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graffiti | stencil portraits @ beijing’s 798 art district ::

Monday, September 28th, 2009

:: it’s not often you see good stencil graffiti in China – see below for a some at Beijing’s 798 / Dashanzi art district. This photograph was taken by Beijing-based Mårten Strassburg. To see more of Mårten’s photography, link here. If you spot graffiti or urban art anywhere in China, please share it with us at . We’d like to document it on NeochaEDGE. For more graffiti in China on NeochaEDGE, link here.  // AjS

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This post was originally published on NeochaEDGE, a site I regularly contribute to. To see more of my posts on NeochaEDGE, link here.

NeochaEDGE is a daily-curated, bilingual website and discovery engine dedicated to showcasing leading-edge creative content and emerging youth culture in China.

magazine nudity, by ka xiaoxi ::

Friday, September 25th, 2009

:: for more from Ka Xiaoxi on NeochaEDGE, link here.  // AjS

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This post was originally published on NeochaEDGE, a site I regularly contribute to. To see more of my posts on NeochaEDGE, link here.

NeochaEDGE is a daily-curated, bilingual website and discovery engine dedicated to showcasing leading-edge creative content and emerging youth culture in China.

snaps | shanghai botanical gardens ::

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

:: taken at the Shanghai Botanical Gardens (上海植物园), where I spent my Sunday picnicking and lounging with friends on this grass patch of paradise. This photo was taken on my iPhone using PANO, a fun panoramic (vertical or horizontal) application I highly recommend. This is four separate photos stitched together, the application can do up to sixteen. Me like-y.  // AjS

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a photo from rraay ::

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

:: for more from Rraay on NeochaEDGE link here. // AjS

photo by Rraay

This post was originally published on NeochaEDGE, a site I regularly contribute to. To see more of my posts on NeochaEDGE, link here.

NeochaEDGE is a daily-curated, bilingual website and discovery engine dedicated to showcasing leading-edge creative content and emerging youth culture in China.

snaps | shanghai electricity ::

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

:: taken in my apartment building in Shanghai; an electrical box of sorts.  // AjS

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snaps | beijing telephone booth ::

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

:: taken in Beijing, on West Dawang Rd. close to the Guanghua Rd. intersection. I snapped this photo without much thought, but it has turned out to be one of the best photographs I’ve ever taken. The funny thing is – I took it with my iPhone. With all due respect to an otherwise great device, the iPhone camera is usually a mediocre-at-best camera.  // AjS

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events | seagull photography exhibition ::

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

:: for more on this event, check out this Jellymon post.  // AjS

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brick + chalk stop-action film ::

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

:: a fun stop-action animation video titled WHITE (白) done in a graffiti style on a brick wall with (what appears to be) chalk. Created by Shen Zheng and Yan Dong, students at Jilin’s Academy of Fine Arts and Communications / Media University. Warning: at about the 4-minute mark the video unfortunately goes from “great” to “not really worth watching.” Nevertheless, the front end is well done. Enjoy.  // AjS

things well done | doug kanter photography ::

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

:: I recently had lunch with Beijing-based photographer Doug Kanter, and today I stumbling upon a portrait series he did with an old style 4×5 / large format camera from the 2007 MIDI music festival in Beijing. The photo just below is from that series: on the left is Lin Yun, a 22 year old art student from Guangzhou; on the right is 24 year old Liu Aruhan, with a tattoo of the Chinese character “fen” (traditional form) on his chest, meaning “shit” (as in dung / manure) – both of these photos were taken May 1, 2007. Check out the full series here.

I have shared some more of Doug’s work below too. To see his full portfolio, link here. Bravo, well done.  // AjS

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r.i.p. ian talty ::

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

:: this post if for the late Ian Talty, a photographer known best for his graffiti snaps who tragically drown on Sunday. Thanks for all the great photographs.  // AjS

across the yalu ::

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

:: head over to The Boston Globe for a compelling photo essay that takes a look at North Korea from across the Yalu river in Dandong (Liaoning Province), China.  // AjS

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snaps | lomo @ chengdu ::

Monday, April 13th, 2009

:: I recently bought a Lomo action sampler camera (4 exposures over about 1 second) at this shop as a present for someone. Here is our first go at it what is apparently called Lomography. Decent results and a lot of fun. There is something to be said for the anticipation and suspense created by a camera that: 1) doesn’t have a proper view finder, 2) no immediate photo review screen, 3) and a couple days wait for the film to develop. The mood and character captured by Lomo snaps is unique – almost like a mini movie; a sliver of time and reality. I like it.  // AjS

whose work is this? ::

Friday, March 27th, 2009

:: I randomly came across this photograph on my computer and I have no idea how it got there or whose work it is, but it’s excellent. Can anyone help source / cite this?  // AjS

[56minus1 update: This photograph is the work of performance artist Zhang Huan.]

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