Bees by Zhe Chen
82 pages, 57 color plates, 8.3 x 11 in / 21 x 28 cm
Clothbound Hardcover, Munken Pure Paper
First edition of 500, Printed in Shanghai
ISBN: 978098313572-250995
Co-published by Zhe Chen and Beaugeste Gallery
Distributed by Jia Zazhi press, February 2012
Design by Zhe Chen (a tribute to Jack Burman: The Dead)
Brought up in Beijing, China, Zhe Chen is a photo-based artist currently living in Los Angeles and southern China. Over the past five years, Zhe has created a series of projects focusing on body modification, human hair, identity confusion, post-traumatic stress disorder, and memory. Chen’s latest project, titled Bees, is a document of self-mortification among a community of disaffected Chinese. The difficult nature of her subject is made more complex by Chen’s lyrical approach, identifying the physical self-destruction of her subjects as an act of spiritual cleansing. - 2011 Inge Morath Award Winner Announcement
Click here for the photographer's statement and more images from the series
Photographer's website: www.zheis.com
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陈哲 摄影集 《蜜蜂》
82页,57幅彩色照片,21x28厘米
布面精装,蒙肯暖色纸印刷
限量500本,200本入市销售
ISBN/978098313572-250995
2012年2月由陈哲与比极画廊联合出版,假杂志社发行
设计/陈哲(向Jack Burman的《The Dead》致敬)
出版人说:相较于《可承受的》中激烈燃烧的个人史,陈哲的第二个系列《蜜蜂》为我们展现了一种延展的肖像:所有蜜蜂都是作者的延伸,也是彼此的延伸。摄影师与被拍摄者之间的相似经历,令陈哲始终保持亲密的平行视角,加之节制的影像处理和審慎的展现方式,我们看到的“蜜蜂们”的世界几乎就是他们自己看到的样子。
陈哲说:《蜜蜂》尽管延续了自戕这一“令人瞠目结舌的主题”,但决定做这事、做事的方式与节奏都是经过考量的,在我的行为空间内。它是一个被“安全”计划过的令人“不安”的项目。在《可承受的》阶段,我最常想的是自己该怎么生活,自戕之外,我以何度日?《蜜蜂》让我意识到自己只需要跑出去,与人说话,接纳说话的人。“一种同人亲近、摆脱孤独的渴望。”瑞典摄影师Anders Petersen这么形容自己每次看底片的感受。摄影不是他的工作或职业,而是他日常生活的一环。他追寻的不是每个人的差异,而是什么力量可以让不一样的人更接近。这也正是我的意愿。
点击查看《蜜蜂》系列更多照片与作者陈述
摄影师网站:www.zheis.com
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