Yang Yi pertenece a la nueva generación de artístas chinos, su trabajo me parece espectacular. El título de la serie "desarraigadas", un trabajo protesta sobre la situación de su pueblo.
El proyecto Tres Gargantas en el río Yangtze en la provincia de Hubei de China es la más grande del mundo de la ingeniería y la obra de construcción y ha desplazado a más de 1,2 millones de personas y destruyó 11 ciudades. Una vez terminado, el resultado 400 millas de largo embalse de abastecimiento de agua suficiente para generar 84 mil millones de kilovatios por hora de electricidad. Este proyecto ha sido en el centro de mucha controversia, así como el tema para muchos artistas, tal vez sobre todo Edward Burtynsky.
Pero para el artista chino Yang Yi, las Tres Gargantas tiene un significado muy personal. Nacido en una pequeña ciudad con vistas a un afluente del río Yangtze, Yang Yi, su ciudad natal se verá completamente sumergida durante la última fase del proyecto en 2009. Sorprendente e inquietante, incluso en sus sueños, esta triste situación le obligó a capturar el resto de escenarios antes de que desaparezca para siempre, junto con sus raíces y recuerdos de infancia. Utilizando tanto la fotografía y técnicas digitales, Yang Yi en sus imágenes muestra una ciudad fantasma envuelta por el agua, cuyos escasos habitantes (equipados con máscaras y snorkels) continuan haciendo sus rutinas diarias, como almas perdidas.
Yang Yi belongs to the new generation of Chinese artists, their work seems spectacular. The series title "Uprooted," a protest about the situation of its old town, conceptual photography. The Three Gorges Dam project along the Yangtze River in the Hubei province of China is the world's largest engineering and construction site and has displaced over 1.2 million people and destroyed 11 cities. Once completed, the resulting 400 mile long reservoir will supply enough water to generate 84 billion kilowatts-per-hour of electricity. This project has been the at the center of much controversy, as well as the subject for many artists, perhaps most notably Edward Burtynsky. But for Chinese artist Yang Yi, the Three Gorges Dam has a very personal meaning. Born in a small town overlooking a tributary of the Yangtze River, Yang Yi will see his hometown completely submerged during the last phase of the project in 2009. Striking and haunting him even in his dreams, this sad situation forced him to capture the remaining scenery before it disappears forever, along with his roots and childhood memories. Using both photography and digital techniques, Yang Yi's images depict a ghost town engulfed by water, whose scarce inhabitants (fitted out with masks and snorkels) go about their daily routines like lost souls.
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Vive y trabaja en Zurich y Londres / Nueva York
Principalmente trabaja en fotografía y vídeo, con fondos de ilustración y pintura. También trabaja como fotógrafo de moda en Zurich, Berlín, Londres, Nueva York y Los Ángeles.
Y work primaly in photography and video, with a background in drawing and painting. He also works as a fashion-photographer in Zurich, Berlin, London, New York and Los Angeles.
This work is entitled Creatures
José Manuel Ferrater was born in Barcelona in 1948. He started working as a fashion photographer, but soon he combined this activity with that of portrait photography, painting and advertising spots director for important brand labels for cigarettes, perfumes, drinks, cars, beauty, fashion etc.. Thus his work-life is shared between his continual trips and his shooting sessions in his magical day-light studio. He has done several photographic exhibitions, although he is convinced that photography should be exclusively devoted to the media for which it was originally created. For Ferrater his team is the most important component of his whole work. His photography is sensitive, sensual and strong.
Nació en Letonia, y su portfolio va más allá de poses agradables, su fotografía intenta captar la esencia de cada persona, mostrar la belleza y el caracter en cada momento.
Born in Latvia, her portfolio goes beyond of nice poses, her photography tries to catch a moment and reveals the essence of a person instead, to show beauty and character in each moment.
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