How do photographers take pictures by subtraction?

Subtraction? In my opinion, it is the emotional expression left by the photographer holding the camera, the lonely inner monologue after removing all unnecessary ingredients in the world with warm human feelings, and the fleeting moment. If you say it? Subtraction? , let alone Ho Fan, let alone who.

Ho Fan 1933 was born in Shanghai and is the only son of a wealthy businessman. 194 1 year, because of the war, his parents who went to macau for business stayed there, and Ho Fan, who was ten years old, grew up under the care of servants. In order to escape from fear and loneliness, Ho Fan often lingers in the cinema at the end of Nanjing Road, recording the scenery around him with his father's Kodak Brownie camera. Young Ho Fan in a state of chaos? Bored? Inadvertently became the source of artistic creation, and this period was the starting point of his photography. At this time, the humanistic care and poetic temperament in photography, mixed with the artist's homesickness, have been continued in Ho Fan's Hong Kong street photography, becoming the photographer's most personal mark in the image.

Mr. He's works are not only documentary in historical documents, but also full of creativity and artistry. From 1950s to 1960s, Ho Fan took a lot of photos reflecting life in Hongkong. The unique geometric aesthetics and oriental classical aesthetics in his works have won him more than 280 photography awards around the world. From 1958 to 1965, his photographic works won eight consecutive awards organized by the American Photographic Society? Top ten photographers in the world? Honorable title, ranking in the top ten in 1958.

Ho Fan and his Rolleiflex f3.5 double reflex camera.

Ho Fan said? He has been waiting for the light to interweave with the scenery, and then let the magic produce in his camera, as simple as that. ? In Mr. He's works, both light and shadow, composition and theme itself are impeccable.

He captured various market segments in Hong Kong with his lens. In 1950s and 1960s, people outside Jiulongzhai were collecting firewood for cooking, street vendors were selling tofu, father and son were eating in street food stalls, and friends in suits and ties were eating snacks in tea restaurants. Every photo vividly presents the past life of Hong Kong to your eyes.

1959 chat in the afternoon

1963 Happy Meeting

1960 twilight

Life is like a play.

1959 sunshine

1958 different directions

1960 private space private

1955 back lane

1957 Yifan

1954 recently photographed the only posing work among his works.

1955 Go home at dusk

Twilight is Ho Fan's most famous photographic work. The waves poured in from the edge of the photo and kept beating against the coast. A person riding a tricycle alone, the scene is full of loneliness, and the sunset slowly sets, surrounded by solemnity. He once said frankly: If you only rely on one work, I hope it is this one. ?

This work was shot in the West District of Hong Kong Island. I was studying Chinese at that time, and a poem left a deep impression on me. I want to find a place where he can give me the same feeling as in the poem. What about mood, atmosphere and main elements? All these should express emotions in poetry. When I found such a place, I went for several days. Tricycles, people walking home, the silence after the waves hit the embankment, and the low light pressure? For me, that decisive moment was too shocking. Today, the scenes taken half a century ago are still vivid. ? Ho Fan made no secret of his love for his works.

In Ho Fan's view? Decision moment? The test is judgment, not only skill, but also capturing touching moments with heart, brain, eyes and hands. Ho Fan's shooting skill is different from Bresson's? Decision moment? Very similar, so he is called? Oriental Bresson? .

Susan. Sontag said in On Photography? The photographer is a well-prepared loner. They wander around the city, shuttling through the extreme landscape of heaven and hell in the city. With appreciation and sympathy, the world will always be "picturesque" in the eyes of urban wanderers. ? Ho Fan, that's it? A poet with a camera? .

Do what? Subtraction? Maybe it's the one you pressed the shutter? Decision moment? .