Photographer monsoon

Galla: I'm not in the cafe. I'm on my way to the cafe.

The words "I'm not in the coffee shop, I'm on my way to the coffee shop" and "Open the door of the coffee shop" not only became the trademark language of coffee manufacturers, but also made the name "Gala" the favorite of coffee fans in Taiwan Province Province. Born and raised in China, he studied literature, but as a freelance journalist and photographer in the East, he broke into the western media world. He is a photographer and writer, and he also likes to visit cafes. He doesn't sell coffee, but he is famous for it; He doesn't like being labeled as a master, but he has a group of loyal supporters. Enthusiastic fans took the coffee map and followed it to Europe to find their dream cafe. This classic cafe that travels all over Europe is not very good at words, but likes to communicate with people through words and images. He is "Gala".

Gala recently launched the Music Coffee Map. It takes Gala's coffee map as a clue, combining his brand-new photos, words, and music that spans pop, classical, jazz, France and so on. , and then interspersed with the cafe scene and street sounds collected by Gala in Paris, paving a sentimental cafe wandering trip!

Gallas said: "My writing and photography are music from the depths of my soul, especially the very self-centered urban stories" Black and White Paris "and" Coloured Rome ". I was listening to my own music when I took pictures in the street, immersed in emotional colors and images ... "

Festival background

1960 was born in Shanghai.

1982 After graduating from Fudan University, he went to Vienna a few years later and began to write and photograph in western media.

There have been a dozen or twenty photo exhibitions (most of which I have never seen myself).

Since/kloc-0 settled in Hong Kong in 1993, he has been the most prestigious Asian journalist in German photo illustrated magazine.

As a freelance photographer for several international magazines,

Traveling back and forth between Europe and Asia all the year round. He returned to Europe on 1997 and now lives in Paris.

From the perspective of a traveling lifestyle and a photographer who combines images with words,

1995, he launched "Opening the Cafe Door" in Taiwan Province Province.

Drive a new wave of humanistic images.

Then there is the series of "Unbounded Prejudice" (Infinite Prejudice).

Reveal a series of personalized, movie-like visual stories.

Created a new concept of "visual book".

Black and white areas make up "black and white Paris".

Gao Fancha's various shades form a "colorful Rome".

Decadence in blurred water color, gorgeous "Venice gradually"

Recently, a trip to the Spanish plateau-

800 years on the road