Cultural background of private photography

The development of contemporary art has changed from monism to pluralism, and pluralism has become the general trend of art development in this era.

(2) The rapid development of photographic equipment, especially the popularity of digital cameras in the family, has expanded the photography methods and photography groups. The prosperity of photography in the contemporary era lies in its potential to grow into a truly popular and widely participated cultural style.

(3) Contemporary people's cultural value orientation is increasingly diversified, which makes the artistic ecological pattern increasingly vibrant, inclusive in concept, mainstream in absorption and acceptance, and increasingly soft and fuzzy in rejection and opposition. In addition, culture is dominated by urban mass consumption, and is characterized by enjoyment, commercialization, technicalization, consumption and popularization by means of modern media such as visual images, movies, advertisements and the Internet. The aestheticization of daily life seems to smooth out the boundaries between art and non-art, and dissolve the boundaries between aesthetics, literary activities and daily life.

The spiritual dilemma of global materialism and urban nothingness has a contradictory subjective structure, that is, they are becoming more and more global through the urban system and mass media in social life, while their hearts are becoming more and more self-daily, private and ideological.

(4) The characteristics of private photography

Unlike traditional photography, which pays attention to composition/exposure/color, they seem to care more about the transmission of personal feelings and ideas, and everything else becomes secondary ... This also shows the attitude of the new generation of photographers towards photography-self-expression, personal examination, personalized language, and even private, autistic and voyeuristic images. At the beginning, photography was only related to oneself. In order to verify one's individual value, photography has also become an individual's medium and social way.

Photography has become quite popular among the public-which means that, like any other popular art form, most people don't practice photography as an artistic activity. Mainly as a social ceremony, a means to resist anxiety and a tool to express rights.

Now almost everyone has their own image storage. Such image storage is a life, a memory, the whole world-his world is bound and stored in his brain. Susan sontag said: "Collecting photos is collecting the world."

Born in 1953, Nan Goldin is one of the most famous photographers in America. /kloc-ran away from home at the age of 0/4. She lives with all kinds of young people who are exiled by mainstream American society. During this period, Golding, with the desire of "recording his own history", began to truly photograph their group life by photography, showing the real life of some American youths on the edge of the mainstream of society without any modification. These works were first exhibited in American art galleries in the form of magic lantern exhibition with musical background, and published in 1986 under the name of Narrative of Sexual Dependence, which caused great repercussions. She even put an image of herself being beaten by her boyfriend in this album, which broke the routine of photographers just watching, created a new genre and boldly brought her private life into the field of documentary photography. From 65438 to 0988, Golding received a year of drug treatment and successfully returned to society. From 65438 to 0992, Golding published The Other Side with gay women in Bangkok, Manila, Berlin and Boston as the theme. 1994, she visited Japan and published a photo album Love in Tokyo in cooperation with Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, showing the life of street youth in Tokyo. 1996, the Whitney Museum of Art in new york held a large-scale retrospective exhibition of her 25-year photography activities under the name of "I will be your mirror".

"My works are snapshots of moments, and this form of photography can better express the existence of love."

1981-1996' s Song of Sexual Love appeared in the form of soundtrack slides, and the finished product was in 1995.

"I will be your mirror" brought a movie to the audience. Golding took pains to show people love, same-sex love and the mysterious life of heterosexual imitators were made public by her without reservation. She also belongs to this world, so her lens is so calm, without the tension and shame of the peeper. . Nan Goldin believes that human beings should take a new attitude towards the sexual relationship (homosexuality) threatened and condemned by social norms, and now it is time for it to come to the forefront.

The photo album "Narrative of Sexual Dependence" contains images of being beaten by her boyfriend.

The empty room recorded the scenery in the hotel when Golding traveled around: the bed was raised, the bulging pillow, the wrinkled sheets,

The lamp on the table, the oil painting hanging on the bedside ... all these are full of memories. In these hotel rooms, the memory of countless people staying here for a short time is lingering. These photos also reflect her memories of friends who have died or are far away from home, and show how fragile people are in controlling their own lives.

Nan Goldin once expounded his viewpoint of photography: "I only shoot people I know very well ... I don't look for beautiful things through photography, I just shoot people I see. Although some people say that photography is an aggressive behavior, for me, photography is an act of touching and caressing the person in front of me, and it is a unique way for me to express my respect. The camera was my eyes and hands at the time. "

Uehara Hiromi Junchuan was born in Tokyo on 1976. Her father is a cook and her mother is a full-time housewife. She grew up in a fairly free environment. HIROMIX's original ambition was to become a painter. However, she graduated from junior high school and failed to be admitted to the high school affiliated to the private fine arts university. She was very depressed. She entered an ordinary high school and began to avoid painting. The story of a young man's disillusionment is about to be reinterpreted ... The turning point happened when she met Nobuyoshi Araki. HIROMIX and Araki first met in the first year of high school, when there was an activity to shoot 100 girls, and she was one of the models. According to HIROMIX's later description, this meeting can be said to be her first lesson in photography. 1April, 1995, as a junior high school girl, she took some photos of her life with Konica's big mini camera, compiled them into a 36-page album "The Life of a Seventeen-year-old Girl", and signed up for the new century photo contest sponsored by Canon (the first prize of the contest1100,000 yen is a springboard for many newcomers to become professional photographers). This photo album is light in style and full of creativity, which won her the first Nobuyoshi Araki Prize and started her successful photography career.

HIROMIX's biggest wave in Japan is the popularity of her tool Konica Big mini. As you can see from your name, this is a super stupid camera with no focus and zoom lens. The reason why HIROMIX tried it at first was because she really didn't understand complicated mechanical cameras. The big mini was cheaper and smaller, so it was suitable for carrying around and shooting at any time. These characteristics make this camera quickly popular with most girls, and HIROMIX's success also proves that even amateurs can take good photos as long as they have the shooting tools and master the decisive moment, which has set off a revolution of female photographers and triggered a nationwide craze for camera shooting in Japan. Self-portraits, friends, cats and dogs, food, street scenes, scenery and other themes. They all show another life under HIROMIX's lens. Although some photos are unqualified in traditional photography aesthetics, such as overexposure, out of focus, and even red eye caused by flash, this does not diminish the vitality of her works.

Young, fresh and sexy appearance, coupled with early wisdom, made HIROMIX quickly become a media darling, appearing in various magazines and TV programs. She has been introduced by famous fashion and visual magazines, such as Rocking On Japan, Olive in Japan, Smart and Popular Communication in Japan, Vis ionaire in America, Face and ID in Britain, Purple Sex in France, etc. She has also held solo exhibitions in Paris, London and other places. In addition, this popular girl has also extended her tentacles to other fields. In addition to photography, she also released her first music album "Hello! 1999. I love you (published by Strattoria). Her rabbit-shaped socks have also come out, and she has appeared in YSL's jazz perfume advertisement.

Thanks to debiquber for his contribution to this article!