Talk about your understanding of the symbolic characteristics of people.

First of all, Chinese characters are a communication tool, which has the functions of expressing meaning, displaying, self-discipline, understanding and communication. People use Chinese characters to release their emotions and create artistic images, resulting in literary works such as poems, essays and novels. As a symbol of the human body, it is actually an expression tool, which also has the above functions, and can be used to praise life and reflect human value and dignity; Or use it to think about the relationship between man and the natural universe and carry out metaphysical philosophical reflection; Or use it to express various cultural, historical, emotional and other implications. Many people of insight have already pointed out that "body photography is also a means for the author to express his thoughts" (Chai Xuan), "the body is a cultural container full of rich social, political and economic contents" (Zheng Gu) and "the human body is another important symbol for depicting people's spiritual map and analyzing people's spiritual world" (Huang). Turning over the history of human photography for more than 100 years, from "picturesque human photography" to "recorded pedigree" to "incomplete beauty" and then to "post-modern human photography", we can see the clear track of deepening the ideological and emotional connotation of human photography, which is actually a process of deepening the understanding of human symbolic characteristics and increasingly conscious application. John kaplan, an American photographer, took a selfie of his aging and bloated body parts, bringing the facts of aging life into photography. Mary Duffy, an Irish female artist, combined self-portrait photography with performance art, and frankly showed her mutilated body, which not only broke the taboo that disabled people were excluded from artistic expression, but also created a precedent for disabled people to express themselves. Japanese female photographer Ishiuchi described the cells of her peers' hands and feet with a macro lens, and wrote one poem after another about the vicissitudes of women's lives.

Understanding the instrumental characteristics of human body symbols is helpful to broaden creative thinking. Since the human body also has the general functions of expressing meaning, understanding, communication and other symbols, we should give full play to them. Body photography can also explore the thoughts and feelings involved in writing art; The artistic conception, poetry and expression in literature can also be used for reference by human photography. In areas where words cannot reach, you can also try human photography. The photographed human body should not be limited to the beautiful female body, but can be used for the male body, the elderly body and the disabled body, with the expression of thoughts and feelings as the transfer. Of course, due to the differences in symbolic signifiers, visual effects should be strengthened in expression techniques. Secondly, Chinese characters are an aesthetic object, which is mainly manifested in the art of calligraphy. Calligraphy and human body art have had profound and extensive interaction since ancient times. Gong Sundaniang's sword dance inspired calligraphers to understand the true meaning of calligraphy, which has become a beautiful talk ever since; Calligraphy theory also used the human body to expound his aesthetic thoughts. For example, the line shape consists of five parts: bone, tendon, vein, meat and skin. For example, "people who are good at writing are skinny, but those who are not good at writing are human flesh." For example, "Mrs. Wei's books are like flower arranging dancers, with low beauty." Another example is the beauty on the stage, and the fairy moth makes a shadow ... "And so on. The structural layout, rhyme, body, posture and appearance of calligraphy are the same as those of human photography, and the turning point of calligraphy has the same artistic law as human language. After thousands of years of development, calligraphy art has formed a complete aesthetic system, which is worth learning. Among them, Zen and Laozi and Zhuangzi can easily open up a new realm of human photography. The spirit of advocating individuality and striving for innovation in calligraphy is worth learning. The human body, like Chinese characters, is often regarded as a purely aesthetic object, which is also the reason why China's body photography has been lost. Most of today's human photography lingers at this level. It should be said that the beauty of the human body is thrilling. Taking the human body as the aesthetic object of "shape" is also one of the forms of artistic expression, but it is obviously not enough to stay here all the time, because the reference of symbols has not been fully developed, as Zheng Gu said: "The human body that each of us lives in spirit and desire is not a word of beauty at all", and "... so. At the same time, as a symbol, this aesthetic expression should also have a point, with the photographer's feelings in it, so that people can feel through the visual image. Otherwise, it is not a symbol system, and the work will fail. However, even so, it is not easy to express the pure beauty of the human body. Grasp the language of light, shadow, color, line, block and body, create artistic conception and innovate style. It can never be solved in a creative group with hundreds of people standing in front of the model. Without a certain artistic accomplishment and cultural background, appreciation of classic images and works of art, and preparation of ideas before creation, you can't shoot the human body well. Guido Aginti, an American body photographer, did a lot of desk work and made full design and planning before shooting. He said: "I have never walked into the studio and I don't know what to do. "The perfection of calligraphy art comes from the diligence and persistence of' Pen Tomb' and' Mo Chi'. Is human body photography done overnight? Of course, there is a difference between human body symbols and Chinese characters. Chinese characters are dual language symbols, that is, symbols as concepts and symbols as representations. In literature and art, words mainly play a role as symbols of representation, and there is a process of "words → representation → image". The human body is a non-verbal symbol and a direct image presentation. Because of the central position of language symbols, the expression of body symbols is restricted by language, which also leads to the existence of "hypermetaphor" In terms of expression, human body symbols are more explained by metaphors and symbols. At the same time, the physiological characteristics of the human body determine its strong sexual orientation characteristics. This further increases the difficulty of creation, and if you are not careful, you will slip into pornography, and serious photographers will be afraid and tread on thin ice. Only in this way can we pay more attention to the exploration of social, historical and cultural connotations.