Yves arnold's life

Eve Arnold was born into a Russian immigrant family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1946 She started taking photos while working in a photo development agency in new york. From 65438 to 0948, I studied photography with Alexei Boroduvitz in new york Institute for New Social Studies for six weeks.

Eve joined the Ma Genan Photography Society on 195 1 and became its full-time photographer on 1955. In the 1950s, she mainly filmed in America. 1962 moved to England because his son needed to go to school in Bedles. Apart from working intermittently in the United States and China for six years to prepare her works in the United States and China, she spent most of her time in Britain.

After she published her trip to China, 1980 held a solo exhibition of China's works in Brooklyn Museum. In the same year, his "Journey to China" photography portfolio won the National Book Award.

1980 She also won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Association of Magazine Photographers. From 65438 to 0995, she became a member of the Royal Photographers Association and was selected as "Master Photographer" by new york International Photography Center-the most prestigious honorary title in the world.

1996 won the Kras Na-Klausz Book Award for his work Review.

1997 Eve Arnold was awarded an honorary doctorate in science by St. Andrews University in Scotland, an honorary doctorate in literature by Staffordshire University and a doctorate in humanities by American International University in London.

In the same year, he was appointed as a member of the advisory committee by the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford. In 2003, he was awarded the order of the british empire by the British government. 1979, ten years after the visa application was rejected, Yves? Eve Arnold was allowed to go to China for five days. This is normal for an experienced magnum photos member. Six months later, she traveled 40,000 miles in China and created one of the most important series of works in her life.

This heroic journey led to a famous exhibition-Arnold's first solo exhibition was held at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in new york from 65438 to 0980. At the same time, a book "In China" was published in various versions all over the world. Good timing. Arnold became one of the first western journalists to go to China when the wave of making China a prosperous superpower just began to surge. Since there was little information about China since the Cultural Revolution, the West needed tangible evidence to show China's situation, and she fulfilled this wish.

In recognition of her pioneering role in strengthening the ties between the West and China, the "Eve Arnold in China" exhibition currently held in London shows some photos at that time again. Arnold, a 94-year-old and prestigious photographer, personally attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition, and Sir John Tusa presented her with an elegant gift. Sir John Tusa was the director of Barbican when he held the last large-scale retrospective exhibition for Arnold at Barbican Art Center in London.

Arnold's reputation is extraordinary. She is famous for her series of portraits of Marilyn Monroe, and is often classified as portrait photographer and celebrity portrait photographer. Her personal relationship with Monroe was enough to establish a close photographic relationship. But in fact, she has set foot in a much wider range. In the early 1950s, her series of reports on the fashion in Harlem, new york was first published by the most famous British magazine, Pictorial Post. She was a completely unknown American at that time. That series of reports started her career. Later, starting from the 1960s, she wrote satirical and humorous works for The Queen and The Sunday Times in Britain (after that, she settled down and lived there).

Unlike many photographers, she seems to feel that without words, the meaning of pictures will be reduced. A few years ago, she had a detailed conversation with Tusa in an interview with the BBC. When answering a question about the risk of losing detachment, she said firmly, "I don't think there will be such a thing as detachment when you shoot." You have certain opinions. If you don't have an opinion, your photo won't show what the interviewee contains. "

However, what we see is not entirely like this. Her photos will never be taken in a hurry without thinking. She takes both color photos and black and white photos. She uses a compact and lightweight Leicas(magnum photos is famous for it), but she also uses a bigger camera. Her composition is calm (usually), and she almost always keeps a respectful distance from the subject. I don't think many people will recognize yves arnold's photo just by style. She pays too much attention to leaving dignity for her subjects, and also pays too much attention to leaving dignity for herself at work (many photographers will give up this kind of thing in order to take good photos), so sometimes her photos lack vitality. However, the person who made them is obviously a person who arouses people's sympathy with the cultivated vitality.

In China, Arnold found a poetry class. A slightly melancholy teacher (with long hair and deliberately wearing a pair of glasses) leans against the blackboard frame to give a lecture. As he spoke, the pointer swung slightly. Chalk flying dragon dance The other corner of the blackboard is leaning against an abacus. That's all. Is this porcelain old or new? This is obviously a metaphor, but it can't stand analysis. This is just a picture of a poetry class of 1979.

In Inner Mongolia, Arnold found a female soldier. She is a militia. She asked her to pose next to an unsupported gun target that was roughly human. The female soldier held a small red flag above her head. 90% of photographers want to ask, "Which of these two is the real goal?" But yves arnold didn't. This is just an imposing photo, showing a professional doing his job. A group of Tibetan road builders are working on both sides of a shovel. The person on the left holds the handle in a normal way, and the person on the right pulls the rope tied to the bottom to help lift it. It is easy to criticize this lack of mechanical assistance, but yves arnold kept a cool observation attitude. She simply said, "This is the way they work here."

These photos are all made by Cibachromes, and the extremely glossy color images well represent the naive and flashy colors Arnold found in China. However, the art gallery also offers some digitally printed copies for sale. This method is stupid. If a photographer thinks a medium is suitable, it's strange that you want the public to settle for second best.

China discovered by yves arnold is closer to the Middle Ages in many ways than China today. The scene of the loading and unloading port of the Grand Canal is almost like a dictionary, which includes all the old working postures: leaning against the shovel, working hard and bending down to clean.

Arnold didn't pose for these workers. She always refuses to take candid photos. Her habit is to let the subjects pose by themselves. It is their rigid appearance that often makes us mistakenly think that photographers are detached. In fact, we can see that it is not the indifference in photography that gives them a blunt opportunity, but a kind of magnanimity.