这是一场加拿大乃至全球*重要的文化盛事之一,这是一场让全世界的摄影爱好者无比期待的视觉盛宴,这更是一场跨越国际的艺术交流。“Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival”每年五月在加拿大举行,吸引全球超过150万名观众慕名前往,是摄影界隆重且盛大的国际party。
2019年,作为“Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival”的一部分,围绕主题“背后的故事”于线上开展图片征集活动。
本次活动共收到来自全世界***摄影师提交的近20000幅作品,这些摄影师来自:中国、加拿大、芬兰、瑞典、美国、俄罗斯、日本、希腊、澳大利亚、坦桑尼亚、格鲁吉亚、挪威、莫桑比克、立陶宛、捷克、哈萨克斯坦、希腊和古巴等44个国家。并由***策展人、摄影师影像艺术家Allison Morris共同评选出一、二、三等奖及107幅***作品(中国赛区9幅)。这些作品已在加拿大与Allison Morris的作品同期展出,展览历时一个月,将吸引来自全球各地的人前去观看。
一等奖*1($1,000 USD+展出)《Borders#2》
by photoborodina(瑞典)
从俄罗斯搬到瑞典后,我发现自己像爱丽丝掉进了兔子洞,进入了全新的世界,需要重新发现自己。但在全新的生活节奏和方式中,面对着不同的语言和规则,“我”又究竟是谁呢?人们很少能表现出自己的内在,因此展现出来的只是他人可感知的东西——性格的表面和边缘部分。对旁观者而言,“我是谁”相当于“我的边界”。我卑微地从身体的边界开始,进入到社会框架中。当然,也并不总是那么“卑微”。有时为了找到边界,我必须跨过这道边缘。你会发现有些边界立刻就能够认出来,而有些要好一会儿才能找到。这些照片旨在传达我是如何在新环境中尝试找到自己的边界。
After I moved from Russia to Sweden I found myself going down the rabbit hole. I faced a need to rediscover myself. But who is “me” exactly within those new rhythms and ways of life, a different tongue and norms? One can barely express what’s inside, thus exposing what’s perceivable - externalities, boundaries and margins of a personality. For a spectator: “I am” = my borders. Humbly starting from the borders of the body, advancing into the social framework. Well, not always so “humbly”, I must say… sometimes to find the border, I have to step over the edge. You’ll find some of those borders instantaneously recognisable and some are such, that you have to work on ‘em for a while. Those pictures are an attempt to convey what it is to try to find my own boundaries in this new environment.)
二等奖*1($500 USD+展出)《Stronger》
by milos nejezchleb(捷克)
这张照片出自长期系列照片《更强》,该系列中,我为经历过极端困境的普通人拍摄了照片,困境使他们变得更加强大。这个故事的女主人公是Katka(Cathy),一位家庭暴力的受害者。Katka18岁时母亲离世,她不得不照顾弟弟。她当时的丈夫与她育有一子,本应支持照顾她,Katka却发现他是个强奸犯,被迫带着儿子逃走。丈夫找到了Katka,在一月份的一个下午朝她开了两枪,然后开枪自尽。经历了几次手术后,Katka幸存了下来。渐渐地,她找到了新的伴侣,也就是她后来的第二任丈夫,开始了新的生活。她开始摆脱恐惧,重获自信。然而多年以后,两人婚姻破裂,离了婚。几个月后,她的前夫开枪自尽。讽刺的是,他用于自杀的武器原本是买来用于保护Katka的。
Photo from long-term photo series “Stronger”, for which I take photos of ordinary people who have been through something extraordinarily difficult, which has made them stronger. The heroine of this story is Katka (Cathy), a victim of domestic violence. Katka was 18 years old when her mother died tragically, and she had to take care of her younger brother. Her then husband, father of her son, was supposed to support her. Instead, he turned out to be a rapist, and Katka was forced to flee with her son. Her husband found her and one January afternoon he fired two shots at her. After that, he turned the gun on himself. Having undergone several operations, Katka survived. Gradually, she began to live a new life with her new partner, who became her second husband later. She was getting rid of fear and gaining self-confidence. Many years later, though, the marriage broke up and they got divorced. A couple of months later, her ex-husband committed a suicide by shooting himself. Ironically, he killed himself with the weapon he had once bought to protect Katka.
三等奖*1($250 USD+展出)《Going Up》
by Aaron Ricketts(美国)
《向上》出自系列照片《若过于沉重,就休息一下吧》,该组图共十张。每张照片中都能感受到有一个障碍物,或是将你置于危险境地,或是挡在你面前。这张照片的场景展现了面对复杂的、不停运转的世界时的疲惫感。照片中的男子没有进去乘坐电梯,而是干脆躺下,头夹在电梯门里,希望能被电梯吞掉。墙壁使整个场景充斥着鲜艳跳跃的黄色,制造出喜悦与痛苦之间的对比。
Going Up is one of ten images in a series titled, “If It's Heavy, Take a Break". In each photo there is that feeling that there is an obstacle, either one that has put you in a precarious position, or one that you see lying ahead. This scene exemplifies that idea of exhaustion in the face of a complex and relentless world. Rather than getting on the elevator, this man simply lays down with his head in the elevator doors hoping to be swallowed by it. And yet the walls overwhelm the scene with a vibrant yellow creating a contrast between joy and dreadfulness.
中国赛区获展作品
《凝视》
by hugoweii
微妙的阳光从百叶窗外层层透入折射在地面,这一刻,我凝视着这个春日的空间,绿色而温柔,享受这份属于我的宁静。
《The Reader》
by Chenjin
阅读在于一千个人在阅读同一部经典时脑中会浮现出一千种画面,一千人对同一部作品会有一千种不同的理解。我们需要不停的阅读去了解我们所缺失的,我们需要不停的阅读去探寻我们所未知的。
《The future》
by jkoo
我恐惧未来连自由呼吸都是一种***,对近在咫尺的你视而不见。
《逃离》
by 梵丁
摄影对于我来说是个造梦的过程,透过镜头把内心所想,借助某种方式表达出来,用超现实的画面创造出一个个内心场景,传达自己的意念与情绪,它们超离于现实,但又是现实活生生的写照。
《渴望》
by Eric
漫漫人生路,上下求索。心中渴望真诚的生活,就像我作品那种渴望自己是一只鱼。
《候鸟》
by 周白白Photo
他们说摄影是技巧之外饱含深情。***,再配以颠沛流离。胡马依北风,越鸟巢南枝 。一年365天,只想吃300天火锅,我想要拍传统与时尚结合的家乡。(模特的头饰是中国四川火锅里的一种香料,地上的是泡菜坛是制作川菜的一种工具,身上穿的改良旗袍,也融合了家乡四川的一些元素。)
《试着做个“盲人”》
by 摄影王嫱
图片中的女孩并不漂亮,有着平凡的五官,平胸的她有点自卑,拍照前她不断告诉我“不要拍的太丑,不要太丑”,然而我觉得她纤细白嫩的胳膊如同蝴蝶一样美.------摄影中,闭上一只眼,用心来看,试着做一下“盲人”,也许会有更多美。
《黑》
by Threepainters困兽
如果置身黑暗的深渊,不妨在黑暗中重新审视自己,寻找自己的内心世界 (环境整体暗调,用了线路管材为道具并且有缠绕模特,表达一种被束缚又在伺机蓄势而发的力量)。
《我们的蓝色自画像》
by Jey_X
重新发现自己的过程,照片中的镜子就有这层含义。同时镜子会给人一种间离感,让观者感受到照片中男女主角情感变淡的间离感。照片中的蓝色是我重点,蓝色可是天空可是大海,是希望和未来的颜色,也是神秘充满变数的颜色,像极了一段苦心经营的情感,有猜疑博弈,可坚强,但也可能经不起考验,很显然照片中的男女主角面临情感危机,镜子里的对方变得不再如当初般美好,而女主角用镜子遮挡住自己,其实就像睁一只眼闭一只眼的在继续维护一段情感,或许没有分开不是因为还喜欢,而是因为习惯了相互依赖的这种状态。