Chien-Chi Chang is an accomplished photographer and member of the prestigious photographic cooperative, Magnum Photos. He will present four projects at the lecture; The Chain; I do I do I do; Double Happiness; and China Town.
Each photograph deftly captures the synergy between him and his subjects without being intrusive. Chang’s purposeful style of repeating a particular scene and moment in a series of photographs of different people results in a clever conveyance of ‘doubleness’ in the partnership of his subjects. In the tireless pursuit of truth, these unadorned works reveal Chang’s fascination about relationships and his concern for the human condition. Working along the margins of documentary, journalism and art, the photographs and videos in this lecture not only document injustice; but more importantly, they lead us to confront the issues, the people and, in the end, ourselves.
About the speaker:
Chang Chi-chien is born in Taiwan in 1961 and he is now an American citizen. Chang joined Magnum Photos in 1995 and he was awarded the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund for Humanistic Photography in 1999. He lives and works in Taipei and New York City.
For more on his works, please visit http://blog.magnumphotos.com/chienchi_chang.html
This event is co-sponsored by Muse Magazine
香港大學新聞及傳媒研究中心於本周六（十二月十三日）舉辦：「雙重──張乾琦的攝影藝術」(Doubleness:Photography of Chien-chi Chang)公開講座及展覽。張乾琦是著名攝影師，亦是世界享譽盛名的馬格蘭攝影通訊社的會員，曾於1999年獲報導攝影界中最崇高的尤金．史密斯人道主義基金，美國NPPA年度攝影師獎項（W.Eugene Smith Award），獲獎作品表現的是紐約唐人街非法移民的生活。他將於講座中展示的照片及影片，包括台灣高雄市一所極具爭議性的精神病院內精神病患者生活情況的The Chain《鍊》；以探討較少受人注意的約束性婚姻、台灣疏離的婚姻關係、男性與越南女性透過中介人而結合的婚姻為主題的I do I do I do《我願意》及Double Happiness《囍》；以及他花了逾16年時間，穿梭於美國紐約唐人街及中國福建省，記錄中國移民工人與國內家人分隔兩地的生活情況的China Town《唐人街》。這些作品，反映張乾琦對人際關係的迷戀及人民生活情況的關注；不單記錄了不公平的情況，更重要的是引導我們去正視這些問題、群體及我們自身。
演講者簡歷
張乾琦1961年生於台灣；他於1995年加入馬格蘭攝影通訊社；於台北市及紐約市生活和工作。有關張乾琦於馬格蘭攝影通訊社網頁的資料，請瀏覽：http://blog.magnumphotos.com/chienchi_chang.html