Photographer huang qingjun decided to document the conquests of china. Gillian wearing signs that say what you want them to say and not signs that say what someone else wants you to say, 19921993, installation view at whitechapel gallery, london, 2012. Huang qingjun born in september 1971 in daqing, heilongjiang province january 1999, joined the chinese photographersassociation the present work is the chief photographer of zhisland. Another interesting look at possession piles is the family stuff project by chinese photographer huang qingjun. Posted by huang qingjun in reportive collection, obscure asia, lightbox magazine, frozen faces. Portraits of families posing with everything they own will. This series comes from chinese photographer huang qingjun in a series titled jiadang. Huang qingjun hoped to open a window of china to the world, and he succeeded. Thats thousands of images and articles, documenting the history of the medium of photography and its evolution during the last decades. An avid reader and writer and creator of life, love and memories. This familial photography series is quite different from the typical family portrait.
Boston society of architects the things they carry. The photographic series family stuff by huang qingjun focus on family materials in our daily lives, aiming to reflect the human nature. Check out our resources for adapting to these times. A photography series by huang qingjun featuring chinese families with their household items since 2003, chinese photographerhuang qingjun has been traveling all over china capturingfamilies with their household belongings. Rather than posing in front of an elegant backdrop, photographer huang qingjun asked families to pose in. And you know, i think thats precisely the legacy i want to leave. Inside the main building of the festival we suggest to see futuristic archaeology by daesung lee, family stuff by huang qingjun, hikari by david favrod, 21 22 23 by gidon levin, a.
Huang qingjun, family stuff photography series, asian. Although the festival features photographers from thirtyfive countries, it emphasizes new. Huang qingjun china family stuff open call showcase. Thisispaper is a humancurated medium dedicated to art, design, technology and life.
Huang qingjun has spent nearly a decade travelling to remote parts of china to persuade people to carry outside all their household possessions and pose for him. From september th through november 2nd 2014, anthropologists in art are proud to present. Grounded on such a transitional era, the photographic series family stuff by huang qingjun focus on family materials in our daily lives, aiming to reflect the. Celebrating new year in cabo san lucas la76 lifestyle blog. Yang huang its nearly impossible to answer who is your favorite fictional couple. You can get an ebay valet to do it for you, you can sell your stuff on craigslist, krrb or yerdle. But online shopping family stuff hints at the wave of. More recently, two chinese photographers, ma hongjie and huang qingjun, took on a similar venture in their own country. Chinese families with all their stuff in a single photo by. Since there is a lot of overlap between the two photo galleries, treat them as a single reading, and create one discussion question for the material world photos, and one discussion question for the family. In china, he photographed mostly rural people and their things, but also.
Hist 600 the house in history spring 2020 martha carlin. Bbc, daqing, family stuff, huang qingjun, jiadang, ma hongjie, photographer, photography, song dong, imagine just in case you were starting to forget about himhere is an examination of ai. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing. The idea for the series about peoples material goods, now called jiadang family stuff, came in 2003 with some photos he took for the magazine chinese national geography but the project didnt really. Photographer huang qingjun decided to document this phenomenon in his series online shopping family stuff. Family stuff is a silent representation of whats important in their everyday life, how much or how little they have, and the landscape in which their lives go on all these elements combined make this emotional, amazing project. Chinese families demonstrate all their belongings in a. Huang qingjun family stuff, mongolian batu aoqier and his wife, aoyong qimuge, are standing in front of their yurt, inner mongolia, 2007.
Huang qingjuns intimate portraits of chinese families family stuff. This is one of a handful of photos of middleclass subjects, with a car, books and. Chinese photographer huang qingjun has been using his camera to document the possesions of families in the chinese hinterland. A photography series by huang qingjun featuring chinese families with. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books. In training his nikon lens on the possessions of ordinary chinese during the past 16 years, huang qingjun has borne witness to chinas changing real estate landscape. Qingjun huang family stuff the eye of photography magazine. Huang qingjun and ma hongjie project family stuff aims to portray rural chinese families and their possessions.
Chinese photographer huang qingjun convinced families to carry all their possessions to the front of the house and pose for these stunning. Posted by mizutani yoshinori in organica magazine, lightbox. Thus, family stuff becomes a prospect within which the life condition of chinese people is examined. I hope you are having a wonderful start to the 2014. First came across the works of chinese photographer huang qingjun last year in a shanghainese magazine, and found myself poring over every inch of detail captured by his. When huang qingjun and ma hongjie agreed to collaborate on their project family stuff in 2005, they knew it would take a while. A series of 20 images has been compiled that were exhibited at the. Chinese families worldly goods in huang qingjuns pictures bbc. The fourth biennial singapore international photography festival opens october 3rd. Huang qingjun has spent nearly a decade travelling to remote parts of. In 1994, peter menzel photographed families around the world.
Chinese families pose with all their earthly possessions. Before anything else, i wanted to wish you a happy new year and share with you. In the last 10 years, chinese photographer huang qingjun has travelled to 14 of the 33 provinces in china only to take pictures of different families with all their belongings in one frame. Huang qingjuns intimate portraits of chinese families. Huang qingjun family stuff, 66yearold hao yanhua, dong fang hong, northeastern chinese province of heilongjiang. The series took a decade to complete and almost all of the. For the last 10 years, huang has been traveling around chinas rural communities and capturing. Chinese photographer huang qingjun explores this topic in his photo series called jiadang, or family stuff. Families pose next to everything theyve ever bought online. A series of 20 images has been compiled that were exhibited at the 798 photo gallery. Since 2003, chinese photographer huang qingjun has been traveling all over china capturing families with their household belongings. With his series huang qingjun portrayed for 11 years the living conditions in contemporary china through the household items of 40 families with different incomes from each area of the country. Family stuff is a silent representation of whats important in their everyday life, how much or how little they have, and the landscape in which their lives go on all these elements combined.
Huang qingjuns family stuff and sannah kvists all i own by rain noe october 1, 2012. Family stuff homeless peoples family stuff online shopping family stuff. Amazon books vice president jennifer cast told vice the stores secret ingredient is. The singapore international photography festival the new. For the last 10 years, huang has been traveling around chinas rural communities and capturing pictures of families with their household possessions carefully arranged outdoors, usually in front of their houses. Subscribe now for full access to the eye of photography. Jiadang, or family stuff is a photo series by chinese photographer. Lianzhou foto festival 2014 the eye of photography magazine. Grounded on such a transitional era, the photographic series family stuff by huang qingjun focus on family materials in our daily lives, aiming to reflect the human nature embedded in them. Chinese families with all their stuff in a single photo by huang. Its only january 4 but new years eve seems so far away.
On saturday september th 2014, anthropologists in art will have the. Families pose next to everything theyve ever bought. Huang qingjun family stuff, 28 yearold huang jianguang, rongshui, miao autonomous county, liuzhou, guangxi zhuang autonomous region huang qingjun family stuff, 28 yearold. Today, here is family stuff and the remainder of the interview with our correspondant cyjo. Living environments of chinese families chinasmack in peter menzel photographed families around the world posing with. Huangs photography project, entitled jiadang family stuff, has him somehow convincing each family to take every single thing they own thats not nailed down, and haul it outside to be arranged and.
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