Maybe it’s because it was the pre-digital age, or because we’ve moved so much. Whatever the reason, I have very few photos from my childhood. There are a handful, but not so many, that I can look back and think about all the different ways I seemed to grow up and all the fun times […]
Month: February 2015
The “negatives” of Tiananmen Square: an art book or a protest?
But more intriguing is Mr. Xu’s decision to print only the raw, pure 35-millimeter negatives he shot with his clumsy Konica that spring. There is something inscrutable about the images, with their muted colors and ghostly x-ray silhouettes of protesters. Turns out the negatives are just a visual sham. Armed with an iPhone or iPad […]