今天Aperture Foundation (光圈)公布了他们一个为期一年多的新拍摄项目－纽约Green Cart(绿色货车)工程。我很有幸的被他们选中担任这个拍摄任务的摄影师之一，这个项目一共有五个摄影师来共同创作。我很期待和另外四个摄影师LaToya Ruby Frazier, Thomas Holton, Gabriele Stabile和Will Steacy一同合作完成这个有意义和有挑战力的项目。光圈选择了五个风格截然不同的摄影师，希望我们都会从不一样的个人角度来揣摩这个题材。
想了解更多关于这个项目的信息，你可以参考光圈的新闻公告以及纽约时报有关Green Cart的文章。
Above is the cover of the new W magazine. Brad Pitt seriously looks beat in Chuck Close's signature
style. You got to give Bradley some credit, because these days stars
just don't look like this on the cover of a fashion magazines, most of
them are pursuing the wrinkle-less alien look. So this is rusty in the refreshing way.
今天到了德克萨斯州的弗雷德里克斯堡(Fredericksburg)，舒适的温暖干燥气候，比一早出门时纽约的阴冷天气好很多。在这里度个周末，看看这个德国味很浓的小镇。
To have a comparison, here is another one by Martin Schoeller.
Today I watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off again. I am especially interested in the American teen movie from the late 80s' and early 90s', because I am curious about what the American teenage was doing when I was in the same age, which is very different. For example, when Farris took a day off in his high school senior year, spent a day dining in a fancy restaurant, watching baseball game, driving a Porsche, making out with a girl, I cannot related to any of them except I was a waiter in a fancy restaurant and been refused to take my father's scooter out for a ride. The real star of the movie for me is not Ferris, although he is awfully sweet, but I am much more related to Cameron, the teen who were fighting for his freedom of self-expression. The moment when he was gazing to the little person in Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, I felt intensively what he is fighting with, it is a visceral moment. Teenage hood certainly is the most fantastic part of our life, no matter where you live.
It was hard to think of what I should post for my first blog entry of
the new year, then I saw this ring. WOW. I am totally in love it. As
the designer Tobias Wong
described "It’s romantic because it means, 'Will you marry me' but it
also means, 'I can’t always be there to protect you so if some jerk
won’t stop bothering you, puncture him with this.'" I will just get
engaged for this ring, I will marry 2009 with this ring, it is going to
be a sharp and bright year.
2008 has not failed
America, both athletically and politically. I am not gonna let that
little pervert called "recession" bothering me too much, now we have
both Obama and Hilary in Washington, everyone should have some hope,
well, maybe not everyone. And thanks to that 52.1% of the voters in
California, some people can't be able to wear this ring yet officially,
hope 2009 is the year every couple in America can enjoy the equal
rights.
Last but not the least, I wish my home country China has
less tragedy, both naturally and man-made. As for my own personal new
year resolution, there are quite a few - perhaps spend more time with
family, take more good photographs, feed my dog less junk food, read
books, kiss more, pray more and be able to do Tittibhasana or more. If you are still reading my blab, I wish you a very Happy New Year!
