九七回归后，中国大陆和香港在文化艺术的交流日益增广；可我们看到的艺术摄影作品，大多倾向观念先行，而一些传统的类型却凤毛麟角；好像「人像摄影」(Portrait Photography)，一直以来它都佔据着摄影发展的重要位置，但近年却难得一见。沈玮，一个在中国上海成长的艺术家，他的系列人像作品于国际的艺术摄影领域备受关注。 《中国情节》是沈氏近年有关中国的专集，当中分为「人像」和「景物」两部份，「光影作坊」主要选取了「人物」部份于香港展出。沈氏处理人物肖像的方法有别于传统，他将重点和内容回归到被摄者的身上，拍摄的视点每每吸引着观者的凝视，同时诱使观者引发一连串问题，并作出反思。他希望「在没有任何外界影响下体验一个真实和朴质的中国，用最自然的视角扑捉生活点滴，从内心去体验一个内敛亲密的中国人文文化。」透过相片中的人物，观众可以感受到在急促发展下，中国人的种种状态和思绪。 Although arts exchange between Hong Kong and China has been intensifying since its return to China, fine art photography as we now see is dominantly in conceptual form. While traditional forms like portrait photography, which has played a significant role in the history of photography, can rarely be found in recent decades. Shen Wei, a Shanghai born fine art photographer, gained tremendous attentions from the international art world by his portraits. He was named as one of the top fifteen emerging photographers in the world by the American Photo Magazine, and was also part of PDN’s annual PDN30 list. Shen’s recent series Chinese Sentiment on life of the Chinese, composing landscape and portrait photography. The upcoming exhibition at Lumenvisum mainly features his portrait works aim to retain the focus on the subjects’ own self. He invites the audience to “appreciate the real China without its political and economic influence, to reveal China from an internal and intimate perspective.” At the same time, the photographer challenges the audience with a series of questions, like if it is a staged photography or a candid one, as well as the relationships between the photographer and the subjects. Through his images, Shen reveals the complex sentiment of the modern Chinese. 开幕 Opening 5/11/2011 (Sat) 6:00-8:00pm 艺术家讲座暨新书签名会 Artist Talk & Book Signing 5/11/2011 (Sat) 4:30-6:00pm 展览日期 Exhibition Date 6/11-18/12/2011