宜潔的創作理念
從小就在攝影棚、暗房之間度過我的童年，成長於鏡頭下並和照相機為伍，自七歲開始拿第一台照相機之後他似乎就成了我身體的一部分，不在乎照相機的大小好壞，只要有觸動我的瞬間，按快門就是我的直覺反應。
雖然離開攝影棚十幾年，在異國陪孩子成長，依舊放不下相機，隨手拍下感動的瞬間，是一種記錄、是一種習慣，也是生活的一部分。
現在快要被小孩放下，但，我還有相機陪著過日子。
Athena宜潔的作品 1 飛越另一個季節 ( Hamilton Hot Air Balloon Festival April 2007 )
作品2： 映 ( New Zealand South Island July2010)
〝映〞在寧靜湖裡的是怎樣一個心情
作品3： 朝、夕 ( Bay of Island January 2011 )
日出與日落誰能清楚的交代
作品4： 旋轉光陰 ( Sydney June 2010 )
作品5： 無題 ( 2010 )
在那虛實之間，你看到了我的故事嗎？
我的心肝寶貝女兒，「意映」的阿姨們稱她為意映的女兒，在意映20周年時加入展出，她特別要我傳達各為意映長輩對她的愛戴，給她這樣一個特別的機會能夠參與展出，走出她的第一步
以下是鄭羽珊 Amanda的創作理念和作品
Music student by day, writer by night, and a sometime photographer: I’m not really sure who I am, but this makes everything more interesting. Named after a cheesy Boston love song by dad, and then growing up in front of mum’s camera… I’d like to think that’s where my passion for both art forms stemmed from. I photograph because I can, because I love it – and I love it because it’s the most honest art form that I delve in.
Palahniuk wrote, “I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known”, and the most influential person I’ve ever known is my mother. When it came to her preferred craft of photography, she never directly taught me anything as she didn’t want to make my work merely a clone of her own. Instead, she guided by example and crafted me into the multi-faceted and eclectic person that I am today. So this is what my five collected pieces of photography represent – little pieces of my unconventional, everyday existence. I’ve contrasted the honesty and raw emotion of film photography with some ‘polished’ digital work, as well as accompanied my personal piece with extracts from my poems.
In the duration of this exhibition I will be turning twenty years old in the absence of my family. I’d like to dedicate my work to my mother, Thank you for giving me everything, most especially your amazing “eyes” that sees things in any way but straight-forward, and my oldest friend and tormentor, the Nikon F3. And to my grandmother, You introduced me to my love of the written word and for that, thank you also.
1. Three Cities and my Nikon F3
2010-2011
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 B/W film; Nikon F3
1. US Post Office, Cahuenga Blvd, Hollywood
2. Getty Centre, Los Angeles
3. Sky Tower & Harbour Bridge, Auckland (double exposure)
4. Blue & Gold Fleet Ferry, San Francisco
5. Getty Centre, Los Angeles
6. Getty Centre, Los Angeles
7. Getty Centre, Los Angeles
8. Cahuenga Blvd, Hollywood
9. Cnr Powell & Post Street, San Francisco
2. Untitled 1 & 2
Sydney, 2010; Canon 50D
1. My beloved sister and mother on a bridge one evening; it is one of my favourites as it almost appears to stretch time and manipulate perspectives, whilst remaining focused on the previous moment in time.
2. A second-floor view through the curtain from a now-forgotten museum.
3. A Sonic Disposition
2009, 2010, 2011; Canon 20D & Canon 50D
The power of a media pass granted me every music-lover’s dream: free access through the barrier at concerts. Photographing concerts was like combining my favourite drugs of choice, as I chased the high of capturing the atmospheric moments (often in the dark) that are otherwise lost to the world.
Portraits:
1. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
2. Street Chant
3. Florence & the Machine
4. Muse
5. Big Day Out 2010
6. Jet
Landscapes:
1. The Binges
2. Animal Collective
3. Blonde Redhead
4. Accomplice
2010-2011
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 B/W film; Nikon F3
Our family cat has been everyone’s best friend and worst enemy. The best feet heater and the worst alarm clock. The best food recycling system and the worst mess. Much like me.
5. Duality/雙重性
2010-2011
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 B/W film; Nikon F3
Duality noun form of dual: adjective – of or pertaining to; composed of or consisting of two people, items, parts, etc., together; twofold.
Through the use of double exposure, this personal piece embodies all my lovers: music, bass, photography and a boy.
1. Double bass & lead sheet for the ballad “Round Midnight”
Part 1:
Exotic,
you’re chaotic,
his bassic distraction all night.
What are you?
The intimate
ambiguous delight.
2. 雙子與雙魚
Just the pale ale
of experience
Takes away the crooked edge.
But only when empty.
Like a sharp migraine,
you get to me.
In the secrecy of your room
Words untold and
Theories unrepeated.
Weave me
through your
shirt again.
And if, scold is the new chide
Then happily behind
those shades we hide.
For even when shuttered twice,
I fear it’s too dark,
The film of our love is
still underexposed.
3. Us
…and in those heartbeats
where we sharply inhale
with half held breath
as if pausing could freeze
perfection forever.
4. Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass & I
Part 2:
Neurotic,
your melodic
words are attractive(a trap to)
his soul(sole)
Emotion; make me the blame.
Go Anywhere (2)
