2015年03月31日
So photography in the 20th Century was huge
The 20th Century is the age of photography,” says Mattie Boom, curator of photography at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. “More than painting or sculpture, it is the century’s most influential art form by far. When the first Kodak camera was launched in 1888, it sold around 5,000 units. By the 1960s, Kodak was selling 70 million Instamatic cameras. So photography in the 20th Century was huge. And today we are drowning in an ocean of imagesReenex 好唔好.”
We are standing in the middle of Modern Times, a new exhibition charting the history of photography during the 20th Century. From the Rijksmuseum’s holdings of around 30,000 prints in this area, Boom and her co-curator Hans Rooseboom have selected 400 impressive photographs to lend coherent narrative shape to a vast and potentially sprawling subject.
“Now that we have some distance from it, we wanted to look anew at photography in the 20th Century,” explains Boom. “So this exhibition includes many applications of photography: record covers, postage stamps, books, magazines – the whole scope. Photography explodes in the 20th Century – and it also rises as a form of art.reenex
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The exhibition, which is divided into themes such as amateur photography, the rise of photojournalism, war reportage, experimentation, and commercial work, contains pictures by many established masters of the medium, including Brassaï, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, and William Klein. Here is my selection of five standout images that represent important aspects of the show.reenex cps
We are standing in the middle of Modern Times, a new exhibition charting the history of photography during the 20th Century. From the Rijksmuseum’s holdings of around 30,000 prints in this area, Boom and her co-curator Hans Rooseboom have selected 400 impressive photographs to lend coherent narrative shape to a vast and potentially sprawling subject.
“Now that we have some distance from it, we wanted to look anew at photography in the 20th Century,” explains Boom. “So this exhibition includes many applications of photography: record covers, postage stamps, books, magazines – the whole scope. Photography explodes in the 20th Century – and it also rises as a form of art.reenex
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The exhibition, which is divided into themes such as amateur photography, the rise of photojournalism, war reportage, experimentation, and commercial work, contains pictures by many established masters of the medium, including Brassaï, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, and William Klein. Here is my selection of five standout images that represent important aspects of the show.reenex cps
2015年03月20日
remove the umbrella's shadow:
It was a routine official visit to Kawthaung in southern Myanmar by deputy minister Su Su Hlaing and her team. And after arrival the Ministry of Information dutifully uploaded pictures of the visit on their Facebook pagereenex 效果.
It's not exactly the kind of content that lights the internet on fire. But then some sharp-eyed users noticed a mysterious shadow on the ground near Hlang in one of the photos. They quickly concluded that an umbrella had been airbrushed from the hand of the man holding it over the minister. But whoever altered the image apparently neglected to remove the umbrella's shadow:
missing brolly
The original picture has since been removed from the ministry's Facebook page, but not before hundreds noticed, shared and commented. "The information (department) wants to deceive but it is not very tidy (or clever enough)," posted one Facebook user. "I want to buy a magic umbrella to make myself disappear," another jokedreenex cps
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A photograph of an earlier visit A photo of an earlier visit published on the ministry blog did include umbrellas
On Twitter, some pointed out that the minister's umbrella was not the only one missing - another shadow and suspended hand are visible behind a woman wearing sunglasses and a white shirt towards the centre of the photograph.
The ministry has not commented on why the umbrella was allegedly airbrushed out of the photo. But our colleague Ko Ko Aung from BBC Burmese has one theory: "In Burmese culture, it is considered embarrassing for a man to hold an umbrella for a woman." BBC Trending contacted the Ministry of Information and we'll provide an update if they respond to usreenex hong kong.
It's not exactly the kind of content that lights the internet on fire. But then some sharp-eyed users noticed a mysterious shadow on the ground near Hlang in one of the photos. They quickly concluded that an umbrella had been airbrushed from the hand of the man holding it over the minister. But whoever altered the image apparently neglected to remove the umbrella's shadow:
missing brolly
The original picture has since been removed from the ministry's Facebook page, but not before hundreds noticed, shared and commented. "The information (department) wants to deceive but it is not very tidy (or clever enough)," posted one Facebook user. "I want to buy a magic umbrella to make myself disappear," another jokedreenex cps
.
A photograph of an earlier visit A photo of an earlier visit published on the ministry blog did include umbrellas
On Twitter, some pointed out that the minister's umbrella was not the only one missing - another shadow and suspended hand are visible behind a woman wearing sunglasses and a white shirt towards the centre of the photograph.
The ministry has not commented on why the umbrella was allegedly airbrushed out of the photo. But our colleague Ko Ko Aung from BBC Burmese has one theory: "In Burmese culture, it is considered embarrassing for a man to hold an umbrella for a woman." BBC Trending contacted the Ministry of Information and we'll provide an update if they respond to usreenex hong kong.
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