Windy Corner, Inner Mongolia 2007 40×27cm inkjet print, Hahnemuhle Bambo paper

" 明信片 postcard"

Rodney Evans Solo Exhibition

開幕酒會/Opening Reception：10/22(Thu) 19:00-21:00

展覽日期/Duration: 2009/10/22- 11/29

主辦/Organizer: Office339

地址/Venue: The Foundry Gallery （築造空間） 上海市陜西北路729弄內到底 (近康定路)

End of lane 729, Shanxi Bei Road (x Kang Ding Road)), Shanghai, 200040

聯繫/Contact: 21 5213 6309 / info@office339.com / http://www.office339.com

明信片 postcard:

Office339 is pleased anouced A Rodney Evans solo exhibition

Postcard is an album of Rodney Evans’ travel shots that comprise four years of shooting in China and has evolved over two series of work – ‘Tourrorist’ and ‘Park Stories’.

Since arriving in China in 2005, the Shanghai based photographer has spent his spare time traveling through provincial China documenting the way in which Chinese spend their leisure time.

Fascinated with Chinese vacationers who prefer to capture themselves in-front of the monumental view rather then the view itself, ‘Tourrorist’ began as documentary but evolved into a more considered study of portraits set in popular leisure destinations. Motivated by the inability to isolate a frame without people, Evans turned his camera on the tourists, encapsulating them in their environment.

A playful extension of the static ‘Tourroist’ series, ‘Park Stories’ takes a wider frame to revisit Evans’ earlier landscape narratives. Nestled within amusement parks or public facilities, the environments that “Park Stories’ illustrate highlight the idiosyncratic nature of leisure behavior.

Postcard offers new insight and adventures in seeing and thinking about tourist photography in China. Evans’ images demonstrate how Chinese tourists have used photography to declare 'I am here' while empowering anonymous viewers to make the experience of others intensely personal.

Tropical Storm, 2007, approx 180×150cm

明信片 postcard:

Office339 本次將舉辦澳大利亞攝影家Rodney Evans攝影展——“明信片”。

Rodney Evans自2005年踏上中國的土地以來，這個以上海為基地進行著創作活動的攝影家走過了中國的很多地方。他把中國人在他們的假日旅行中的快樂姿態都收進了他的相機。

本次展覽——“明信片”，來自Rodney Evans歷時四年，漫步中國所不斷拍攝的作品。作品主要由‘Tourrorist’ 和‘Park Stories’兩部分構成。

Rodney Evans覺得非常有意思是那些中國遊客比起參觀景點來説，更喜歡在景點前拍照留念。所以作為中國遊客的記實而開始的‘Tourrorist’，更有著有“人”的旅遊勝地照片的意思。在中國，很多人一般不拍攝沒有人的純粹的景色，這件事情讓Rodney Evans覺得很刺激，於是他把照相機的鏡頭對向了這一部分旅客，當然在拍攝的同時也會攝入了他們周圍的環境。

作為洋溢著玩心的‘Tourrorist’系列的延伸，‘Park Stories’是Rodney把自己看到的景色更多地放入取景框中而拍攝的故事。在露天遊樂場和公共設施等地，‘Park Stories’描繪出了旅遊這種行為的自然的獨特性。

“明信片” 嘗試性地提出了在中國所謂旅行照片的新觀點。 Rodney的照片描繪的是中國的遊客是如何通過拍照來表達「到此一遊」的意願。同時也促使觀賞者從中體驗到那些人的強烈個性。