La couturiere

Someone said that the photo looked like an impressionist. I myself found some resemblances to Vermeer's paintings in composition. On the other hand, it had similarity for the scene in Wong Kar-wai's movies. Maybe it came from the vivid colors in dark tone. I think all the impressions are correct.

"La couturiere" was shot at old town of Kashgar in Xinjiang region, China. At the late afternoon, the atelier of the dress maker was softly lighten up by the autumn sunshine from the woody flamed glass window. The scene looked too beautiful for coincidentally given. I called it "the present from God" However I couldn't count on the present all the time. So I made some direction in this "La couturier" case. The woman in the photo was not an actress or professional model. However she acted the heroine very well. Of course, the impression for the piece depends on your imagination.

As you know, tracing the real is not only way of photo expression. In the photo (still picture) creation, the both words "trace" and "real" aren't suitable in exact meaning.
In addition to that, the definition "Photo= Still image" becomes doubtful with development of digital technology. In near future, the border between the photo and movie will be removed while the line between photo and painting is fading on the other side. The art field (not only the art field but also the way of expression) will be more crossover and seamless.

In these times, if you too much persist on the stiff definition of traditional photography and get start your logic from the hard wear, you must reach the deadend shortly.
I think you must think in opposite way. Having the imagination and creativity must be first priority. Then, nowadays, thousands of ways for realizing it must be shown in front of you very easily. "Photo, movie, painting?" which category it belongs to does not matter at all.

The real world is so tough for me. However when I thinking about the diversity of art expression, I feel I'm very lucky living in this very epoch.