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

" 明信片 postcard"

Rodney Evans Solo Exhibition

开幕酒会/Opening Reception：10/22(Thu) 19:00-21:00

展览日期/Duration: 2009/10/22- 11/29

主办/Organizer: Office339

地址/Venue: The Foundry Gallery （筑造空间） 上海市陕西北路729弄内到底 (近康定路)

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

联系/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 本次将举办澳大利亚摄影家Rodney Evans摄影展——“明信片”。

Rodney Evans自2005年踏上中国的土地以来，这个以上海为基地进行着创作活动的摄影家走过了中国的很多地方。他把中国人在他们的假日旅行中的快乐姿态都收进了他的相机。

本次展览——“明信片”，来自Rodney Evans历时四年，漫步中国所不断拍摄的作品。作品主要由‘Tourrorist’ 和‘Park Stories’两部分构成。

Rodney Evans觉得非常有意思是那些中国游客比起参观景点来说，更喜欢在景点前拍照留念。所以作为中国游客的记实而开始的‘Tourrorist’，更有着有“人”的旅游胜地照片的意思。在中国，很多人一般不拍摄没有人的纯粹的景色，这件事情让Rodney Evans觉得很刺激，于是他把照相机的镜头对向了这一部分旅客，当然在拍摄的同时也会摄入了他们周围的环境。

作为洋溢着玩心的‘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摄的故事。在露天游乐场和公共设施等地，‘Park Stories’描绘出了旅游这种行为的自然的独特性。

“明信片” 尝试性地提出了在中国所谓旅行照片的新观点。 Rodney的照片描绘的是中国的游客是如何通过拍照来表达「到此一游」的意愿。同时也促使观赏者从中体验到那些人的强烈个性。