America is so photogenic
"Closing Ceremony" is an original photo magazine by "Same Paper," a self-publishing studio founded in Shanghai in 2013.
This second edition is about "Americano."
This issue does not compile a history of American photography, but rather looks at contemporary America and American photography, and presents a not-too-serious narrative. It is presented in a relaxed context.
More than 10 US-based photographers will be invited to photograph the American spirit . Topics include gender, politics, class and consumption.
The photographers set the smallest details of everyday life in bright, clear light, reconstructing and visualizing them to create a new order in which it becomes difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction.
And through the images, we can hear their voices amid the chaos of America.
Whether it's a tourist lost at the base of Trump Tower or a white, middle-class man cooking a healthy meal in a Los Angeles mansion, the series of images crafted by the photographer offer a stark contrast to the portraits of proud Americans.
In addition to photographs, this issue features articles by artists, curators, and researchers, as well as illustrations by American artist Drake Carr, introducing the theme of America in various ways. It also features a photo essay by visual communication researcher Joel Vacheron titled "The Proud Smoke," which explores American visual culture.
The second issue of Closing Ceremony Magazine is about Americano. In this issue, Instead of taking the American Photography History as the editing orientation, we attempt to continue our Not-Too-Serious narrative, and present the observation of contemporary America and American Photography in a relatively relaxing context. Centering American Spirit, we more than 10 US based photographers, expanding this issue into topics such as gender, politics, class and consumption. By re-constructing and visualizing the minor details of the daily life, setting them in a bright and clear lighting, these photographers create a new order, in which the realness and fiction is hard to distinguish. And through the images, their voices can be heard among the chaos which America is going through. Either the images about tourists lost in the bottom of Trump Tower, or the images of white middle-class men cooking healthy food in a mansion located in LA, a series of images are created by these photographers, which bring a huge contrast to the proud American portraits.
Apart from photography, articles written by artists, curators, researchers come along in this second issue, as well as a set of special featured illustrations drawn by American artist Drake Carr, which brings the topic America into various forms. We also invite the senior lecturer and investigator of Visual Communication of ECAL Joël Vacheron to write a photographic essay about American visual culture, The Proud Smoke.
CLOSING CEREMONY Magazine 02 features 10 contributing photographers: Buck Ellison, Charlie Engman, Chris Maggio, Eva O'Leary, Gregory Halpern, Matthew Connors, Peter Sutherland, Pixy Liao, Sophie Tianxin Chen, Torbjørn Rødland, along with an essay written by Joël Vacheron, articles written by Robin Peckham and Peng Ke.
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