Hin Chua: The World’s What We Make of It
Thursday, August 9, 2007
(from “The World’s What We Make of It”)
© Hin Chua
(from “The World’s What We Make of It”)
© Hin Chua
(from “The World’s What We Make of It”)
© Hin Chua
(from “The World’s What We Make of It”)
© Hin Chua
I recieved a very nice comment from Hin Chua in response to my thoughts on Shore and Flickr. I ended up on his website and was happy to rediscover some photographs that I had seen previously and thoroughly enjoyed, images from his project The World’s What We Make of It. Hin has been looking at, similar to what I’ve been doing with some of my own work, “The oft-uneasy coexistence between humanity and nature. The imprints we leave behind. The world… and what we make of it.”
See more from this series here.
Additionally (for the sake of discussion) it might be worth pointing out that the place that I had seen Hin’s work previously was in fact on Flickr. Hin is yet another great photographer with a Flickr account.
August 10th, 2007 at 8:12 am
I second that last sentence, with gusto.
August 10th, 2007 at 8:27 am
jeah,
his work and the fact that i was able to come across it was some of what cemented flickr’s value for me. not to mention the fact that eventually those communities and contacts are what led me to the photoblogoshere (GD is there not a better name for it?), and blogs like your own.
August 10th, 2007 at 9:23 am
[...] SHANE LAVALETTE / JOURNAL ¬ª Blog Archive ¬ª Hin Chua: The World’s What We Make of It I recieved a very nice comment from Hin Chua in response to my thoughts on Shore and Flickr. I ended up on his website (tags: photography) [...]
August 10th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Thanks for the shout-out Shane.
I have to say that for me, Flickr functions as an online version of Diane Arbus’ wall. You know the one. the wall covered with work prints, the ones you’re trying to see if you can still bear to look at in a few months time. Except in this case, any man and his dog can wander in. It also just so happens that a few great people whose views I respect also pass through from time to time, and their thoughts, comments and suggestions have really helped shape the work. I have a living room full of work prints, and while it’s a damn nicer sight to look at, it hasn’t been as creatively beneficial as the Flickr version.
Flickr (like the world) is what you make of it, and there’s just no way you can tar it with any one brush.
Incidentally, in moments of doubt and insecurity, I have from time to time questioned the originality of the subject of this project. What is it exactly that draws so many of us to this topic? Is it a societal imperative similar to that which drove so many Japanese artists over the last sixty years to examine the effects of change and the loss of traditional values? If so, one can only hope to maintain a smidgen of uniqueness in one’s vision!
August 11th, 2007 at 6:28 am
I have really enjoyed watching Hin’s work evolve over the last few years.
Bunch of great posts recently, Shane; thanks.
May 24th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
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