Doing Time | Tehching Hsieh

A very interesting Arttalk about the work of Tehching Hsieh. Discussion about the paradox of visualize the time in just pass the time?

Hsieh is a very interesting person, his work stimulates and inspires lots of artists around the globe and most of the specific questions, are to specific and will experience  kind of gently denial.

The Forumtalk was held in the Hongkong Arts Centre, which is by the way a great place you should visit.

Warhol in China

It was the year of 1982, when Andy Warhol came to the British colony Hong Kong and visited China from here. During his trip, he took lots of b&w pictures which are nicely presented and exhibited in the Oriental Mandarin Hotel in Hong Kong. This exhibition is open to the public from march 20"th until april 2"nd.

If you think watching isn"t enough, you will get chance to buy a copy of them, prices between 15"000 and 180"000$. That"s a small money if you think what an Airbus A380 costs.

 

Alberto Venzago

ALBERTO VENZAGO

“An authentic image is more important than a beautiful image,” is how Zurich-based photographer and filmmaker Alberto Venzago sums up his philosophy.

The presentation and talk last night at the photo17 Forum was full of stories and behind the curtain informations. Alberto Venzagos work is highly creative and passionate. Some are based on acribic planning and preparations and some are spontaineous and improvised. But they all carry his style.

A great Artist, a great photographer.

Vernissage war ein Erfolg

Die Vernissage der photo17 gestern in Zürich war sehr gut besucht. Besten Dank all meinen Freunden und Bekannten für den netten Talk. Auch all denen die zwar da waren, aber wir uns nicht getroffen haben, ein Merci.

Ganz herzlichen Dank gebührt auch meiner Protagonistin in der Bilderstrecke Kuan-Ling Tsai sowie meiner Künstlerkollegin Yan-Yan die beide vor Ort waren.



Heute dem 6.1.2017 um 11Uhr ist die photo17 nun offiziell geöffnet.

Ab ca. 16.30 werde ich vor Ort sein und würde mich sehr freuen den einen oder anderen von Euch persönlich begrüssen oder kennen lernen dürfte.

So call me, maybe....

I trade my soul for a wish. Pennies and dimes for a kiss. I wasn't looking for this. But now you're in my way. Your stare was holding. Ripped jeans, Skin was showing, Hot night. Where you think you're going?

Hey I just met you and this is crazy. But here's my number, so call me, maybe. It's hard to look right at you, but here's my number, so call me, maybe.

... song lyics ....

Telefon - Tokyo
Foto: Marcel Sauder Photography

Beyond the Light - meine Arbeiten an der photo17

Die Arbeit "Beyond the light" welche zusammen mit der Taiwaner Tänzerin Tsai Kuan-Ling entstanden ist, wird in Ausschnitten zu betrachten sein.

In "Beyond the light" geht es um die Existenz der Reinkarnation, welche von verschiedenen Religionen als gegeben betrachtet wird.

Warum werden Menschen gebohren? Warum sterben sie? Musst Du wirklich gehen? Musst du uns verlassen? Und wenn du gegangen bist? Du musst fortgehen zu einem Ort so fern. Es bleibt Dir keine andere Wahl, aber wenn die Erinnerung einmal ausbleibt, kehrst Du zurück. Dann kehrst Du bestimmt zurück. Wenn Du zurückkehrst, werden wir nicht mehr da sein.
Wozu kommst Du zurück, wozu nur? Du bist gebohren und Du bist gestorben, warum machen wir das?

人，為何生? 為何死?
一定得走嗎？一定得離開嗎？離開了之後去哪了？
去到一個遙遠的地方，沒有選擇，直到有一天所有記憶都淡去，就又再歸來。歸來，真的歸來，過去卻也不在了。來去為何？
出世了，過世了，為何走了這一世！？

Photo: Marcel Sauder Photography

Goodbye 2016. Welcome 2017 !

Scrumbling and shaking 2016 is passing and we going to welcome the new unborn 2017. 

The last 12 Months where the most intensive year for me, probably since ever. So many things has happen around me and to me in 2016. It was a year of changes, change me in so many ways. Under dramatic circumstances i had changed my lifestyle, my work and lots of little things which just few of you have noticed. Over all if i look back, i'am truly happy for what it was leading to and could create my best out of that.

In 2016 i met very true friends in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Those people helped me really a lot on my way to get out of my bad health and mental situation. Many thanks to my friends, because of you i found a way out of pain, depressions, anger and frustration. Brought me back to a creative and worthy life. As many of you know i still have a way to go with one more surgery (hopefully the last one) and of course i will still keep on the track, use my creativity, my camera to express and cure myself.

Our future starts tomorrow with just a new number "2017" but i"am excited for lots of new projects, exhibitions, shootings, travellings and of course hang out with my best friends in asia as well as in switzerland.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017!

Foto: Marcel Sauder Photography

New APP "Respect"

To put away the mobile phone and to give attention to the person with whom you are currently talking.

There is an app for this, it calls "RESPECT"

Time is vanishing all things

The time let vanish the things which once we loved so much.
No cravings no aversions, just equanimity, equanimity and misery will avoid you.

Foto: Marcel Sauder Photography

Warum werden Menschen Gebohren. Warum sterben sie? - 人為何生? 為何死?

Warum werden Menschen gebohren? Warum sterben sie? 

Musst Du wirklich gehen? Musst du uns verlassen? Und wenn du gegangen bist?

Du musst fortgehen zu einem Ort so fern. Es bleibt Dir keine andere Wahl, aber wenn die Erinnerung einmal ausbleibt, kehrst Du zurück. Dann kehrst Du bestimmt zurück.

Wenn Du zurückkehrst, werden wir nicht mehr da sein.

Wozu kommst Du zurück, wozu nur?

Du bist gebohren und Du bist gestorben, warum machen wir das?

人，為何生? 為何死?

一定得走嗎？一定得離開嗎？離開了之後去哪了？

去到一個遙遠的地方，沒有選擇，直到有一天所有記憶都淡去，就又再歸來。

歸來，真的歸來，過去卻也不在了。

來去為何？ 出世了，過世了，為何走了這一世！？

Warum werden Menschen gebohren? Warum sterben sie?
Foto: Marcel Sauder

Photographic Realism

What is generally understood by ‘photographic realism’ is only the transcendent form of this realism, its philosophical form and its innumerable avatars. This is why it is preferable to speak of transcendent or philosophical interpretations, including in this idealist interpretations, technologist interpretations, etc. alongside ‘realist’ interpretations.

To the latter belong interpretations in terms of: (1) Representation, documentation, enhancement of vision, etc.; (2). Icon, emanation, manifestation of the object; (3) Expression; (4) Technological processes of image-reproduction; (5) Pictorial and manual manipulation, editing, artificial imagery; (6) Analogon, simulacrum, etc. Realisms more or less supported or moderated, nuanced, differenced –but realisms in the first instance and founded on the philosophical –not at all scientific –presupposition that the transcendence of the World is co-constitutive for thought and for knowledge.

Read more: FRANÇOIS LARUELLE THE CONCEPT OF NON-PHOTOGRAPHY

Foto: Marcel Sauder

Creating memorable moments in Life!

As a news and spotnews photojournalist which ran from one incident to the other, i got a lot of things to see that can not forgotten anymore.

After thousands of pictures which documented the darker side of the human beeing, i start to ask myself lot of questions. What was my motivation to all this? Was it the spirit of adventure? The Philantropy? The search for truth and justice? The desire to be withness of history? To see what humans can do to each other?

My capability to laught about little things has became very restricted.

Our everydays life is full with fraud, regardless, bad intentions and  egoistic behaviour. Not much to laught or even smile?

It turns out to try  creating memorable moments in my life is a very challenging attempt to get back my capability to laught about simple but funny things.

Creating memorable moments in your life and keep on smiling!

Tokyo Sugarcookie 2016 - Foto: Marcel Sauder

Meine Anfänge in Fotografie 1974

Auszug aus meinem Duo - Biografischen Buchprojekt mit Siu Ding 小丁

Es war das Jahr 1974, ein Sommer bei dem die Hitze vom Asphalt reflektierte und Barfusslaufen unmöglich war. Mein Vater war damit beschäftigt an den Kundenautos herum zu schrauben und mich plagte die Langeweile.

Spontan hatte ich die Idee, ein paar Fotos von der Garage mit all den coolen Autos zu machen. Die Kamera mit der ich ab und an herum knipsen durfte war eine Kodak Instamatic mit 127er Filmen, welche ich übrigens immer noch besitze. Mein Vater fand die Idee gut und nahm sich die Mühe zusammen mit unserem türkisch stämmigen Mechaniker Metin, alle Autos vor der Garage in Pose zu bringen. Alle Boliden wurden aneinander gereiht und sahen einfach genial aus. Es waren Jaguar, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Corvette, Mercedes, MG und so weiter, ich platzte beinahe vor Freude und Stolz. Brachte mir nicht viele Freundschaften in der Schule ein, eher Neid und Missgunst.

Damals war an der Obermattstrasse 27 in Pfäffikon wenig Verkehr so konnte ich ungestört von der Strasse aus Fotografieren. An dem Tag noch bevor ich fertig war, erschien mein Onkel Teddy (der jüngster Bruder meines Vaters) mit seiner Freundin Babs und dem VW Bus um daran herum zu schrauben, denn sie wollte ja schon bald die Schweiz verlassen um nach Südafrika zu fahren. Nach einer Weile erzählte ich Onkel Teddy von meinen Fotoaktivitäten und er brachte spontan die Idee, auf seinen VW Bus zu klettern um bessere Fotos zu machen. Das fand ich natürlich sensationell "Läss" und so parkte er sein künftiges "Zuhause" auf Rädern auf der Strasse und ich kletterte mit seiner Hilfe auf das Fahrzeugdach und knipste weiter.

Foto: Marcel Sauder 1974 - Garage Sauder

Der Film bot lediglich 24 Bilder von denen ich Heute noch die Negative besitze und so war das Shooting schnell fertig.

Als ein paar Wochen später der Film entwickelt war und die quadratischen Abzüge mit den gerundetet Ecken mit der Post kamen, war meine Freude enorm und ich liess keine Gelegenheit aus, die Bilder allen zu zeigen. Auch mein Vater fand Freude daran und so bekamen die Fotos viele zu Gesicht, selbst im Familienfotoalbum wurden sie eingeklebt. Dann verblassten sie im Laufe der Zeit, tauchten so alle 20 Jahre mal irgendwo auf, bis ich die Negative 2015 wieder fand und damit mein Scanner fütterte.

Mein Vater im Overall 1974

Everything forbidden, the rest is obligatory

Everything forbidden the rest is obligatory!

The idea for this series came due to the fact, that all around me is regulated and ruled by trillions of laws and rules everywhere. Many rules and laws makes sense, while other are just nonsense or in purposes to make profit. From listen to the people around me, i learned that more and more people getting invisible forced to spend more time with think about rules and how to be conform, than to enjoy their lifes and work on their development.

The traffic signs and rules give us a good example. Don"t you feel distracted in save driving by figure out doing all legal? A stressful yes and the government know that so well. Behind the next corner is the police allready waiting in expectation you did not know or respect the "no turn left" sign in middle of a confusing and crowded junction.

Since it has become a profitable part of the city budget, the politicians develop scientific creativity in creating new rules and catalogs of fines. It goes into the thre digits of millions in switzerland, which they can earn and squeeze it out of the people. Exactely the same mechanism is used by the industries world wide, marketing and advertisers use the obeyend and devote customers to get lost in how to"s and complicated price plans. People really spend a lot of time with decoding all this stuff and they get used to and some are well trained in that.

The young generation of today know in excellence how to get the cheapest mobile flatrate and when is time to change provider, how to get out the maximun on eBay, AirBNB, Tripadvisor, Coop Supercard, trilloins of benefit programs and so on. But do they have a idea about the real life out there?

Switzerland seems to be an expert country of regulations and laws for everything until it driftes to the absurdity.

[caption id="attachment_798" align="alignnone" width="294"] Photographer: Marcel Sauder Photography - sauder.ch[/caption]

Tons of signs and disclaimers are everywhere you go, from the top of a mountain to every small lane in the city, just everywhere you can find them. If they are not visible you should know. It becomes an lifestyle to spend lot of time to learn all rules and regulations about our daily life. People fears to do something against the regulations and get prosecuted, fined and punished. If you didn"t know it doesn"t protect you from geting punished is a well known saying in switzerland.

Over the years i collected pictures i took around this topic and i find it interesting to stack them up and turn it to a series which probably everybody around the world feel familiar too.

There will be a Exhibition in 2017 in which i prsent my work, i will inform about the details here soon.

I found it enjoynable and funny... You?

Btw. If you find typos or any other "wrongs" you are allowd to keep it. :-)

Beyond the Light

Light is life and life is good. Everything can have multiple appearance depending on the light. You go somewhere and nobody recognise you, because the light. Having a nightmare and wake up, you missing the light. Struggling with your daily life, someone brings you the light. Trapped in a cave without light, you craving for it. Suffering you work, your Hobby brings the light.

Endless emotions made of light, telling the story in photographs. My camera catches the light, the dancer Kuan-Ling Tsai reflecting the lights and forming the emotions.

The whole series of this work, soon in the Solo Exhibition.

Taking pictures is a crime?

Since i take pictures, is most about people. My first pictures from around 1974 shows my little Brother, my family and friends. Later on around 1978 i took pictures in public places like streets, trainstations and demonstrations. My first documentary was about the "AJZ Krawalle" in Zuerich. Later 1980 the "Grundsteinlegung" of the Childrenhome in Elgg. Allwais about people, their life, their happiness, their struggles.

All those years i took a lot of pictures of people everywhere, really a lot and never someone feel ofended or bothered by me.

By the time my geological radius of action become bigger and i experienced aversions against my photography in countries like Cambodia, China, Philippines, Korea and so on. What changes that some people dislike my Camera? Thats easy to explain i was on assignment in charge of a News agency and shot spot news. Of course not everybody was happy to realize i just took a picture of him.

Now in the present time i often have to face difficulties especially in europe about pseudo privacy and other weird stuff.

Let me explain few things. The pictures i usually take are often called "Streetphotography" but i"am not a great fan of such categorizing descriptions, i took such pictures long time before everybody use this therm.

The last few years i travelled around in the USA, China, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan, i took tons of pictures and most are about People. Never ever i had any negative discussions until i"am back to europe and guess what happened. Few days in Belgium and i had an encounter with a raging middle east guy, which yelling and gesticulates in a language which i was not familiar to. It ends up that he called the police and they appear with an translator which helps out with arabic and english. This guy insist i delete the picture which isn"t that easy if you shoot film. After approx  30 minutes of a very noisy conversation he gave up and i promised the policmen that i won"t use this particular pictures for anything. Let me tell you, i didn"t took a picture of him but his shop. Something positive? I learned what "Kaffer" means.

Not even better in Zuerich, nearly everytime i go for a photowalk i encounter troubles with agressive people which feel very ofended by my action, even if i didn"t even took a picture of them. Hard to proof if you shoot film. At the fleamarket in Zuerich Bürkliplatz an middle east guy freaked out and grab my Rolleiflex, what let me answer violently in a selfdefense manner to stop him.

What is wrong in our european society, is taking pictures a crime? Europe quo vadis?

Btw. If someone ask me kindly not to take a photograph, i will respect that.

 

 

Goodbye Nikon Collection

Ja es ist wahr, ich löse meine gesamte Nikon Sammlung auf. Der Entscheid steht schon eine ganze Weile aber der Startschuss dazu ist gestern gefallen wo auch prompt ein paar coole Leute vorbei kamen und so einiges kauften.

Hauptsächlich wird es Nikon Kameras, Objektive und viel Zubehör sein, das verkauft wird. Aber auch Exakta, Leica werden dabei sein.
Sämtliche Kameras sind Servicegepflegt und die meisten wurden generalüberholt oder mindestens ein CLA (Clean, Lubricated, Adjust) gemacht. Das bedeutet kurzum, alle meine Kameras plus Zubehör sind in einem funktionsfähigen top Zustand.

Ebenfalls werden diverse Studioausrüstungsgegenstände zu kaufen sein. Profoto Generatoren, Giant Schirm und vieles mehr.

Die gute Frage wann und wo? Am Sonntag den 25.9.2016 ab 09:99 Uhr Morgens bis ca. 16.00 Uhr werde ich am Fotoflohmarkt in Lichtensteig an zu treffen sein. Stand Nr. 212 in der kleinen Halle drinnen.

Ob für den passionierten Sammler oder den Analog Fan, gibt es hoch spannende Kameras zu Kaufen.

Kreditkarten sind bei mir ebenfalls willkommen.

Fotoflohmarkt Lichtensteig

Nur noch wenige Tage trennen uns vom legendären 41. Fotoflohmarkt in Lichtensteig. Am kommenden Sonntag den 25.9.2016 werde ich zum ersten mal nicht als Besucher vor Ort sein, sondern mit einem Tisch volle Equipment zum Verkauf.Vieles was sich im Kameraschrank und im Studio angesammelt hat muss raus. Geräte und Zubehör von Profoto, Arri, Manfrotto, Zacuto, Redrock, Ninja und noch so vieles mehr.

Das was die meisten nie für Möglich hielten, ich löse meine Kamerasammlung auf. Da gibt es top Nikons die Geschichte rauf und runter. Von Nikon S über die legendäre F bis zur D4 gibt es jede Menge Bodies und Objektive.

Kommt vorbei stöbert und kauf mir meinen Tisch leer. :-)
(Es kann auch mit Kreditkarten bezahlt werden.)

Fotoflohmarkt Lichtensteig

Nur noch wenige Tage trennen uns vom legendären 41. Fotoflohmarkt in Lichtensteig. Am kommenden Sonntag den 25.9.2016 werde ich zum ersten mal nicht als Besucher vor Ort sein, sondern mit einem Tisch volle Equipment zum Verkauf.
Vieles was sich im Kameraschrank und im Studio angesammelt hat muss raus. Geräte und Zubehör von Profoto, Arri, Manfrotto, Zacuto, Redrock, Ninja und noch so vieles mehr.
Das was die meisten nie für Möglich hielten, ich löse meine Kamerasammlung auf. Da gibt es top Nikons die Geschichte rauf und runter. Von Nikon S über die legendäre F bis zur D4 gibt es jede Menge Bodies und Objektive.
Kommt vorbei stöbert und kauf mir meinen Tisch leer. :-)
(Es kann auch mit Kreditkarten bezahlt werden.)

Change you Camera!

Change your Camera.

If you want to change your photographs, you need to change cameras. Changing cameras means that your photographs will change. A really good camera has something I suppose you might describe as its own distinctive aura.

-- Nobuyoshi Araki

my new Workhorse the legendary Rolleiflex SL66E

Time is value?

At some level, we all have an internal gauge for how much our time is worth. For example, if someone offers to pay you CHF 0,50 for one hour of work, you would immediately decline. Meanwhile, if someone offers to pay you CHF 3'000.- for one hour of work, you would immediately accept.
On extreme ends of the spectrum, it is easy to know if a task is worth your time. As you move toward the middle of the time-value spectrum, however, it becomes less clear if a particular task is worth your time or not. And this is the problem: most of life is lived in the gray zone of the time-value spectrum.

--jamesclear

Saniy Artist Village in Taiwan 2016 Photo Marcel Sauder

Happiness

Happiness is not measurable or tradable, nor profitable. Above anything else in this world, it is what everywhere people seeking for. They want to have happiness and want to make sure they have a lot of it. But exactely this happiness, is like air or like water, it"s a hard thing to grasp in one’s hand. It is absolutely intangible. So how does one know if they have happiness? Is it just a feeling? If someone does not feel happy, how can they go about achieving that feeling?

Being happy with who you are and what you have, is a decision that has to be consciously made. Goals can help lead to happiness. Finding laughter in life is important. But at the end of the day, a person needs to make a choice about happiness. They need to agree they want it, deserve it, and have it. Alone and simply himself, no one can really bring you happiness, create memorable moments in your life is a secret to happiness.

Yao Ma Tei (Hong Kong) 2016 Photo: Marcel Sauder

Journey

The journey of a true spirit

Start your journey

don't wait for sake

the truth was yesterday

fashion is today

no cover just the naked truth

tell a story but no one believe

Siu Ding 小丁 - Yilan (Taiwan) 2016 Foto: Marcel Sauder

Liberatio

Liberatio

Captivitas desperatio
Miseria dominatio
Tristitia formido
Liberatio speramus
Liberatio optamus
Gaudiamus redemptionem
Liberatio vobiscum
Liberatio nobiscum
Celebramus felicitatem

Peng Chao Island. Jing Pang & Siu Ding 小丁. Foto: Marcel Sauder

Cold chain?

Here in Europe we allways hear that the smallest interruption of the cool chain can lead to a substantial deterioration in quality or even to the complete spoilage of the product. But i ask myself since years, why not in Asia?

As i found in Hong Kong as well as in Taiwan, they often leave the meat hanging or presenting on a wooden table for hours. The outside teperatures are more tha 35 degrees celsius (95F). This happens 35 years ago and still now.
Are the western countries too regulated or over sensitive?

Meat stand in Sham Shui Po (Hong Kong) Foto: Marcel Sauder - 2016