French photographer Cartier-Bresson once pointed out that even ordinary things can become great themes in photography projects. 5A1 Art Space specially invited the well-known curator Mr. Chun Wai to hold a special photography workshop in Dongguan, Greater Bay Area.
The three-day course focuses on "How to create a personal photography project". Through shooting technique adjustment and picture analysis, it deeply disassembles the key points of image language, comprehensively improves students' ability in image processing and presentation, helps students establish a broader and more diverse visual dimension, and explores the infinite possibilities of creativity.
The course is easy to understand and the teaching is efficient. It will lead students to gain a new experience in photography creation and start a round of wonderful experience.
About Instructor Chun Wai
Mr. Chun Wai is an artist, international curator, photography art teacher, and has been engaged in art education for a long time. He teaches the contemporary photography research course at the School of Professional and Continuing Education of the University of Hong Kong. He graduated from the Mulhouse School of Advanced Art in France in his early years and completed his research by integrating the modeling expression of Western contemporary art with Eastern aesthetic thinking. He always believes that art should not be confined to form, but should be open to all aspects of life.
Chun Wai is committed to art education and promoting contemporary photography in Asia and Latin America internationally. He is an international consultant for the Argentina International Photography Festival, a recommendation committee member for the Israeli Shpilman International Photography Award, a jury member for the 3rd Asian Pioneer Photographers of the 2023 Dali International Photography Festival, and a member of the curatorial team of the 2015 Beijing International Photography Biennale of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. He has served as a member of the expert committee of the Singapore International Photography Festival, Taipei PHOTO ONE, and Dali, Lishui, Lianzhou and other international photography festivals. He has served as a curator of international photography festivals such as the Argentina International Photography Festival, Taipei International Photography Festival, Hong Kong International Photography Exhibition, and photography festival in Lianzhou, Lishui and Dali.
Chun Wai's personal creations cover the fields of sculpture, installation and photography, with photography being his main medium. He emphasizes that photography is a path to explore existence and essence, creating a space for thinking through images. His footprints are all over the world, and his lens is focused on the rapidly changing times. The themes of his works are rigorous and full of meaning, capturing the confusion and sadness of this era from a unique perspective. Using obscure and meaningful image language, he reveals his hesitation and expectations for this era. His works have been exhibited in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, France, Argentina and different cities in the Mainland.
His published works include A Revelrous Heterotopia, Adrift in Time, To Another Horizon, Under Heaven and Cubicle Life. His works are collected by the Art Museum and Museum of the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, the Lishui Museum of Photography, the Mulhouse City Government in France, and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Salta, Argentina.
