《任航-没有救赎的躯体》笔记

选自Ren HangBodies Without Redemption

• 早期

  Ren capitalised on a ‘low class’ approach in his early photography. Dressed in cheap bras, fish net stockings, dyed hair, and bloody red lips, his female prototypes could have just as easily been found in Yang Yong’s early works on Shenzhen prostitutes, such as his series ‘Fancy in Tunnel’ (2001–2003) (Yang 2014).

  However, compared to Yang’s seriousness in questioning the lost identity of these female migrants when facing rapid urbanisation in south China, Ren’s ‘low class’ seemed indifferent

• 拍裸体

  ‘We were born nude… I just photograph things in their most natural condition,’

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  The red lips and nails betray the ‘naturalness’ that Ren claimed, and hint at a formula common in fashion photography, reflecting his advertising background. (任航在中传学的广告)

• 私摄影

  The trend of casually photographingthe everyday life of friends started with the emergence of the so-called ‘private photography’ (私摄影) movement in China at the turn of the millennium.

  They decided to capture the spontaneity of fleeting moments all around them, which they used to express their indifference to the rest of the world.

• 拍摄方式

  Ren’s snapshots were carefully choreographed and framed. **Mostly positioned in the middle of the image, the bodies in his photographs were always shown in uncanny twists and bends. **

  These naked young men and women looked as if they were playing hide-and-seek by climbing on trees. Pinching the skin of a neck or penis seemed childishly funny.

  Yet the flash from the point-and-shoot camera ** flattened these young faces ** and cast a layer of stark pallor on them.

  His stark flashed images perfectly blended ‘private photography’ with more staged fashion photography

• 摄影书出版

  Ren Hang caught the wave of this rising hipness. While traditional publishing venues shut their doors, independent publishers at home and abroad welcomed his new brand of talent. Self-publishing enabled him to have a specific public, more control over the printing process, and complete freedom in the selection of content.