Photography Talk by the President of the China Photographic Society on 21st Feb 2004

Mike Ng · 21st February 2004

It is our pleasure to cordially invite you to a talk and presentation by Mr Yang Shao Ming, President of the China Photographic Society on this Saturday 21st February 2004. The talk shall be conducted in Mandarin.

The title of Mr Yang’s talk is :

“ Promotion and Enhancement of the Culture of Photography ”

不断提高摄影文化

Mr Yang has given similar talks, together with visual presentation of samples of his vast collection of photographic work, to photography enthusiasts and audiences in Hong Kong and Macau. He has received high praise for his deep understanding of the subject.

Mr Yang will customised his talk in Singapore very much with what we are familiar with, as related to Singapore and the region.

Details

Presenter : Yang Shao Ming

Title : Promotion and Enhancement of the Culture of Photography

Date : Saturday, 21st February 2004

Time : 3 pm to 5 pm

Place : The Photographic Society of Singapore
Loke Wan Tho Gallery Level 3
Selegie Arts Centre Building
30, Selegie Road, Singapore 180030

Please confirm your attendance with Grace at 63343361 or by return e-mail to pss1950@singnet.com.sg. We look forward to seeing you at the Talk this Saturday.

Received the above in an email. Sounds interesting. Anyone going?

Spectrum · 22nd February 2004

Quite fruitful to me as I can say. There's a photo-gallery going on at PARAGON right now till Wed(25th Feb 2004), I think. Don't miss it!

Some of the pics there will simply blow your mind away!

There's also a copy photography book(around SG$80 - RMB360.00) for sale, but have to pre-ordered first cause this book is on sale in China only(the one & only sales girl there told me). PSS will inform us(those who pre-ordered) when the stock arrived. Cheers mate!

Mike Ng · 22nd February 2004

Originally Posted by Spectrum

Quite fruitful to me as I can say. There's a photo-gallery going on at PARAGON right now till Wed(25th Feb 2004), I think. Don't miss it! Some of the pics there will simply blow your mind away! There's also a copy photography book(around SG$80 - RMB360.00) for sale, but have to pre-ordered first cause this book is on sale in China only(the one & only sales girl there told me). PSS will inform us(those who pre-ordered) when the stock arrived. Cheers mate!

What is the title of the Photography Book? Is it a collection of the pictures on exhibition in Paragon or by China photographers? Can you please enlighten? Thank you.

Mike Ng · 22nd February 2004

Originally Posted by Spectrum

Quite fruitful to me as I can say. There's a photo-gallery going on at PARAGON right now till Wed(25th Feb 2004), I think. Don't miss it! Some of the pics there will simply blow your mind away! There's also a copy photography book(around SG$80 - RMB360.00) for sale, but have to pre-ordered first cause this book is on sale in China only(the one & only sales girl there told me). PSS will inform us(those who pre-ordered) when the stock arrived. Cheers mate!

In what way was it fruitful to you? Too bad I had to miss the talk. What did the speaker cover? Any other people from CS attended the talk?

Spectrum · 22nd February 2004

Don't know which CS member attended the talks(cause I didn't even meet most of you guys & girls before), but saw a couple of young guys & girls there. Majority people attended there are near late thirties to sixty or so. Regarding what the speaker talks about, is in mandarin. So don't thing I can translate them cause it's really a brain wrecking things to do(for my case). Very sorry.

Spectrum · 22nd February 2004

Originally Posted by Mike Ng

What is the title of the Photography Book? Is it a collection of the pictures on exhibition in Paragon or by China photographers? Can you please enlighten? Thank you.

Don't know what's the title of the book, sorry.

Can find out yourself if you have time to drop by there. I can say that around 40% are exhibited in Paragon(I think). In fact, most are China photographers. Most pics are shot in medium-format cameras. They also have the explanation(shot at what format, what film used & so on...) for each pic right at the end of the last few pages. For me, this book is a good reference if you really want to go there & shoot(one of this days?).

Clown · 22nd February 2004

i was there sitting beside one of the pillars on the left. =)

i liked his stand on culture being the most important foundation in being a photographer, and that ample knowledge of the history and situation of the image being captured will help the photographer achieve a better composition that'll capture the essence of the image.

but i felt that his commentaries on his photographs were quite.... out of point most of the time..

but overall i did learn something from this talk.

21st February 2004	#1
Mike Ng New Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 36	Photography Talk by the President of the China Photographic Society on 21st Feb 2004 It is our pleasure to cordially invite you to a talk and presentation by Mr Yang Shao Ming, President of the China Photographic Society on this Saturday 21st February 2004. The talk shall be conducted in Mandarin. The title of Mr Yang’s talk is : “ Promotion and Enhancement of the Culture of Photography ” 不断提高摄影文化 Mr Yang has given similar talks, together with visual presentation of samples of his vast collection of photographic work, to photography enthusiasts and audiences in Hong Kong and Macau. He has received high praise for his deep understanding of the subject. Mr Yang will customised his talk in Singapore very much with what we are familiar with, as related to Singapore and the region. Details Presenter : Yang Shao Ming Title : Promotion and Enhancement of the Culture of Photography Date : Saturday, 21st February 2004 Time : 3 pm to 5 pm Place : The Photographic Society of Singapore Loke Wan Tho Gallery Level 3 Selegie Arts Centre Building 30, Selegie Road, Singapore 180030 Please confirm your attendance with Grace at 63343361 or by return e-mail to pss1950@singnet.com.sg. We look forward to seeing you at the Talk this Saturday. Received the above in an email. Sounds interesting. Anyone going?

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Clown Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,809	i was there sitting beside one of the pillars on the left. =) i liked his stand on culture being the most important foundation in being a photographer, and that ample knowledge of the history and situation of the image being captured will help the photographer achieve a better composition that'll capture the essence of the image. but i felt that his commentaries on his photographs were quite.... out of point most of the time.. but overall i did learn something from this talk. Last edited by Clown; 22nd February 2004 at 06:48 PM.

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Spectrum Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Here Posts: 3,685	Quite fruitful to me as I can say. There's a photo-gallery going on at PARAGON right now till Wed(25th Feb 2004), I think. Don't miss it! Some of the pics there will simply blow your mind away! There's also a copy photography book(around SG$80 - RMB360.00) for sale, but have to pre-ordered first cause this book is on sale in China only(the one & only sales girl there told me). PSS will inform us(those who pre-ordered) when the stock arrived. Cheers mate!