In The Name Of Truth – Contemporary Photography Exhibition
Visual Arts
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A new practice has to position itself against existing terms. Photography was still considered a new medium at the end of the nineteenth century, a time when Pictorialism was alongside Impressionist painting as the dominating current. Practitioners of photography, especially those in art photography, inclined to see photography as painting’s auxiliary. Contemporary photography only began when it was rid of painting and became autonomous. In photography’s defense, Alfred Stieglitz, the pioneer of modern photography once said: “Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs.” It was since then photography started standing in its own feet. It started anew as a visual language in service of what can be seen.
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook 2019" published by Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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