Grzebiac po necie odkrylem ze pod koniec zeszlego roku, Kander zalozyl swoj wlasny kanal na Youtubie. Nie ma w tym wsumie nic nadzwyczajnego tak naprawde, bo mnostwo fotografow juz tak robi. I wsumie nie wklejam tego tu by przedstawiac ta postac komukolwiek bo Kander to tak znany conajmniej jak Gregory Crewdson. Nie w tym sek, sek w tym ze przypomnial mi sie ze swoja najnowsza seria z rzeki Yangtze w Chinach. Material ktory za kazdym razem jak go ogladam to poraza mnie calkowicie. Jestem jedynie dosyc podkurzony faktem, ze jedyne wydania ksiazkowe jego zdjec jakie znalazlem na amazonie to Nights, ktore owszem, ma kilka naprawde przeczadowych klatek ale jest stare, Beauty is Nothing, ktore no, kosztuje chyba z 250dolcow, czaje, spoko, obejrze sobie kiedys. A z 2009 to tylko Obama’s People. Nic tylko palec w gardlo i spawac przez okno. Serio? Obama’s People? juz bardziej na fali Obamomanii to chyba nie da sie poleciec.

A gdzie jakis 50x60cm album Yangtze? nawet niech bedzie te 300 dolcow ale niech bedzie. To wkoncu to material z przed ponad 3 lat. A gdzie God’s Country? gdzie Chernobyl-Half Life? Nie czaje troche. Te 48 klatek z Yangtze zamykaja mi gebe poprostu. Opis rozpoczyna od “”They are just pictures, but pictures that cant be taken again.”, wiec moze poprostu czeka az zaleja sie calkiem te rejony ktore fotografowal i dopiero wtedy ksiazke wyda ze spora metka cenowa. Wkoncu tych zdjec sie juz nie powtorzy. Dobra koncze i wklejam material. I ubolewam bo strasznie bym chcial ten material miec na polce.

Yangtze, The Long River’ by Nadav Kander.

They are just pictures, but pictures that cant be taken again. The Yangtze River, which forms the premise to this body of work, is the main artery that flows 4100 miles (6500km) across China, travelling from its furthest westerly point in Qinghai Providence to Shanghai in the East. In this installation, Nadav invites the visitors to reflect with him on his journey. He chooses to use the Yangtze River as a premise to create work looking at wider issues about China and its people. The River plays such an important part in the life of the Chinese, both spiritually and physically. All Chinese people have more than a sparse knowledge of this great waterway, the third longest in the world, and even when living thousands of miles away their faces light up at its mention and it is discussed with a reverence. It is much more than a waterway. It is history, folklore and linked to Chinas Soul. It runs in the blood of the people. The river is a metaphor for China constant change. Nadav was responding to a country that feels at the beginning of a new era but at the same time odds with itself. China appears as a country that prefers to forget its roots by destroying its past and moving forward at an astounding and unnatural pace.

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